Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G vs Honor 200

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 1080) that was released on October 27, 2022, against the Honor 200, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 7 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 12 Pro Plus 5G
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Honor 200
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • 40% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1002K versus 713K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • 10% higher pixel density (436 vs 395 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Honor 200 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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8 / 256 GB
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8 / 256 GB
59.1
(Average)
Value Index
68.4
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.98:9
PPI 395 ppi 436 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 4000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 86.7% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 104.3% -
PWM 121 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 161.5 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 76 mm (2.99 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8.98 mm (0.35 inches) 7.7 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 210.5 g (7.43 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Honor 200
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 1080 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 2600 MHz 2630 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
L3 cache - 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MC4 Adreno 720
GPU shading units 128 512
GPU clock 950 MHz 975 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Honor 200
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 3581
Single-core score 960 1147
Multi-core score 2372 3214
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor 200 +40%
1002480
CPU 270693 364727
GPU 75675 228932
Memory 155637 164585
UX 211815 244236
Total score 713820 1002480
Samples Less than 3 [36 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 95% -
Graphics test 2 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 226 525
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
Graphics score 629 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 9868 -
Video editing 7093 -
Photo editing 23432 -
Data manipulation 10684 -
Writing score 13253 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-21 (Gaben)AnTuTu 11713820
Honor 200
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-02 (Ryno)AnTuTu 11997900
📘 2026-06-30 (Empire)AnTuTu 111094330
📘 2026-04-26 (Seitekx)AnTuTu 11987155
📘 2026-04-20 (Pro100Goose)AnTuTu 111019297
📘 2026-04-04 -> AlexxAnTuTu 111005948

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MIUI 14 MagicOS 10
OS size 56 GB -
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5200 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (80% in 15 min) Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:23 hr 0:45 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:29 hr -
Watching video 12:08 hr -
Gaming 05:15 hr -
Standby 89 hr -
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 2.5x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical 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) -
Angle of widest lens 119° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/2.0
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPX Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - Sony IMX856
Sensor size - 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung S5K4H7 -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV02B1 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 55 65
Preview 62 61
Zoom 77 124
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor 200 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.1
Sensor Sony IMX471 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 5.2 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo 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 Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced October 2022 May 2024
Release date March 2023 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $499
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G - Honor 500
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 100 W
*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 Honor 200 is definitely a better buy.

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