Xiaomi Mi 8 SE vs Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi Mi 8 SE

Xiaomi Mi 8 SE

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Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus

Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus

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Xiaomi Mi 8 SE or Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi Mi 8 SE Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus
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Release date 2018, May 2016, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 147.3 x 73.1 x 7.5 mm | 5.8 x 5.8 x 2.88 in 154.6 x 77.7 x 8 mm | 6.09 x 6.09 x 3.06 in
Weight 164 g | 5.78 oz 168 g | 5.93 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Gray, Blue, Red, Gold Silver, Gray, Gold, Rose Gold
Battery 3120 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3800 mAh,  Non-removable
Approximate price 260 EUR 310 EUR
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.88" in 5.7" in
Screen area 87.6 cm2 89.6 cm2
Screen format 18.7:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 81.3% 74.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2244 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 423 PPI 386 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-DCI-P3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 13 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.9, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF
-5 MP, f/2.0, 1.12µm, depth sensor
-13 MP, f/2.0, 1/3'', 1.12µm, PDAF
-13 MP B/W, f/2.0, 1/3'', 1.12µm
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Single 4 MP, Single
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 1.0µm 4 MP, f/2.0, 1/3'', 2µm
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); MIUI 9.5 Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); MIUI 10
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710 (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz 360 Gold & 6x1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver) - Quad-core (2x2.35 GHz Kryo & 2x2.2 GHz Kryo)
GPU Adreno 616 Adreno 530
External memory No No
Internal memory 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4/6 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 218159
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 406 344
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1288 723
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 833 598
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 751
GeekBench 5 Single Core 379 332
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1399 820
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1823 1776
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5718 4020
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 6683 6912

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat15 800/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)

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