Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G vs Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on September 21, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 2 years and 2 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 5G
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Delivers 66% higher peak brightness (1330 against 799 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • 10% higher pixel density (446 vs 405 PPI)
  • The phone is 2 years and 2 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (21:34 vs 20:13 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G 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)

Should I update?
No 44% Yes
Mostly no. The difference is too small to matter in everyday use.
The overall difference between Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G and Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G is not big enough to justify updating.
Main improvements: camera, display, and battery life.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 405 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.8% 85%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 96.6% 138.1%
PWM 713 Hz 231 Hz
Response time 1 ms 9 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1330 nits
799 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 159.9 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 74.24 mm (2.92 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 187 g (6.6 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP67
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 2400 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 940 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 2137 2487
Single-core score 1010 1021
Multi-core score 2842 2969
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 321088 313434
GPU - 100484
Memory 153212 135397
UX 244223 209450
Total score 718523 758767
Samples [12 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 99% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 252 225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 4 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 792 685
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11839 11369
Video editing 7161 7181
Photo editing 24619 25824
Data manipulation 10172 9429
Writing score 14428 13416

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-04 (Pedro)AnTuTu 12735057
📘 2026-07-05 (Rodrigo)AnTuTu 11707607
📘 2026-06-16 (AmX)Geekbench 6 CPU1025 / 3005
📘 2026-06-15 (AmX)Geekbench 6 CPU1007 / 2951
📘 2026-06-14 (APTH)AnTuTu 11760946
Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)Geekbench 7 CPU808 / 3022
📘 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)AnTuTu 12769103
📘 2026-09-27 (Andy Swas)AnTuTu 11725254
📘 2026-09-22 (bebequinhamota)AnTuTu 12805881
📘 2026-09-03 (Jaegerr)AnTuTu 11791396

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 6.0
OS size 56 GB 26 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5100 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (49% in 15 min) Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:28 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:32 hr 07:27 hr
Watching video 11:56 hr 12:42 hr
Gaming 04:57 hr 04:56 hr
Standby 95 hr 116 hr
General battery life
21:34 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 16384 x 12288 9000 x 7000
Zoom Digital (lossless), 4x Digital
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 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 118° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 5 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 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP3 Sony IMX682
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
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, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 August 2021
Release date January 2024 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $305 $495
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 5G -
SAR (head) - 0.88 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.84 W/kg
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W -
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G:
    - There are two models of the phone (depending on the market): one with a dual physical SIM tray and the other with one physical SIM slot + an eSIM.
*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 13 Pro 5G is definitely a better buy.

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