Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G vs Poco F5

Here we compared two mid-range 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 Poco F5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and came out 5 months 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 33% higher peak brightness (1276 against 961 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F5
  • Shows 10% longer battery life (21:08 vs 19:11 hours)
  • 30% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1302K versus 1003K)
  • 39% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1627 and 1174 points
  • Weighs 23.5 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Poco F5 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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8 / 256 GB
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8 / 256 GB
5.7
(Bad)
Value Index
69.4
(Good)

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 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 395 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 - 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 88.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 96.4% 99.4%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1276 nits
961 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 161.11 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) 74.95 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 204.5 g (7.21 oz) 181 g (6.38 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Poco F5
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Max clock 2800 MHz 2910 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.49 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 650 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC4 Adreno 725
GPU shading units 256 1024
GPU clock 1130 MHz 580 MHz
FLOPS ~578.6 GFLOPS ~1187.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G and Xiaomi Poco F5
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 3654 4119
Single-core score 1174 1627
Multi-core score 2610 4184
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F5 +30%
1302969
CPU 382694 522997
GPU 164972 166455
Memory 177265 227236
UX 278147 386281
Total score 1003078 1302969
Samples [39 tests] [35 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 3 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 463 608
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 85%
Graphics test 7 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 1179 1956
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]

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 Poco F5
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 (Martin)AnTuTu 121421599
📘 2026-10-03 (Zaviee)AnTuTu 121483091
📘 2026-09-21 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 121442782
📘 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh)AnTuTu 111318003
📘 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway)AnTuTu 111304220

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3
OS size 39 GB 32 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
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (67% in 15 min) Yes (83% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:25 hr 0:47 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:52 hr 09:04 hr
Watching video 11:32 hr 12:47 hr
Gaming 05:27 hr 05:49 hr
Standby 89 hr 95 hr
General battery life
Poco F5 +10%
21:08 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 9248 x 6936
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) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 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 64 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 OmniVision OV64B40
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.7 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 Sony IMX355
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 -
Preview 64 -
Zoom 109 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 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/2.5
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
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
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
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* - 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco F5 +2%
90.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 May 2023
Release date January 2024 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $379
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G - Xiaomi Poco F7
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
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, camera, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro Plus 5G. But if the performance, gaming, battery life, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Poco F5.

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Baqish November 26, 2023 at 09:51 PM
This isn't pro plus, pro± (plus) use 7 gen 2. Just pro versiyon ise dimensty.
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Techynerd January 22, 2024 at 03:33 PM
Hey, the Redmi Note 13 Pro uses the 7s Gen 2, while the 13 Pro+ uses the Dimensity 7200U. It would be better to thoroughly check the phone's actual specifications before making false statements.
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