Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G vs Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
60
out of 100
VS
73
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra) that was released on September 21, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2400e and came out 1 year after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 16% higher pixel density (446 vs 385 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 1003K)
- Shows 20% longer battery life (23:02 vs 19:11 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (1372 against 1276 nits)
- The phone is 1 year newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Review
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 385 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 1300 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.7% | 88% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 96.4% | 100% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) | 162 mm (6.38 inches) |
| Width | 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) | 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 204.5 g (7.21 oz) | 213 g (7.51 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.11/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra | Samsung Exynos 2400e |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3110 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.11 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 650 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G610 MC4 | Xclipse 940 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1130 MHz | 1095 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~578.6 GFLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3654 | 16611 |
| Single-core score | 1174 | 2045 |
| Multi-core score | 2610 | 6397 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 382694 | 675682 |
| GPU | 164972 | 670589 |
| Memory | 177265 | 229976 |
| UX | 278147 | 401022 |
| Total score | 1003078 | 1977269 |
| Samples | [39 tests] | [55 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 463 | 1769 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 28 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 24 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7699 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1179 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 15997 |
| Video editing | - | 8031 |
| Photo editing | - | 33878 |
| Data manipulation | - | 12347 |
| Writing score | - | 19836 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Servi Tuli) | AnTuTu 12 | 1040269 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (MineUS) | AnTuTu 11 | 1023280 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (0rin) | AnTuTu 11 | 1009666 |
| 📘 2026-07-24 (Toriq albar) | AnTuTu 11 | 1041446 |
| 📘 2026-07-19 (Oleg) | AnTuTu 11 | 1039401 |
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 -> bo177575 | AnTuTu 12 | 2370118 |
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Abs) | AnTuTu 11 | 2053895 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Vishnu) | AnTuTu 12 | 2276561 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekSh | CPU Throttle | 81% |
| 📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekSh | AnTuTu 12 | 2134029 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 39 GB | 23.5 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 2 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (67% in 15 min) | Yes (56% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:25 hr | 1:10 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:52 hr | 07:20 hr |
| Watching video | 11:32 hr | 13:33 hr |
| Gaming | 05:27 hr | 05:11 hr |
| Standby | 89 hr | 129 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16384 x 12288 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital (lossless), 4x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 8 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 75 mm |
| Sensor | - | OmniVision OV08A10 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | Samsung S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV02B10 | - |
| 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 | 60 | 60 |
| Preview | 64 | 69 |
| Zoom | 109 | 126 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV16A1Q | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 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 | September 2023 | September 2024 |
| Release date | January 2024 | October 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | $649 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.86 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.29 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G:
- The eco-leather version is 5.5 grams lighter than the regular one.
Notes on Galaxy S24 FE:
- The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S24 FE is definitely a better buy.
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