Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro vs Apple iPhone 16 Plus

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.83-inch Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4) that was released on April 24, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 16 Plus, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 8 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 Turbo 4 Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 2876 mAh larger battery capacity: 7550 vs 4674 mAh
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 30W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 1949K)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Plus
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • 63% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3256 and 2002 points
  • Weighs 20 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 Plus 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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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
107.9
(Excellent)
Value Index
70.8
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2772 pixels 1290 x 2796 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 447 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass -
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 88%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
PWM - 256 Hz
Response time - 4 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) 160.9 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 77.93 mm (3.07 inches) 77.8 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Average (2.78/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 Plus
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Apple A18
Max clock 3210 MHz 4040 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 825 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1024 640
GPU clock 1150 MHz 1490 MHz
FLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS ~1907 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 18498 28158
Single-core score 2002 3256
Multi-core score 7029 8096
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2292541
1949745
CPU 660045 585993
GPU 807212 563695
Memory 351865 218294
UX 473419 581763
Total score 2292541 1949745
Samples [84 tests] [5 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 82% 76%
Graphics test 13 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 1688 1582
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 29 FPS 26 FPS
Section 1 33 FPS 31 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 26 FPS
Section 3 24 FPS 20 FPS
Graphics score 7542 6750
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 22 FPS -
Graphics score 3705 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15610 -
Video editing 7765 -
Photo editing 30492 -
Data manipulation 14151 -
Writing score 18243 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#193rd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-22 (Xiaomi Redmi turbo 4 pro)AnTuTu 122599873
📘 2026-09-18 -> JepbismudAnTuTu 122451211
📘 2026-09-17 (Siyam Rahman)AnTuTu 122509031
📘 2026-09-14 (Dat)AnTuTu 122285610
📘 2026-09-08 (uniq)AnTuTu 112306405
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-18 (Aj)AnTuTu 111949745
📘 2026-04-23 (Ninety6Beast)AnTuTu 111995425
📘 2026-03-03 (Ninety6Beast)AnTuTu 111918031
📘 2026-02-20 (monolog)AnTuTu 112007786
📘 2026-02-14 (Mathachai)AnTuTu 111822701

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 -
OS size - 18 GB
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7550 mAh 4674 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 30 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 27 min) Yes (55% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:00 hr 1:39 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 15:57 hr
Watching video - 21:26 hr
Gaming - 07:34 hr
Standby - 148 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.6
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.14 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 25 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No 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 Flagship
Announced April 2025 September 2024
Release date April 2025 September 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $899
SAR (head) - 1.24 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.33 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Not included
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16 Plus:
    - In the USA, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model has 1 physical slot + eSIM. In China, a model with only two physical SIM cards is available.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, connectivity, and software are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16 Plus. But if the display is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro.

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saveforuslater September 4, 2025 at 08:16 AM
redmi turbo 4 - absolute flagship banger for such a mid-range, deserves more respected than the overpriced apple junk.
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