Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro vs Note 10 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G) that was released on April 30, 2020, against the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G and came out 10 months after. 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 9 Pro
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (612 against 491 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
  • 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 751 and 690 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G
  • Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
  • More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus UFS 2.1
  • Weighs 19 grams less
  • The phone is 10 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro and Note 10 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
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4 / 64 GB
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4 / 64 GB
127.0
(Excellent)
Value Index
144.1
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.67 inches 6.53 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 405 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 450 nits 500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 84.4% 84.6%
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 93.9%
PWM 2404 Hz -
Response time 35.2 ms 36.4 ms
Contrast 1649:1 1719:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
612 nits
491 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) 161.8 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) 75.3 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Gray, Green Silver, Gray, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G
Max clock 2300 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
L3 cache - 2 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 8 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 692 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 618 Mali-G57 MC2
GPU shading units 256 64
GPU clock 750 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~384 GFLOPS ~121.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 1213 1241
Single-core score 751 690
Multi-core score 1835 1736
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 228431 209962
GPU 50266 42856
Memory 99133 123471
UX 146457 150118
Total score 524287 526407
Samples [16 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test - 1 FPS
Graphics score - 133
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 98% 97%
Graphics test 1 FPS 1 FPS
Graphics score 315 320
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 6579 5809
Video editing 5468 4676
Photo editing 16915 16616
Data manipulation 6913 6639
Writing score 9699 8819

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Aether2005)AnTuTu563764
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (DarkELITECustom.PH)GeekBench CPU751 / 1835
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (DarkELITECustom.PH)AnTuTu524287
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (Tahmid)AnTuTu525416
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 (Yashii Hoshimiya)AnTuTu566082
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (HeartBun)AnTuTu505793
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-07 (Arkha)AnTuTu526407
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Nox)AnTuTu530043
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-17 (.)GeekBench GPU1217
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-17 (.)CPU Throttle86%

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM MIUI 14 MIUI 14
OS size 18.9 GB 17.7 GB

Battery

Capacity 5020 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (33% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:20 hr 2:00 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:27 hr 10:29 hr
Watching video 13:57 hr 14:08 hr
Gaming 05:33 hr 06:02 hr
Standby 143 hr 125 hr
General battery life
26:36 hr
25:20 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6920 8000 x 6000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung Bright S5KGW1 Omnivision OV48B
Sensor size 1/1.72" (β‰ˆ 0.58 inch) 1/2.25" (β‰ˆ 0.44 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC8034 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Samsung S5K5E9 Hynix Hi-259
Sensor size 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.48 f/2.0
Sensor OmniVision OV32A1Q OmniVision OV8856
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 5.1
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP LE, HID, A2DP
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, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 12 18
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
92.3 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced April 2020 March 2021
Release date May 2020 April 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $185 $200
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G -
SAR (head) 0.66 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.02 W/kg -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, gaming, battery life, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro. But if the display, connectivity, and software are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G.

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