Xiaomi 13 Pro vs 12S Ultra
70
out of 100
VS
67
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 12S Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 5 months 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
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (1260 against 1075 nits)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- 36% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1987 and 1458 points
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12S Ultra
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Slow-motion recording at 3840FPS
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 | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | 1500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 89.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.7% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 186 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) | 163.17 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 74.92 mm (2.95 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.38 mm (0.33 inches) | 9.06 mm (0.36 inches) |
| Weight | 229 g (8.08 oz) | 225 g (7.94 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | - |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Green | Black, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3190 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 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| 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 | 900 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~1843.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Single-core score | 1987 | 1458 |
| Multi-core score | 5323 | 3970 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 586438 | 557953 |
| GPU | 432270 | 426871 |
| Memory | 302195 | 254661 |
| UX | 449717 | 388377 |
| Total score | 1770620 | 1627862 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1085 | 856 |
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% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3614 | 2746 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9431 | 12064 |
| Video editing | 6387 | 7359 |
| Photo editing | 23700 | 31040 |
| Data manipulation | 9121 | 9969 |
| Writing score | 13667 | 14944 |
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 12S Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-05 (HAbib) | AnTuTu 11 | 1685123 |
| 📘 2026-01-31 (Yasso Elgabry) | AnTuTu 11 | 1627862 |
| 📘 2025-11-02 (RexOne12201) | AnTuTu 11 | 1353661 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 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 | 32 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4820 mAh | 4860 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 67 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 (73% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:22 hr | 0:50 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:06 hr | 08:46 hr |
| Watching video | 13:19 hr | 13:01 hr |
| Gaming | 04:43 hr | 05:25 hr |
| Standby | 110 hr | 96 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | - |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Optical, 5x |
| 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) | 3840 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 128° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50.3 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth: 0.3 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 | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX989 | Sony IMX989 |
| Sensor size | 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) | 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.6 micron | 1.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/4.1 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX586 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX586 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 65 |
| Preview | 70 | 63 |
| Zoom | 143 | 136 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12S Ultra 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 OV32C |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 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 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 103 |
| Video | - | 132 |
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 | July 2022 |
| Release date | December 2022 | July 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $890 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15 Pro | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 67 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
If the performance, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 13 Pro. But if the software is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12S Ultra.
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