Motorola Moto E5 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 19, 2018	Apr 30, 2020

Design

Dimensions
6.12 x 2.84 x 0.35 inches 155.4 x 72.2 x 8.95 mm	6.39 x 3.04 x 0.35 inches 162.3 x 77.2 x 8.9 mm
Weight
6.14 oz / 174.0 g	7.02 oz / 199.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic	Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gray	Forest green, Polar white, Midnight gray

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.77% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 83.52% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD
Resolution
1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 282 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 395 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
3 (Average)	0.8 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 425 MSM8917 (28 nm)	MediaTek Helio G85 (12 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2000 MHz Arm Cortex-A75 and ArmCortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 308	Mali G52 MC2
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	3GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	5020 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe	Fast charging Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

10h 43min

Gaming

7h 34min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.2 μm
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Fourth camera
	2 MP Aperture size: F2.4 Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.7 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps), 720p (30 fps), DVD (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps)
Front
5 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	13 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 66, 71	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Alternative variants

Dual SIM, no NFC

Dual SIM	Yes

with 128GB storage

Memory	4GB/128GB

International version

Rear	Single camera
Main camera	13 MP (PDAF)
Colors	Gold, Gray
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 40
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1

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