Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G vs Sony Xperia 10 VII
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.83-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4) that was released on December 18, 2025, against the Sony Xperia 10 VII, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and came out 3 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G
- Delivers 201% higher peak brightness (3176 against 1056 nits)
- Has a 0.73 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5000 mAh
- Shows 10% longer battery life (27:56 vs 25:29 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- 14% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1024K versus 895K)
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Thinner bezels – 6.6% more screen real estate
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Sony Xperia 10 VII
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- Weighs 39 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.31 mm narrower
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.83 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2772 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 447 ppi | 449 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1400 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3200 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.5% | 82.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 96.9% |
| PWM | - | 480 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G
6.83″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Xperia 10 VII
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~25% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.34 mm (6.43 inches) | 153 mm (6.02 inches) |
| Width | 78.31 mm (3.08 inches) | 72 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.91 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 207 g (7.3 oz) | 168 g (5.93 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Eco-leather | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Purple | White, Black, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | Average (2.63/5) | Bad (1.82/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2700 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720) - 1 core at 2.7 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 810 | Adreno 710 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 895 MHz | 1010 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~458.2 GFLOPS | ~517.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4716 | 2108 |
| Single-core score | 1222 | 1019 |
| Multi-core score | 3251 | 3078 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 390323 | 323080 |
| GPU | 183859 | 130255 |
| Memory | 181087 | 194501 |
| UX | 268965 | 247697 |
| Total score | 1024234 | 895533 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 98% |
| Graphics test | - | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 306 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14468 | 8413 |
| Video editing | 7782 | 5933 |
| Photo editing | 22069 | 20744 |
| Data manipulation | 11271 | 9301 |
| Writing score | 17239 | 12499 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-21 (Bomi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1049904 |
| 📘 2026-07-08 (Ethab) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1222 / 3251 |
| 📘 2026-07-05 -> Weedsmoker13 | Battery life | SOT 2:02 / – |
| 📘 2026-07-05 -> Weedsmoker13 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1217 / 3169 |
| 📘 2026-06-17 (Bomi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1047857 |
Sony Xperia 10 VII
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-04 -> DeadlyKPSS | AnTuTu 11 | 895533 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | - |
| OS updates | 5 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (78% in 30 min) | Yes (40% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | 1:47 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | 1400 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:18 hr | 10:59 hr |
| Watching video | 18:31 hr | 14:55 hr |
| Gaming | 06:41 hr | 05:17 hr |
| Standby | 134 hr | 121 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#93rd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | 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) | 120 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX766 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | - | SmartSens SC1320CS |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32D | SmartSens SC820CS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (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 Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 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 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | December 2025 | September 2025 |
| Release date | December 2025 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $399 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
*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 15 Pro Plus 5G is definitely a better buy.
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