Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G vs Poco X5 Pro

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 X5 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 7 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 46% higher peak brightness (1325 against 908 nits)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
  • The phone is 7 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (21:42 vs 20:13 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (813K versus 718K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Poco X5 Pro 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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6 / 128 GB
80.0
(Good)
Value Index
57.2
(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 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) No
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 900 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% 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% 99.9%
PWM 713 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1325 nits
908 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 162.91 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 74.24 mm (2.92 inches) 76.03 mm (2.99 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
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Purple Black, Blue, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 2400 MHz 2400 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: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 940 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 2137 -
Single-core score 1010 1009
Multi-core score 2842 2781
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
813720
CPU 321088 317363
GPU - 98762
Memory 153212 175340
UX 244223 222345
Total score 718523 813720
Samples [12 tests] [15 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 99% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 252 225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 4 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 792 681
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11839 10945
Video editing 7161 6994
Photo editing 24619 24463
Data manipulation 10172 9642
Writing score 14428 14285

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
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
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (AmirX)AnTuTu 11798981
Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (DJSanyaDance1995)AnTuTu 12907382
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (DJSanyaDance1995)AnTuTu 12907382
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (CarlosSM)AnTuTu 11839993
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-10 -> SynXAnTuTu 11820292
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 -> VoidxEoAnTuTu 11815062

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 2.0
OS size 56 GB 31 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 Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (49% in 15 min) Yes (82% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 0:50 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:32 hr 08:45 hr
Watching video 11:56 hr 13:29 hr
Gaming 04:57 hr 05:32 hr
Standby 95 hr 102 hr
General battery life
21:42 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 12032 x 9024
Zoom Digital (lossless), 4x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
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 118Β° 120Β°
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/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung S5KHM2
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.52" (β‰ˆ 0.66 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
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" (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 OmniVision 02B10
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/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Omnivision OV16A1Q
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 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 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 5.2
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 18
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
90.8 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 February 2023
Release date January 2024 February 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $305 $300
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
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 display, camera, gaming, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G. But if the connectivity and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro.

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