Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 vs Xiaomi 12 Pro Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 30, 2020	Dec 28, 2021

Design

Dimensions
6.39 x 3.04 x 0.35 inches 162.3 x 77.2 x 8.9 mm	6.44 x 2.94 x 0.32 inches 163.6 x 74.6 x 8.2 mm
Weight
7.02 oz / 199.0 g	7.20 oz / 204.0 g
Materials
Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Forest green, Polar white, Midnight gray	Black, Green, Blue, Pink

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 83.52% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 89.52% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1000 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 395 PPI	3200x1440px, 20:9 ratio, 521 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
0.8 (Excellent)	2 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio G85 (12 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz Arm Cortex-A75 and ArmCortex-A55	Octa-core 1x3.00GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.50G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​0GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali G52 MC2	Adreno 730
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 4GB/128GB	8GB/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (10)	Android (12)

Battery

Type
5020 mAh, Li - Polymer	4600 mAh
Charging
Fast charging Reverse wired charging	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 18.0W	Wired: 120.0W Wireless: 50.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

10h 43min

Gaming

7h 34min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

9h 9min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Quad camera	Triple camera
Main camera
48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.28" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.2 μm	50 MP (Ultra-wide)
Third camera
2 MP (Macro, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.75 μm	50 MP (Telephoto, PDAF) Optical zoom: 2.0x
Fourth camera
2 MP Aperture size: F2.4 Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.7 μm
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps)	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (960 fps) EIS
Front
13 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	32 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, 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, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Infrared	NFC, Infrared

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Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n8, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79, SA, NSA
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 26
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 128GB storage

Memory	4GB/128GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB Ram and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB