Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 73.8 | 81.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Xiaomi |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | Android 10 |
| 2013-09-10 | 2020-05-05 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.53 x 3.02 x 0.35 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 7.37 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Glacier white, Interstellar gray and Tropical green |
| Aluminium | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 440.00 | $ 291.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SM7125 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 465, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 618 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 12.1 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 5020mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro is just a bit better than the iPhone 5s, with a score of 81.1 against 73.8. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with Android 10 OS, while iPhone 5s comes with iOS 8.x OS. Even though the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro is newer than iPhone 5s, it's thicker and noticeably heavier. Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro has a little faster processor than iPhone 5s, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit and a 32 bits processing unit instead of 64-bits, it also counts with more RAM and more processing cores.
The Apple iPhone 5s features a sharper screen than Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro, although it has a much lower resolution of 1136 x 640, a lot smaller screen and a little bit inferior pixel quantity in each screen inch. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro counts with a much better storage to store more apps and games than iPhone 5s, because it has a slot for external memory cards that allows a maximum of 512 GB and more internal memory.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro counts with a greater camera than iPhone 5s, because it has a larger aperture to capture better low-light captures, a way higher 3840x2160 video quality, a camera with much more MP and a much larger sensor shooting much better quality pictures and videos. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro has a really longer battery lifetime than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has a 5020mAh battery capacity instead of 1570mAh.
Despite of being the best phone in our comparison, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro is also a lot cheaper.
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