Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G vs Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
70
out of 100
VS
60
out of 100
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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra and came out 2 years and 4 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 149% higher peak brightness (3204 against 1286 nits)
- Shows 46% longer battery life (27:56 vs 19:11 hours)
- Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5000 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- The phone is 2 years and 4 months newer
- Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.83 inches | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2772 pixels | 1220 x 2712 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 447 ppi | 446 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1400 nits | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3200 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.5% | 89.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 96.4% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.34 mm (6.43 inches) | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) |
| Width | 78.31 mm (3.08 inches) | 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.91 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 207 g (7.3 oz) | 204.5 g (7.21 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Eco-leather | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Purple | White, Black, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Average (2.63/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 | MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra |
| Max clock | 2700 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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) |
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 650 |
| Graphics | Adreno 810 | Mali-G610 MC4 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 895 MHz | 1130 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~458.2 GFLOPS | ~578.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4716 | 3654 |
| Single-core score | 1222 | 1174 |
| Multi-core score | 3251 | 2610 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 390323 | 382694 |
| GPU | 183859 | 164972 |
| Memory | 181087 | 177265 |
| UX | 268965 | 278147 |
| Total score | 1024234 | 1003078 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [39 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 98% |
| Graphics test | - | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 463 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1179 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14468 | - |
| Video editing | 7782 | - |
| Photo editing | 22069 | - |
| Data manipulation | 11271 | - |
| Writing score | 17239 | - |
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 |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-21 (0rin) | AnTuTu 11 | 1009666 |
| 📘 2026-07-24 (Toriq albar) | AnTuTu 11 | 1041446 |
| 📘 2026-07-19 (Oleg) | AnTuTu 11 | 1039401 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (Akkawin) | AnTuTu 11 | 1005290 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 -> ARN15 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1103 / 2692 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | HyperOS 2.0 |
| OS size | - | 39 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | - | 2 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 120 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 (67% in 15 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | 0:25 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 10:18 hr | 07:52 hr |
| Watching video | 18:31 hr | 11:32 hr |
| Gaming | 06:41 hr | 05:27 hr |
| Standby | 134 hr | 89 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#93rd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 16384 x 12288 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital (lossless), 4x |
| Flash | 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 (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV02B10 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.75 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 60 |
| Preview | - | 64 |
| Zoom | - | 109 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.6 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32D | Omnivision OV16A1Q |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 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 |
| DisplayPort | No | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Depends on the region |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | December 2025 | September 2023 |
| Release date | December 2025 | January 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $449 |
| Successor | - | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Yes, 120 W |
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G:
- The eco-leather version is 5.5 grams lighter than the regular one.
*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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