Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G vs Samsung Galaxy A23 5G
65 out of 100
VS
55 out of 100
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 A23 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 and came out 1 year and 2 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G
- Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
- Delivers 161% higher peak brightness (1326 against 508 nits)
- Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
- 45% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (604K versus 417K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Stereo speakers
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- Thinner bezels – 7.1% more screen real estate
- 12% higher pixel density (446 vs 400 PPI)
- AMOLED display (versus competitor's PLS TFT)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A23 5G
- Shows 30% longer battery life (26:19 vs 20:13 hours)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
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.
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | PLS TFT |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2408 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 400 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 450 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.8% | 82.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 96.6% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 713 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | 22 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 1442:1 |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) | 165.4 mm (6.51 inches) |
| Width | 74.24 mm (2.92 inches) | 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 187 g (6.6 oz) | 197 g (6.95 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP54 | No |
| Rear material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Purple | White, Black, Blue, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 | - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78) |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 686 |
| Graphics | Adreno 710 | Adreno 619 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 940 MHz | 950 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS | ~430.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 209566 | 152613 |
| GPU | 117196 | 80451 |
| Memory | 124200 | 79577 |
| UX | 153732 | 104748 |
| Total score | 604694 | 417389 |
| Samples | [40 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 46.1 °C | 43.9 °C |
| Stability | 98% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3018 | 1197 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11839 | 9107 |
| Video editing | 7161 | 4801 |
| Photo editing | 24619 | 20714 |
| Data manipulation | 10172 | 8549 |
| Writing score | 14428 | 12801 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8, 12, 16 GB | 4, 6, 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128, 256 GB | 64, 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | One UI 6 |
| OS size | 56 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5100 mAh | 5000 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 |
| Fast charging | Yes (49% in 15 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 1:08 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:32 hr | 10:23 hr |
| Watching video | 11:56 hr | 15:03 hr |
| Gaming | 04:57 hr | 05:45 hr |
| Standby | 95 hr | 134 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16384 x 12288 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital (lossless), 4x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 120 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 118° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 5 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP 4) Depth: 2 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 | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 | Samsung S5KJN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" | 1/2.76" |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 5 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | GalaxyCore 5035 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" | 1/5" |
| Pixel size | 1.14 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | 2 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV02B10 | GalaxyCore GC02 |
| Sensor size | 1/5" | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV16A1Q | GalaxyCore |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 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, Galileo |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | September 2023 | August 2022 |
| Release date | January 2024 | September 2022 |
| Launch price | $390 | $300 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.49 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.25 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Not included |
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.
