Xiaomi 13 Pro vs 12 Pro

71 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Pro
VS
62 out of 100
Xiaomi 12 Pro

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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
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

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13 Pro and 12 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
86
83
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
75
70
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
68
51
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
49
34
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
63
52
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
86
77
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
71
62
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
5.6
(Bad)
Value Index
61.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

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
Display tests
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)
13 Pro +20%
1261 nits
1053 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

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
89.9%
89.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi 12 Pro
SoC
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
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 680 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi 12 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
13 Pro +105%
1987
968
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13 Pro +48%
5323
3605
Compute Score (GPU)
n/a
3743
Compute Score (GPU) - 3743
Single-core score 1987 968
Multi-core score 5323 3605
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
13 Pro +31%
1770620
1349808
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
1085
n/a
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 8 FPS -
Graphics score 1085 -
3DMark Solar Bay
5226
n/a
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
13 Pro +46%
3614
2479
Stability 89% 88%
Graphics test 21 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 3614 2479
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13 Pro +4%
10810
10354
Web score 9431 8304
Video editing 6387 6949
Photo editing 23700 25400
Data manipulation 9121 9541
Writing score 13667 13100

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 13 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-12 (stepp90q)AnTuTu 111810366
📘 2026-06-07 (glib)AnTuTu 111718692
📘 2026-04-28 (Dench1k)AnTuTu 111806080
📘 2026-04-13 (xstanz_)AnTuTu 111799801
📘 2026-03-30 (Thanuz0)AnTuTu 111770620
Xiaomi 12 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-27 (Tema)CPU Throttle86%
📘 2026-06-07 (Tema)AnTuTu 111603387
📘 2026-04-15 (Max)AnTuTu 111349808
📘 2026-04-03 (12 pro)AnTuTu 111555919
📘 2026-03-29 (thxthelow)AnTuTu 111297778

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
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
Battery life tests
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
13 Pro +29%
21:44 hr
16:53 hr

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
Standard lens
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
Telephoto lens
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
Ultra-wide lens
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
136
136
Video quality
13 Pro +3%
129
125
Generic main camera score
13 Pro +5%
136
129
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
Network
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
13 Pro +5%
88.5 dB
84.2 dB

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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