SpecEagle review · Xiaomi

Redmi A5 review: Sub-$80 entry phone with 120Hz and 5200 mAh.

SpecEagle Editorial·Feb 2025·$75
Overall
42/100
Class rank
#140 of 146
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Xiaomi at the very bottom.

Redmi A5 anchors Xiaomi's 2025 entry tier — 120Hz, a 32 MP camera, stereo speakers and a 5200 mAh battery at $75 — the kind of feature-packed budget device that keeps Redmi the global volume leader.

01Display

66/100

66/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for budget phones of 2025.

TypeIPS LCD, 120Hz
Size6.88 inches
Resolution720 x 1640 px

02Camera

46/100

46/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2025 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main32 MP, f/1.8
AI lens0.08 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

42/100

42/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2025 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetUnisoc T7250 (12nm)
GPUMali-G57

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2025.

Capacity5200 mAh
Charging15W

05Build

56/100

56/100 is one of the weaker build results among budget phones of 2025 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • 120Hz + 32 MP + stereo at $75
  • Big 5200 mAh battery
  • microSD + 3.5 mm jack
What doesn't
  • Unisoc T7250 slow
  • 720p only
  • 0.08 MP filler cam
Cross-shop it against
Moto G85
$299 · score 74/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 146-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .