Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G vs Note 12 Pro

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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G and came out 4 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
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 34% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (713K versus 531K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Dimensity 1080
  • 33% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 960 and 721 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Note 12 Pro 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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6 / 128 GB
59.1
(Average)
Value Index
78.1
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 1100 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 86.7% 85.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
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) 164.2 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 76 mm (2.99 inches) 76.1 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 8.98 mm (0.35 inches) 8.12 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 210.5 g (7.43 oz) 201.8 g (7.12 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 1080 Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
Max clock 2600 MHz 2300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 8 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Hexagon 688
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MC4 Adreno 618
GPU shading units 128 256
GPU clock 950 MHz 800 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~409.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 1296
Single-core score 960 721
Multi-core score 2372 1749
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 270693 216427
GPU 75675 52851
Memory 155637 101029
UX 211815 161349
Total score 713820 531656
Samples Less than 3 [10 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 95% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Graphics score 226 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 92%
Graphics test 3 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 629 336
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 9868 7730
Video editing 7093 6240
Photo editing 23432 15572
Data manipulation 10684 7769
Writing score 13253 9698

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
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM MIUI 14 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 56 GB -
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 2 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (80% in 15 min) Yes (79% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:23 hr 0:48 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 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 12032 x 9024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
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) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPX Samsung S5KHM2
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung S5K4H7 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.14 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV02B1 Omnivision OV5675
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Generic main camera score
Bokeh 55 -
Preview 62 -
Zoom 77 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.4
Sensor Sony IMX471 Sony IMX471
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.13" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5
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, Galileo
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 Yes
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes No

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced October 2022 March 2023
Release date March 2023 April 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $350
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G
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, 67 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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G is definitely a better buy.

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