Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 3 vs Note 12 Turbo
64
out of 100
VS
58
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 3 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3) that was released on April 10, 2024, against the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and came out 1 year before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Select the amount of RAM to evaluate performance and value for money more precisely
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 3
- 37% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1823K versus 1333K)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Water-resistant body (IP64 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 67W)
- 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
- The phone is 1 year newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- 13% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1941 and 1712 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Select your primary usage scenario to get a more accurate DeviceFacts Score
Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| 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 | No | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 2400 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 88.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) | 161.11 mm (6.34 inches) |
| Width | 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) | 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 179 g (6.31 oz) | 181 g (6.38 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP64 | IP53 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Green | White, Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 2910 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 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 | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 735 | Adreno 725 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 580 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS | ~1187.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8764 | 6057 |
| Single-core score | 1941 | 1712 |
| Multi-core score | 4989 | 4512 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 539993 | 536291 |
| GPU | 540836 | 165703 |
| Memory | 339845 | 251548 |
| UX | 402408 | 379757 |
| Total score | 1823082 | 1333299 |
| Samples | [22 tests] | [12 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 92% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1041 | 614 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 22 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 19 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 16 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5021 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 90% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3019 | 1962 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14506 | - |
| Video editing | 7662 | - |
| Photo editing | 27100 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15136 | - |
| Writing score | 19378 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-13 (tcno1) | AnTuTu 12 | 2067842 |
| π 2026-10-09 (sαΊ½ toy 3636) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1517 / 4722 |
| π 2026-10-09 (Chel) | AnTuTu 12 | 1967945 |
| π 2026-10-01 (kingcrabs5656) | AnTuTu 12 | 1859795 |
| π 2026-09-17 (Jikorei Miruko) | AnTuTu 12 | 1988803 |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-02 (KarlderaL) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1712 / 4512 |
| π 2026-06-02 (KarlderaL) | AnTuTu 11 | 1321926 |
| π 2026-05-12 (esalandin9@gmail.com) | AnTuTu 11 | 1225898 |
| π 2026-04-26 (NhαΊt Minh) | CPU Throttle | 94% |
| π 2026-04-26 (NhαΊt Minh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1419017 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS updates | - | 2 years |
| Security updates | - | 2 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 67 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 12 min) | Yes (83% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 0:47 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 08:02 hr |
| Watching video | - | 12:53 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | - | 104 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 9248 x 6936 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-600 | OmniVision OV64B40 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (β 0.51 inch) | 1/2" (β 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/4" (β 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.14 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | GalaxyCore GC02M1 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/5" (β 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.75 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.5 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV20B | Samsung S5K3P9 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.1" (β 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.12 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 6E (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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | - | 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* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2024 | March 2023 |
| Release date | April 2024 | March 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $350 | $400 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 90 W | Yes, 67 W |
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 12 Turbo:
- This is the Chinese version of the Poco F5.
*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 Turbo 3 is definitely a better buy.
Cast your vote
Total votes: 227
