Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G vs Redmi K70E

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra) that was released on September 21, 2023, against the Xiaomi Redmi K70E, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra and came out 4 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi K70E
  • 88% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1886K versus 1003K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • 27% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1493 and 1174 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Redmi K70E crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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8 / 256 GB
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8 / 256 GB
5.7
(Bad)
Value Index
85.8
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) -
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 480 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 96.4% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 160.45 mm (6.32 inches)
Width 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) 74.34 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.05 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 204.5 g (7.21 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass -
Frame material Plastic -
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Redmi K70E
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra
Max clock 2800 MHz 3350 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 650 MediaTek APU 780
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC4 Mali G615-MC6
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 1130 MHz 1400 MHz
FLOPS ~578.6 GFLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Redmi K70E
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 3654 9445
Single-core score 1174 1493
Multi-core score 2610 4708
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi K70E +88%
1886429
CPU 382694 431322
GPU 164972 747565
Memory 177265 365845
UX 278147 341697
Total score 1003078 1886429
Samples [39 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 91%
Graphics test 3 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 463 1182
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 18 FPS
Section 1 - 19 FPS
Section 2 - 18 FPS
Section 3 - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 4614
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 7 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 1179 2768
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 13625
Video editing - 6369
Photo editing - 21965
Data manipulation - 11817
Writing score - 18060

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (0rin)AnTuTu 111009666
📘 2026-07-24 (Toriq albar)AnTuTu 111041446
📘 2026-07-19 (Oleg)AnTuTu 111039401
📘 2026-07-15 (Akkawin)AnTuTu 111005290
📘 2026-07-09 -> ARN15Geekbench 6 CPU1103 / 2692
Xiaomi Redmi K70E
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-03 (123456)AnTuTu 111908978
📘 2026-06-02 (Infinix slayer)AnTuTu 111886429
📘 2026-03-15 -> QuanKietAnTuTu 111617365
📘 2024-09-01 (oppel)Geekbench 6 CPU1501 / 4671
📘 2024-09-01 (reval)Geekbench 6 CPU1493 / 4708

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 14
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 39 GB -
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 90 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (67% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 14 min)
Full charging time 0:25 hr 0:34 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:52 hr -
Watching video 11:32 hr -
Gaming 05:27 hr -
Standby 89 hr -
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 -
Zoom Digital (lossless), 4x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.7 -
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 Omnivision OV08D10
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 60 -
Preview 64 -
Zoom 109 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.6 -
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Omnivision OV16A1Q
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes -
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2023 December 2023
Release date January 2024 December 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $380
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 90 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G:
    - The eco-leather version is 5.5 grams lighter than the regular one.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Redmi K70E is definitely a better buy.

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Norven Savella Tuscano January 1, 2024 at 06:55 AM
Thank you for the comprehensive review. This is very helpful to us buyers. Keep it up. Happy New Year!
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