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Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G vs Note 11

49 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G
VS
44 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 6080) that was released on September 21, 2023, against the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 and came out 1 year and 8 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G
  • 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (581K versus 427K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Delivers 34% higher peak brightness (992 against 741 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
  • 57% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 651 and 415 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
  • Shows 23% longer battery life (24:01 vs 19:28 hours)
  • Stereo speakers

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G and Note 11 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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Value for money (Beta)

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6 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
49.5
(Average)
Value Index
135.3
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Redmi Note 13 5G
vs
Redmi Note 11

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.43 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 409 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 700 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 84.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 95.1%
PWM 120 Hz 171 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Redmi Note 13 5G
6.67β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Redmi Note 11
6.43β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 15.5 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Redmi Note 13 5G +34%
992 nits
Redmi Note 11
741 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.1 mm (6.34 inches) 159.87 mm (6.29 inches)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 73.87 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.09 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 173.5 g (6.12 oz) 179 g (6.31 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP53
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 6080 Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Max clock 2400 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A76		 - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
L3 cache 2 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 686
GPU
Graphics Mali-G57 MC2 Adreno 610
GPU shading units 64 128
GPU clock 1068 MHz 1114 MHz
FLOPS ~136.7 GFLOPS ~285.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 1407 344
Single-core score 651 415
Multi-core score 1788 1435
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi Note 13 5G +36%
581315
Redmi Note 11
427429
CPU 222402 178871
GPU 48931 27481
Memory 135953 109441
UX 174029 111636
Total score 581315 427429
Samples [5 tests] [21 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test 1 FPS -
Graphics score 150 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11053 7531
Video editing 5306 4072
Photo editing 20240 14785
Data manipulation 8410 6097
Writing score 13119 8535
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-06 (dm1q)AnTuTu 11605816
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-19 (Love)AnTuTu 11536618
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-19 (Khalifah)AnTuTu 11582609
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-25 (Rizaru)AnTuTu 11581315
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-06 (Jiro)AnTuTu 11567996
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 (Croze)AnTuTu 12490622
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (ZION)AnTuTu 12514393
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (Simran)AnTuTu 12478141
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-13 (Eron)AnTuTu 11521704
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-18 (Rio Aditama)AnTuTu 11429067
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 28 GB 18.7 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (51% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:16 hr 1:18 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:38 hr 08:59 hr
Watching video 09:56 hr 13:48 hr
Gaming 04:37 hr 05:50 hr
Standby 105 hr 125 hr
General battery life
Redmi Note 13 5G
19:28 hr
Redmi Note 11 +23%
24:01 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 118Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM6 Samsung JN1
Sensor size 1/1.67" (β‰ˆ 0.6 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV08D10 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.4" (β‰ˆ 0.23 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.14 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Sensor - Omnivision OV02A10
Sensor size - 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4128 x 3096
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 5
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* - 13
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes -
Speakers test
Max loudness
Redmi Note 13 5G
77.1 dB
Redmi Note 11 +15%
89 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 January 2022
Release date January 2024 January 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $179
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 5G - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 5G
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 33 W Yes, 33 W
*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 Note 13 5G is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
50 (28.6%)
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Total votes: 175

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