Xiaomi 13 Ultra vs 13 Pro

74 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Ultra
VS
71 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 13 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on April 18, 2023, against the Xiaomi 13 Pro, which is powered by the same chip and came out 4 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13 Ultra
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (23:30 vs 21:44 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13 Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13 Ultra and 13 Pro 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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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
61.5
(Average)
Value Index
5.6
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
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 522 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 1900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 97.4% 98.2%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1215 nits
13 Pro +3%
1257 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.18 mm (6.42 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 74.64 mm (2.94 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 9.06 mm (0.36 inches) 8.38 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 227 g (8.01 oz) 229 g (8.08 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Eco-leather Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green White, Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.7%
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13 Ultra and Xiaomi 13 Pro
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 Ultra and Xiaomi 13 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1995
1987
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13 Ultra +2%
5419
5323
Single-core score 1995 1987
Multi-core score 5419 5323
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
13 Ultra +1%
1796720
1770620
CPU 579418 586438
GPU 433654 432270
Memory 329244 302195
UX 454407 449717
Total score 1796720 1770620
Samples [12 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1011
13 Pro +7%
1085
Stability 96% 98%
Graphics test 7 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1011 1085
3DMark Solar Bay
5228
5226
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 20 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 23 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 5228 5226
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
3488
13 Pro +4%
3614
Stability 91% 89%
Graphics test 20 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 3488 3614
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
n/a
10810
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 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-06 (berkayvaihimself)AnTuTu1874805
📘 2026-07-23 (Zalupachos)AnTuTu1766026
📘 2026-06-23 (Kotosti)AnTuTu1782088
📘 2026-05-23 (Acolute)AnTuTu1815019
📘 2026-05-08 (Zerok|Tech)AnTuTu1842097
Xiaomi 13 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-12 (stepp90q)AnTuTu1810366
📘 2026-06-07 (glib)AnTuTu1718692
📘 2026-04-28 (Dench1k)AnTuTu1806080
📘 2026-04-13 (xstanz_)AnTuTu1799801
📘 2026-03-30 (Thanuz0)AnTuTu1770620

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 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 14)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 1.0
OS size - 32 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4820 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (58% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 9 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 0:22 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:36 hr 08:06 hr
Watching video 13:10 hr 13:19 hr
Gaming 05:28 hr 04:43 hr
Standby 117 hr 110 hr
General battery life
13 Ultra +8%
23:30 hr
21:44 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50.3 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x 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 122° 115°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50.3 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
5) Depth
1) Standard: 50.3 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 50.3 MP
Aperture f/1.9 - 4.0 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
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/2.0
Focal length 120 mm 75 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm 14 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
13 Ultra +1%
138
136
Video quality
13 Ultra +6%
137
129
Generic main camera score
13 Ultra +3%
140
136
Bokeh 65 60
Preview 72 70
Zoom 147 143
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 Pro 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 CMOS 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 Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
128
n/a
Photo 123 -
Video 137 -

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 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 -
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* No 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
13 Ultra +1%
89.5 dB
88.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2023 December 2022
Release date April 2023 December 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1499 $1299
Successor - Xiaomi 17 Ultra - 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, 90 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

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. It has a better camera, performance, battery life, and design.

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571 (60.7%)
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