Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G vs Xiaomi 12T

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on September 21, 2023, against the Xiaomi 12T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra and came out 1 year before. 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 5G
  • Delivers 39% higher peak brightness (1335 against 958 nits)
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T
  • 55% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1111K versus 718K)
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (21:37 vs 20:13 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • 25% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1266 and 1010 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Xiaomi 12T 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 / 128 GB
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8 / 128 GB
80.0
(Good)
Value Index
64.8
(Average)

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) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 480 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.8% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 96.6% 99.8%
PWM 713 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1335 nits
958 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 74.24 mm (2.92 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 187 g (6.6 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP53
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Purple Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Xiaomi 12T
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra
Max clock 2400 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 580
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Mali-G610 MC6
GPU shading units 256 384
GPU clock 940 MHz 860 MHz
FLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS ~660.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Xiaomi 12T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 2137 4380
Single-core score 1010 1266
Multi-core score 2842 4052
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 12T +55%
1111150
CPU 321088 410599
GPU - 171066
Memory 153212 225193
UX 244223 304292
Total score 718523 1111150
Samples [12 tests] [13 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 99% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 252 569
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 98%
Graphics test 4 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 792 1567
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11839 10817
Video editing 7161 6857
Photo editing 24619 19993
Data manipulation 10172 10380
Writing score 14428 15465

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-05 (Rodrigo)AnTuTu 11707607
📘 2026-06-16 (AmX)Geekbench 6 CPU1025 / 3005
📘 2026-06-15 (AmX)Geekbench 6 CPU1007 / 2951
📘 2026-06-14 (APTH)AnTuTu 11760946
📘 2026-06-07 (AmirX)AnTuTu 11798981
Xiaomi 12T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (CrysTalesia)AnTuTu 111125997
📘 2026-07-09 -> Tem4kAnTuTu 111120838
📘 2026-02-28 -> GogoglAnTuTu 111103123
📘 2026-02-26 (FAN KLYB PROVOKATOR)AnTuTu 111133244
📘 2025-12-22 (JC)AnTuTu 111089139

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 56 GB 25.5 GB
OS updates 2 years 3 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5100 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (49% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 7 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 0:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:32 hr 08:33 hr
Watching video 11:56 hr 12:21 hr
Gaming 04:57 hr 04:59 hr
Standby 95 hr 109 hr
General battery life
21:37 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 12032 x 9204
Zoom Digital (lossless), 4x Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual 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) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 118° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 108 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 108 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung ISOCELL HM6
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.64 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
Sensor Sony IMX355 Samsung S5K4H7
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 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 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 63
Zoom - 67
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 -
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.2 5.3
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, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Xiaomi 12T +12%
87.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2023 October 2022
Release date January 2024 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $305 $600
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G - Xiaomi 15T
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.99 W/kg
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G:
    - There are two models of the phone (depending on the market): one with a dual physical SIM tray and the other with one physical SIM slot + an eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 12T. But if the display and software are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G.

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