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Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro vs Redmi 13C

50 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
VS
40 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi 13C
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi 13C

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G) that was released on March 3, 2023, against the Xiaomi Redmi 13C, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G85 and came out 8 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • 52% higher pixel density (395 vs 260 PPI)
  • 47% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (531K versus 361K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 18W)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Stereo speakers
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 732G
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi 13C
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • The phone is 8 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 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
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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Currency
6 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
78.1
(Good)
Value Index
46.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Redmi Note 12 Pro
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Redmi 13C

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 No No
Max rated brightness 700 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1100 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 85.9% 83.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 -
Display tests
RGB color space - 94.5%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 37 ms
Contrast - 1536:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 164.2 mm (6.46 inches) 168 mm (6.61 inches)
Width 76.1 mm (3 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.12 mm (0.32 inches) 8.09 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 201.8 g (7.12 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Redmi Note 12 Pro +3%
85.9%
Redmi 13C
83.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 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 12 Pro and Xiaomi Redmi 13C
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Redmi Note 12 Pro +54%
1749
Redmi 13C
1134
Compute Score (GPU)
Redmi Note 12 Pro +127%
1296
Redmi 13C
571
Compute Score (GPU) 1296 571
Single-core score 721 412
Multi-core score 1749 1134
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi Note 12 Pro +47%
531656
Redmi 13C
361045
CPU 216427 141937
GPU 52851 28251
Memory 101029 97993
UX 161349 92828
Total score 531656 361045
Samples [10 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 94%
Graphics test - 1 FPS
Graphics score - 80
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 92% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 1 FPS
Graphics score 336 158
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7730 9117
Video editing 6240 6380
Photo editing 15572 20262
Data manipulation 7769 6222
Writing score 9698 9556
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-08 (Ya ne gei)AnTuTu 11534077
📘 2026-04-07 (Muzan)AnTuTu 11563197
📘 2026-03-04 (Sudip Paudel)AnTuTu 11522146
📘 2026-02-18 (.)Geekbench 6 CPU760 / 1904
📘 2026-02-18 (.)AnTuTu 11550293
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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
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 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 HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 2.0
OS size - 23 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (79% in 30 min) Yes (28% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 2:09 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:31 hr
Watching video - 15:08 hr
Gaming - 04:55 hr
Standby - 143 hr
General battery life
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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 240 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens 120° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 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 - 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 -
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 1.14 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 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

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Sensor Sony IMX471 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.13" (≈ 0.32 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 a/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 5.3
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo 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 Yes No
LTE Cat* 18 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

Other

Category Mid-range Budget
Announced March 2023 November 2023
Release date April 2023 November 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $350 $140
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G - Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W 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 12 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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