Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G vs Xiaomi 12T

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 Xiaomi 12T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra and came out 1 year before. 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 13 Pro Plus 5G
  • Delivers 34% higher peak brightness (1276 against 952 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (21:37 vs 19:11 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1111K versus 1003K)
  • 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1266 and 1174 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi 12T 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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8 / 256 GB
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8 / 128 GB
5.7
(Bad)
Value Index
64.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 480 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 96.4% 99.8%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1276 nits
952 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 204.5 g (7.21 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi 12T
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra
Max clock 2800 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 650 MediaTek APU 580
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC4 Mali-G610 MC6
GPU shading units 256 384
GPU clock 1130 MHz 860 MHz
FLOPS ~578.6 GFLOPS ~660.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi 12T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 3654 4380
Single-core score 1174 1266
Multi-core score 2610 4052
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 12T +11%
1111150
CPU 382694 410599
GPU 164972 171066
Memory 177265 225193
UX 278147 304292
Total score 1003078 1111150
Samples [39 tests] [13 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 3 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 463 569
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 98%
Graphics test 7 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 1179 1567
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 10817
Video editing - 6857
Photo editing - 19993
Data manipulation - 10380
Writing score - 15465

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 (Servi Tuli)AnTuTu 121040269
📘 2026-10-04 (MineUS)AnTuTu 111023280
📘 2026-08-21 (0rin)AnTuTu 111009666
📘 2026-07-24 (Toriq albar)AnTuTu 111041446
📘 2026-07-19 (Oleg)AnTuTu 111039401
Xiaomi 12T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (CrysTalesia)AnTuTu 111125997
📘 2026-07-09 -> Tem4kAnTuTu 111120838
📘 2026-02-28 -> GogoglAnTuTu 111103123
📘 2026-02-26 (FAN KLYB PROVOKATOR)AnTuTu 111133244
📘 2025-12-22 (JC)AnTuTu 111089139

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3
OS size 39 GB 25.5 GB
OS updates 2 years 3 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (67% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 7 min)
Full charging time 0:25 hr 0:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:52 hr 08:33 hr
Watching video 11:32 hr 12:21 hr
Gaming 05:27 hr 04:59 hr
Standby 89 hr 109 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 12T +13%
21:37 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 12032 x 9204
Zoom Digital (lossless), 4x Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual 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 240 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 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
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Samsung ISOCELL HM6
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 Samsung S5K4H7
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 60 65
Preview 64 63
Zoom 109 67
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 -
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 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 5.3 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, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
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 October 2022
Release date January 2024 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $600
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G - Xiaomi 15T
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.99 W/kg
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, 120 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G:
    - The eco-leather version is 5.5 grams lighter than the regular one.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, connectivity, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G. But if the performance, gaming, and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12T.

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