Sony Xperia XZ Premium vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia XZ Premium or Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia XZ Premium Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro
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Release date 2017, February 2016, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 156 x 77 x 7.9 mm | 6.14 x 6.14 x 3.03 in 150 x 76 x 8.7 mm | 5.91 x 5.91 x 2.99 in
Weight 195 g | 6.88 oz 164 g | 5.78 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5) Aluminum body
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Colors Luminous Chrome, Deepsea Black, Bronze Pink, Rosso (red) Silver, Gray, Gold
Battery 3230 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4050 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 420 EUR 160 EUR
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.46" in 5.5" in
Screen area 82.2 cm2 82.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 68.4% 72.4%
Screen resolution 3840 x 2160 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 807 PPI 403 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 19 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3'', predictive PDAF & laser AF -16 MP, PDAF, f/2.0
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps, HDR 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 83
DxOMark Photo 82
DxOMark Video 84
Front camera, selfie 13 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3'', 1.12µm 5 MP, f/2.0
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow); MIUI 9.5
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8956 Snapdragon 650
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Hexa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A72)
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 510
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM - Standard version
32 GB, 3 GB RAM - High/Special version

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 201987
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 392
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1251
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1349
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 560
GeekBench 5 Single Core 372
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1460
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1886 1392
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6156 3301
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7782
GeekBench 4 Battery 3759

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G8141Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G8142 Hybrid Dual SIM (Micro-SIM/Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G8142
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G8141, G8142
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G8141, G8142
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Special edition (Taiwan)
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Global 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300) - Special edition (Taiwan)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 4.1, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.26 W/kg (head)    
SAR EU - 0.56 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio No Stereo FM radio, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted, region dependent), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

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Versions
- Also known as Sony Xperia XZ Premium Dual with dual-SIM card slots

- Also known as Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro

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