Xiaomi 13 Pro vs 12 Pro
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out of 100
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62
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 13 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on December 11, 2022, against the Xiaomi 12 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Shows 29% longer battery life (21:44 vs 16:53 hours)
- The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1770K versus 1349K)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (1261 against 1053 nits)
- The phone is 1 year newer
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12 Pro
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Weighs 25 grams less
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.73 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1440 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 522 ppi | 521 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 970 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | 1500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 89.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 367 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.38 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 229 g (8.08 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Green | Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 3743 |
| Single-core score | 1987 | 968 |
| Multi-core score | 5323 | 3605 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 586438 | 500024 |
| GPU | 432270 | 223043 |
| Memory | 302195 | 243998 |
| UX | 449717 | 382743 |
| Total score | 1770620 | 1349808 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1085 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 22 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5226 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 89% | 88% |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3614 | 2479 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9431 | 8304 |
| Video editing | 6387 | 6949 |
| Photo editing | 23700 | 25400 |
| Data manipulation | 9121 | 9541 |
| Writing score | 13667 | 13100 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 13 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-12 (stepp90q) | AnTuTu 11 | 1810366 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (glib) | AnTuTu 11 | 1718692 |
| 📘 2026-04-28 (Dench1k) | AnTuTu 11 | 1806080 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 (xstanz_) | AnTuTu 11 | 1799801 |
| 📘 2026-03-30 (Thanuz0) | AnTuTu 11 | 1770620 |
Xiaomi 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Tema) | CPU Throttle | 86% |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Tema) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603387 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 (Max) | AnTuTu 11 | 1349808 |
| 📘 2026-04-03 (12 pro) | AnTuTu 11 | 1555919 |
| 📘 2026-03-29 (thxthelow) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297778 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 1.0 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 32 GB | 26.5 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | - |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4820 mAh | 4600 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 9 min) | Yes (50% in 8 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:22 hr | 0:21 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:06 hr | 06:40 hr |
| Watching video | 13:19 hr | 10:08 hr |
| Gaming | 04:43 hr | 04:44 hr |
| Standby | 110 hr | 81 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8700 x 5800 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (1080p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 115° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50.3 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50.3 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX989 | Sony IMX707 |
| Sensor size | 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.6 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 48 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 14 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 70 |
| Preview | 70 | 70 |
| Zoom | 143 | 102 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32C | OmniVision OV32b40 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2022 | December 2021 |
| Release date | December 2022 | December 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $999 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15 Pro | - Xiaomi 15 Pro |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 120 W |
Further details
Notes on 13 Pro:
- Version with 128 GB comes with UFS 3.1 storage.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi 13 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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