Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro vs Note 13 Pro 5G
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.53-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro (with MediaTek Helio G90T) that was released on August 29, 2019, against the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and came out 4 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
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 108% higher peak brightness (1325 against 638 nits)
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- 45% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (718K versus 495K)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 18W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Optical image stabilization
- Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 11
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
- Stereo speakers
- 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
- The phone is 4 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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.53 inches | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1220 x 2712 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 446 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 640 nits | 1800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.9% | 89.8% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 96.6% |
| PWM | - | 713 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) | 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) |
| Width | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) | 74.24 mm (2.92 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) | 187 g (6.6 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP52 | IP54 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Gray, Blue, Green | White, Black, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, rear | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio G90T | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 2050 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.05 GHz: Cortex-A76 |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 2.0 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G76MC4 | Adreno 710 |
| GPU shading units | 96 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 800 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~153.6 GFLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 1951 | 2137 |
| Single-core score | 635 | 1010 |
| Multi-core score | 1762 | 2842 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 199526 | 321088 |
| GPU | 52690 | - |
| Memory | 102043 | 153212 |
| UX | 141379 | 244223 |
| Total score | 495638 | 718523 |
| Samples | [20 tests] | [12 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 99% |
| Graphics test | - | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 252 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 79% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | 381 | 792 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7027 | 11839 |
| Video editing | 5648 | 7161 |
| Photo editing | 18399 | 24619 |
| Data manipulation | 6971 | 10172 |
| Writing score | 8199 | 14428 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-19 (Ammar) | AnTuTu | 466935 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro) | CPU Throttle | 90% |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro) | AnTuTu | 498114 |
| 📘 2026-07-01 (Suraj) | AnTuTu | 448487 |
| 📘 2026-05-26 (Drakarys) | AnTuTu | 502374 |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-05 (Rodrigo) | AnTuTu | 707607 |
| 📘 2026-06-16 (AmX) | GeekBench CPU | 1025 / 3005 |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (AmX) | GeekBench CPU | 1007 / 2951 |
| 📘 2026-06-14 (APTH) | AnTuTu | 760946 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (AmirX) | AnTuTu | 798981 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4 GB | 8 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 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 512 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 | HyperOS 2.0 |
| OS size | 10.3 GB | 56 GB |
| OS updates | - | 2 years |
| Security updates | - | 2 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 5100 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 67 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (30% in 30 min) | Yes (49% in 15 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 0:42 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:29 hr | 08:32 hr |
| Watching video | 12:01 hr | 11:56 hr |
| Gaming | 05:02 hr | 04:57 hr |
| Standby | 115 hr | 95 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9000 x 7000 | 16384 x 12288 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital (lossless), 4x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | 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 | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 118° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP 4) Depth: 2 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 | 64 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGW1 | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.14 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | 2 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV02B10 |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | 1.75 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3880 | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.6 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T1 | Omnivision OV16A1Q |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.9 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, HID, A2DP | 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Depends on the region |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | 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 | Yes |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | August 2019 | September 2023 |
| Release date | October 2019 | January 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $220 | $305 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.38 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.8 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Yes, 67 W |
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G:
- There are two models of the phone (depending on the market): one with a dual physical SIM tray and the other with one physical SIM slot + an eSIM.
*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 Pro 5G is definitely a better buy.
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