Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G vs Poco F5

Here we compared two mid-range 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 Poco F5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and came out 5 months 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 (1330 against 957 nits)
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F5
  • 81% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1302K versus 718K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • 61% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1627 and 1010 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Poco F5 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 / 256 GB
80.0
(Good)
Value Index
69.4
(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 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 395 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 - 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.8% 88.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 96.6% 99.4%
PWM 713 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1330 nits
957 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 161.11 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 74.24 mm (2.92 inches) 74.95 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 187 g (6.6 oz) 181 g (6.38 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP53
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Purple White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
88.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Xiaomi Poco F5
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Max clock 2400 MHz 2910 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.49 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache - 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 725
GPU shading units 256 1024
GPU clock 940 MHz 580 MHz
FLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS ~1187.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Xiaomi Poco F5
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F5 +61%
1627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F5 +47%
4184
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F5 +93%
4119
Compute Score (GPU) 2137 4119
Single-core score 1010 1627
Multi-core score 2842 4184
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F5 +81%
1302969
CPU 321088 522997
GPU - 166455
Memory 153212 227236
UX 244223 386281
Total score 718523 1302969
Samples [12 tests] [35 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 99% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 252 608
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco F5 +147%
1956
Stability 99% 85%
Graphics test 4 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 792 1956
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11839 -
Video editing 7161 -
Photo editing 24619 -
Data manipulation 10172 -
Writing score 14428 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Pedro)AnTuTu 12735057
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (Rodrigo)AnTuTu 11707607
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (AmX)Geekbench 6 CPU1025 / 3005
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (AmX)Geekbench 6 CPU1007 / 2951
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-14 (APTH)AnTuTu 11760946
Xiaomi Poco F5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Zaviee)AnTuTu 121483091
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 121442782
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh)AnTuTu 111318003
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway)AnTuTu 111304220
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (Koreia27)AnTuTu 111450376

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 56 GB 32 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5100 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 67 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 (83% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 0:47 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:32 hr 09:04 hr
Watching video 11:56 hr 12:47 hr
Gaming 04:57 hr 05:49 hr
Standby 95 hr 95 hr
General battery life
Poco F5 +5%
21:08 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 9248 x 6936
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) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 118Β° 119Β°
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 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 OmniVision OV64B40
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 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
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 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" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.5
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
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
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
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 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco F5 +16%
90.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 May 2023
Release date January 2024 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $305 $379
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G - Xiaomi Poco F7
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Yes, 67 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, connectivity, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco F5. But if the display, camera, and software are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G.

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