Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G vs Note 14 Pro Plus 5G

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 14 Pro Plus 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G
  • Delivers 162% higher peak brightness (3204 against 1223 nits)
  • Comes with 1390 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5110 mAh
  • Shows 22% longer battery life (27:56 vs 22:58 hours)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • The phone is 1 year and 3 months newer
  • Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G and Note 14 Pro Plus 5G 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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Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

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 (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 3000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.1%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.34 mm (6.43 inches) 162.53 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 78.31 mm (3.08 inches) 74.67 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.91 mm (0.31 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 207 g (7.3 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Eco-leather Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Purple Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) Average (2.61/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Max clock 2700 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 810 Adreno 810
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock 895 MHz 1050 MHz
FLOPS ~458.2 GFLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4716 4464
Single-core score 1222 1174
Multi-core score 3251 3157
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 390323 388668
GPU 183859 177263
Memory 181087 186944
UX 268965 248908
Total score 1024234 1001783
Samples [7 tests] [27 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 3 FPS
Graphics score - 362
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
Web score 14468 12562
Video editing 7782 7767
Photo editing 22069 22920
Data manipulation 11271 11977
Writing score 17239 15830

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (Bomi)AnTuTu 111049904
📘 2026-07-08 (Ethab)Geekbench 6 CPU1222 / 3251
📘 2026-07-05 -> Weedsmoker13Battery lifeSOT 2:02 / –
📘 2026-07-05 -> Weedsmoker13Geekbench 6 CPU1217 / 3169
📘 2026-06-17 (Bomi)AnTuTu 111047857
Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-16 (Arkelian)AnTuTu 121060019
📘 2026-09-12 (MishaDesher)AnTuTu 121029598
📘 2026-08-11 (Đat)AnTuTu 11959029
📘 2026-07-24 (Super)AnTuTu 111018676
📘 2026-07-16 (Zidan)AnTuTu 11919621

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 2.0
OS size - 32 GB
OS updates 5 years 2 years
Security updates - 2 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 5110 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 (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:21 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:18 hr 10:26 hr
Watching video 18:31 hr 13:31 hr
Gaming 06:41 hr 05:43 hr
Standby 134 hr 102 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution - 16320 x 12240
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) 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
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.65
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KHP3
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
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - Omnivision OV02B
Sensor size - 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution - 5184 x 3888
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32D Omnivision OV20B40
Sensor size 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.7 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 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 MiMO
- 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 Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby 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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced December 2025 September 2024
Release date December 2025 January 2025
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 14 Pro Plus 5G:
    - The black and blue models (glass back) are 8.75 mm thick and weigh 210.14g, while the purple model (eco-leather) is 8.85 mm and 205.13g.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G. It has a better gaming, battery life, and design.

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Ryu January 5, 2026 at 08:43 PM
Still ufs 2.2 and LPDDR4X... just.. why?... generation 13 had ufs 3.1 and LPDDR5...
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Fred January 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This is what make me hold on for the release of 15 to see if it would revert back to ufs 3.1 and LPDDR5... it's a shame :| should already be on 1TB of disk space too... if we're not getting MicroSD that's cheap at least put some storage in..
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hani October 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Key differences 14 HAS E-SIM 15 HAS NOT
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