Xiaomi 13 vs Google Pixel 8 Pro
70
out of 100
VS
72
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 Google Pixel 8 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 10 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
- Shows 28% longer battery life (24:59 vs 19:29 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 30W)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 28% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1743K versus 1367K)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8 Pro
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Delivers 28% higher peak brightness (1592 against 1244 nits)
- Has a 0.34 inch larger screen size
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- 18% higher pixel density (489 vs 414 PPI)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
- The phone is 10 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.36 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1344 x 2992 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 414 ppi | 489 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1900 nits | 2400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.4% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.6% | 99.5% |
| PWM | 488 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 8 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Xiaomi 13
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~10% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) | 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) |
| Width | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 189 g (6.67 oz) | 213 g (7.51 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | Black, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Google Tensor G3 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 9 (1 + 4 + 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 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Immortalis-G715s MC10 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 890 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~1594.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8801 | 6573 |
| Single-core score | 2004 | 1765 |
| Multi-core score | 5311 | 4297 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 579791 | 468427 |
| GPU | 433528 | 384941 |
| Memory | 291203 | 182041 |
| UX | 439427 | 331822 |
| Total score | 1743949 | 1367231 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | [14 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 89% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1090 | 982 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5308 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 89% | 75% |
| 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 |
Google Pixel 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-05 (s1mpick) | AnTuTu 11 | 1338293 |
| 📘 2026-05-04 (Bilal Ahmed) | AnTuTu 11 | 1367231 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 -> Spaikleonow | AnTuTu 11 | 1482218 |
| 📘 2026-03-26 (Bilal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1328640 |
| 📘 2026-02-16 (...) | AnTuTu 11 | 1471077 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | - | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 16) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 31.5 GB | 14 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 5050 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (23 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (83% in 30 min) | Yes (53% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 1:23 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:47 hr | 08:23 hr |
| Watching video | 14:15 hr | 12:10 hr |
| Gaming | 05:57 hr | 04:58 hr |
| Standby | 127 hr | 87 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 126° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX800 | Samsung GNV |
| Sensor size | 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 113 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3K1 | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.75" (≈ 0.27 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | 65 |
| Preview | 68 | 75 |
| Zoom | 131 | 152 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 10.5 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32C | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 143 |
| Video | - | 149 |
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 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | 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 | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2022 | October 2023 |
| Release date | December 2022 | October 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $999 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 | - Google Pixel 10 Pro |
| 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, 67 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Pixel 8 Pro:
- The smartphone includes a temperature sensor.
*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 Google Pixel 8 Pro. But if the performance, gaming, battery life, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 13.
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