Xiaomi 13 Pro vs Xiaomi 13

71 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Pro
VS
70 out of 100
Xiaomi 13

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 13, which is powered by the same chip. 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
  • 26% higher pixel density (522 vs 414 PPI)
  • Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (24:59 vs 21:44 hours)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Weighs 40 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi 13 crucial features
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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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
5.6
(Bad)
Value Index
5.8
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.36 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 522 ppi 414 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1900 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 89.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.2% 98.6%
PWM 120 Hz 488 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
13 Pro
6.73″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.9 in2
Xiaomi 13
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1261 nits
1261 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.38 mm (0.33 inches) 7.98 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 229 g (8.08 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
13 Pro +1%
89.9%
89.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
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
- 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
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 680 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1987
Xiaomi 13 +1%
2004
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5323
5311
Compute Score (GPU)
n/a
8801
Compute Score (GPU) - 8801
Single-core score 1987 2004
Multi-core score 5323 5311
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
13 Pro +2%
1770620
1743949
CPU 586438 579791
GPU 432270 433528
Memory 302195 291203
UX 449717 439427
Total score 1770620 1743949
Samples [7 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1085
1090
Stability 98% 89%
Graphics test 8 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1085 1090
3DMark Solar Bay
5226
Xiaomi 13 +2%
5308
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 20 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 22 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 5226 5308
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
3614
Xiaomi 13 +1%
3665
Stability 89% 89%
Graphics test 21 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 3614 3665
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
10810
n/a
Web score 9431 -
Video editing 6387 -
Photo editing 23700 -
Data manipulation 9121 -
Writing score 13667 -

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 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 (Andrewei)AnTuTu 111830711
📘 2026-08-29 (Pat)AnTuTu 111793929
📘 2026-08-24 (Simon)AnTuTu 111845042
📘 2026-05-28 (vrostyy)AnTuTu 111728936
📘 2026-05-13 (Bek)AnTuTu 111800492

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 32 GB 31.5 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4820 mAh 4500 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
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 9 min) Yes (83% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:22 hr 0:42 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:06 hr 09:47 hr
Watching video 13:19 hr 14:15 hr
Gaming 04:43 hr 05:57 hr
Standby 110 hr 127 hr
General battery life
21:44 hr
Xiaomi 13 +15%
24:59 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.2x Optical, 3.2x
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 (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50.3 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50.3 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX989 Sony IMX800
Sensor size 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 75 mm 75 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.75" (≈ 0.27 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm 15 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Omnivision OV13B10
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
13 Pro +4%
136
131
Video quality
13 Pro +7%
129
121
Generic main camera score
13 Pro +5%
136
130
Bokeh 60 55
Preview 70 68
Zoom 143 131
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 22 mm 22 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32C Omnivision OV32C
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 30 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 5.3
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 Yes
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
88.5 dB
Xiaomi 13 +3%
91.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2022 December 2022
Release date December 2022 December 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $999
Successor - Xiaomi 15 Pro - Xiaomi 17
SAR (head) - 0.998 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.997 W/kg
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, 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 display and camera are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 13 Pro. But if the battery life and software are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 13.

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rock February 20, 2024 at 06:59 AM
I absolutely adore the design and build of the Xiaomi 13.
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Anonymous May 8, 2023 at 06:43 AM
The 13 Pro is only a bit better since they have the same performance and nearly identical camera systems.
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Bap December 13, 2022 at 11:33 AM
It's not really a toss-up. The 13 Pro is obviously better and made to be better. But the 13 is definitely not out of the question!
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