The Realme 5i is powered by a Qualcomm SDM665 Snapdragon 665 (11 nm) CPU processor with 64GB ROM, 4GB RAM. The device also has a 6.52-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen (720 x 1600 pixels, 269 ppi) display. It has a Quad: 12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.9″, 1.25µm, PDAF + 8 MP, f/2.3, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm + 2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5″, 1.75µm (dedicated macro camera) + 2MP rear camera and supports Wifi, GPS, 3G and 4G LTE. It packs in a Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery at 9.3mm device thickness and weight 195g, running on Android 9.0 (Pie), planned upgrade to Android 10.0; ColorOS 6.

The Xiaomi Redmi 8 is powered by a Qualcomm SDM439 Snapdragon 439 (12 nm) CPU processor with 32 GB, 3GB RAM / 64 GB, 4GB RAM. The device also has a 6.22-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen (720 x 1520 pixels, 270 ppi) display. It has a Dual: 12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF+ 2MP rear camera and supports Wifi, GPS, 3G and 4G LTE. It packs in a Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery at 9.4mm device thickness and weight 188g, running on Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 11.