Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro vs Redmi 13C

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G) that was released on March 4, 2021, against the Xiaomi Redmi 13C, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G85 and came out 2 years and 8 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 10 Pro
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • 52% higher pixel density (395 vs 260 PPI)
  • 48% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (532K versus 361K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Stereo speakers
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 732G
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • Delivers 19% higher peak brightness (720 against 604 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
  • AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi 13C
  • Shows 44% longer battery life (26:21 vs 18:19 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • The phone is 2 years and 8 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Redmi 13C 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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Value for money (Beta)

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6 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
57.3
(Average)
Value Index
46.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 6.67 inches 6.74 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 720 x 1600 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 260 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 450 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 85.6% 83.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
-
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 94.5%
PWM 490 Hz Not detected
Response time 2.6 ms 37 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 1536:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
720 nits
604 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 164 mm (6.46 inches) 168 mm (6.61 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.09 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 193 g (6.81 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Gold, Gray, Blue White, Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
85.6%
83.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi 13C
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G MediaTek Helio G85
Max clock 2300 MHz 2000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 8 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 688 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 618 Mali-G52 MC2
GPU shading units 256 48
GPU clock 800 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~409.6 GFLOPS ~96 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi 13C
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
1909
1134
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 571
Single-core score 759 412
Multi-core score 1909 1134
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
532750
361045
CPU 220298 141937
GPU 53358 28251
Memory 90816 97993
UX 168278 92828
Total score 532750 361045
Samples [20 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 94%
Graphics test - 1 FPS
Graphics score - 80
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 1 FPS
Graphics score 336 158
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7473 9117
Video editing 6026 6380
Photo editing 15757 20262
Data manipulation 7512 6222
Writing score 10058 9556

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 (jksalcedo)AnTuTu 11527475
📘 2026-07-31 (M1sTiX)AnTuTu 11575576
📘 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproGeekbench 6 CPU752 / 1819
📘 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproCPU Throttle91%
📘 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproAnTuTu 11572446
Xiaomi Redmi 13C
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-28 (whytezz)AnTuTu 11384012
📘 2026-08-07 (Jasur)AnTuTu 11345264
📘 2026-07-14 (Lucas)AnTuTu 11391217
📘 2026-07-12 (hasnel)AnTuTu 11394673
📘 2025-12-05 (Aflika)AnTuTu 11341743

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM MIUI 14 HyperOS 2.0
OS size 13 GB 23 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 (28% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:21 hr 2:09 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:44 hr 09:31 hr
Watching video 13:08 hr 15:08 hr
Gaming 05:07 hr 04:55 hr
Standby 73 hr 143 hr
General battery life
Redmi 13C +44%
26:21 hr

Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9024 8160 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED 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) -
Angle of widest lens 118° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
3) Depth: 0.08 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 28 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 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 Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 1.14 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV5675 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.0
Sensor Sony IMX471 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital No
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 5.1 5.3
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, Galileo, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
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* 15 7
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
89.3 dB
80.8 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Budget
Announced March 2021 November 2023
Release date March 2021 November 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $220 $140
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G - Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G
SAR (head) 0.6 W/kg -
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger - Not included
*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 10 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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