Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro vs Apple iPhone 13
40
out of 100
VS
65
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.53-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro (with MediaTek Helio G90T) that was released on August 29, 2019, against the Apple iPhone 13, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 2 years and 1 month after. 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 8 Pro
- Comes with 1273 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3227 mAh
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Has a 0.43 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13
- 2.9x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1413K versus 495K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 10% longer battery life (23:23 vs 21:15 hours)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Delivers 30% higher peak brightness (829 against 638 nits)
- Optical image stabilization
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A15 Bionic
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
- 16% higher pixel density (460 vs 395 PPI)
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- The phone is 2 years and 1 month newer
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 | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 6.53 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 640 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.9% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 129% |
| PWM | - | 609 Hz |
| Response time | - | 7.5 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Redmi Note 8 Pro
6.53″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.2 in2
iPhone 13
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) | 174 g (6.14 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP52 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Gray, Blue, Green | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, rear | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio G90T | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2050 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.05 GHz: Cortex-A76 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 2.0 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G76MC4 | Apple GPU (4 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 96 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 800 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~153.6 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 1951 | 18447 |
| Single-core score | 635 | 2241 |
| Multi-core score | 1762 | 5317 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 199526 | 410975 |
| GPU | 52690 | 370837 |
| Memory | 102043 | 164151 |
| UX | 141379 | 467312 |
| Total score | 495638 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [20 tests] | [26 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3225 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 79% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 381 | 2445 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7027 | - |
| Video editing | 5648 | - |
| Photo editing | 18399 | - |
| Data manipulation | 6971 | - |
| Writing score | 8199 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-03 (EbE) | AnTuTu 12 | 609510 |
| 📘 2026-08-19 (Ammar) | AnTuTu 11 | 466935 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro) | CPU Throttle | 90% |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro) | AnTuTu 11 | 498114 |
| 📘 2026-07-01 (Suraj) | AnTuTu 11 | 448487 |
Apple iPhone 13
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Vova) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297615 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (charlesddd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1461749 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18864 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2327 / 5604 |
| 📘 2026-09-03 (Yulik🇺🇦) | AnTuTu 11 | 1289105 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 512 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 | - |
| OS size | 10.3 GB | 18 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 3227 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (30% in 30 min) | Yes (54% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 1:46 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:29 hr | 09:29 hr |
| Watching video | 12:01 hr | 13:58 hr |
| Gaming | 05:02 hr | 05:12 hr |
| Standby | 115 hr | 114 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9000 x 7000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGW1 | Sony IMX603 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) | 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 14 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| 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 | - | 65 |
| Preview | - | 76 |
| Zoom | - | 65 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3880 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T1 | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.9 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 128 |
| Video | - | 143 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 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 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, HID, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 12 | 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | August 2019 | September 2021 |
| Release date | October 2019 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $220 | $800 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | 0.38 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.8 W/kg | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
*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 Apple iPhone 13 is definitely a better buy.
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