Xiaomi 13 vs Asus Zenfone 10
70
out of 100
VS
66
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 13 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on December 11, 2022, against the Asus Zenfone 10, which is powered by the same chip and came out 6 months after. 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
- The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
- Delivers 55% higher peak brightness (1261 against 814 nits)
- Shows 10% longer battery life (24:59 vs 22:47 hours)
- Has a 0.44 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 30W)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Ready for eSIM technology
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Asus Zenfone 10
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Weighs 17 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- The phone is 6 months newer
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 | AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.36 inches | 5.92 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 414 ppi | 445 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1900 nits | 1100 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.4% | 84.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.6% | 96.3% |
| PWM | 488 Hz | 238 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 13
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
Zenfone 10
5.92″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.1 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) | 146.5 mm (5.77 inches) |
| Width | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) | 68.1 mm (2.68 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) | 9.4 mm (0.37 inches) |
| Weight | 189 g (6.67 oz) | 172 g (6.07 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| 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 |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 680 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8801 | - |
| Single-core score | 2004 | 2036 |
| Multi-core score | 5311 | 5558 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 579791 | 558741 |
| GPU | 433528 | 526939 |
| Memory | 291203 | 254776 |
| UX | 439427 | 344466 |
| Total score | 1743949 | 1684922 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 89% | 83% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1090 | 1098 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 98% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | 23 FPS |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5308 | 5365 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 89% | 69% |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3665 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 13
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-05 (Andrewei) | AnTuTu 11 | 1830711 |
| 📘 2026-08-29 (Pat) | AnTuTu 11 | 1793929 |
| 📘 2026-08-24 (Simon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1845042 |
| 📘 2026-05-28 (vrostyy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1728936 |
| 📘 2026-05-13 (Bek) | AnTuTu 11 | 1800492 |
Asus Zenfone 10
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | - | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 16) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS size | 31.5 GB | 48 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | - |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 4300 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (83% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 1:21 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:47 hr | 08:44 hr |
| Watching video | 14:15 hr | 15:25 hr |
| Gaming | 05:57 hr | 06:07 hr |
| Standby | 127 hr | 103 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (1080p) | 480 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX800 | Sony IMX766 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 75 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3K1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.75" (≈ 0.27 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | Omnivision OV13B10 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | - |
| Preview | 68 | - |
| Zoom | 131 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 22 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 |
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 |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| 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 | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2022 | June 2023 |
| Release date | December 2022 | July 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $799 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 | - Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra |
| SAR (head) | 0.998 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.997 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Yes, 30 W |
*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. It has a better camera, battery life, software, design, and sound.
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