CAT S42 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G

CAT
S42

Xiaomi
Redmi Note 12 5G
At a glance
- Brand
- Cat
- Xiaomi
- Release date
- July 2020, 5 years 10 months ago
- October 2022, 3 years 7 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 50.300 Antutu v8 Overall performance better than 49% of devices
- 460.800 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 72% of devices
Display
- Size
- 5.5"
- 6.67"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1440 px HD+
- 1080 x 2400 px FHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- Oled E2 Pro
- Density
- 294 ppi Medium Density
- 395 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 18:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Without Notch, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, Color LED Notifications, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Capacitive, Multi-touch
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), Peak brightness - 1200 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 700 cd/m², 4500000:1 contrast ratio, Always-On Display, DCI-P3, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, 3D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio A20 (MT6761D)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (SM4375)
- CPU
- 4x Cortex A53 1.8 GHz
- 2x2.0 GHz Cortex A78 + 6x1.8 GHz Cortex A55
- CPU type
- Quad-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 6 nm
- Frequency
- 1.8 GHz
- 2 GHz
- GPU
- PowerVR GE8300
- Adreno
- RAM
- 3 GB
- 4 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- LPDDR4X RAM
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 13 Mpx
- 48 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- No
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 120 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- Digital zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- Sensor
- —
- Samsung S5KJN1 (48MP)
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.64 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/2.76"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 5 Mpx
- 13 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 2.45
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.12 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 4200 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes
- Yes , 33.0W
- Features
- Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 32 GB
- 128 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- Type
- —
- UFS Storage 2.2
Body
- Dimensions
- 77.2 mm 161.3 mm 12.7 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.2 mm 165.9 mm 8.0 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 220 g
- 188 g
- Materials
- Rugged Smartphone, Aluminium alloy
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black Orange
- Blue Gray Green
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68, MIL-STD-810G
- IP53
- Usable surface
- 66 %
- 84 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 10 Q Android 10
- Android 12 Snow Cone MIUI 14 (Android 12)
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.1 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1)
- USB
- —
- USB Type-C
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B32 (1500), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, on the side
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- —
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes












