Both phones have a Metal body, Fingerprint Scanner on the Rear. Redmi 6 has a smaller 5.45-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display whereas 5.7-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display on Redmi 5. After using Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 on Redmi 5 Now Xiaomi has used MediaTek Helio P22 (MT6762) 12nm processor on Redmi 6.
Xiaomi Redmi 6 comes with Dual 12+5MP Rear Camera whereas Redmi 5 has 12MP Rear Camera both phones have 5MP front camera. Redmi 6 is packed by 3000mAh battery which is less compared to 3300mAh battery on Redmi 5.
Xiaomi Redmi 6 vs Xiaomi Redmi 5
| Display :5.45-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display | 5.7-inch (1440 × 720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display |
| CPU: 2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P22 (MT6762) 12nm processor | 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 450 Processor |
| Adreno 650MHz IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU | Adreno 506 GPU |
| RAM 3/4GB RAM, | 2/3/4GB RAM |
| ROM 32/64GB internal with microSD card support up to 128GB | 16GB / 32GB.64GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD |
| Camera 12MP rear camera with LED Flash, 1.25μm pixel size, secondary 5MP camera | 12MP rear camera with LED flash |
| 5MP front-facing camera | 5MP front-facing camera |
| 4G VoLTE, 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS | Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, GPS / GLONASS |
| Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor | Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor |
| Battery 3000mAh battery | 3300mAh battery |
| OS-Android 8.1 (Oreo) with MIUI 9 | Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with MIUI 9 |
| Dimensions: 147.46×71.49×8.3mm; Weight: 146g | Dimensions: 151.8 × 72.8 × 7.7mm; Weight: 157g |
Xiaomi Redmi 6 is priced at 799 Yaun for 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage and 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage cost 999 Yuan. Xiaomi Redmi 5 comes in Gold, Black, Rose Gold and Blue color priced at Rs 7999 for 16GB, Rs 8999 for 32GB and Rs 10999 for 64 GB.