Xiaomi 14 Pro vs 13 Ultra

79 out of 100
Xiaomi 14 Pro
VS
74 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 14 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on October 26, 2023, against the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 7 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 14 Pro
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (25:21 vs 23:30 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • 33% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2397K versus 1796K)
  • The phone is 7 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1215 against 1054 nits)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14 Pro and 13 Ultra crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
80*
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
79*
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
22.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
61.5
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED 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 522 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Longjing Glass Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 97.4%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1054 nits
13 Ultra +15%
1215 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 163.18 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 74.64 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 9.06 mm (0.36 inches)
Weight 223 g (7.87 oz) 227 g (8.01 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Eco-leather
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gray, Green White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
89.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14 Pro and Xiaomi 13 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3300 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 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 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14 Pro and Xiaomi 13 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
14 Pro +7%
2129
1995
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14 Pro +27%
6906
5419
Compute Score (GPU)
13963
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 13963 -
Single-core score 2129 1995
Multi-core score 6906 5419
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
14 Pro +33%
2397671
1796720
CPU 690713 579418
GPU 829399 433654
Memory 341008 329244
UX 536551 454407
Total score 2397671 1796720
Samples [9 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
14 Pro +57%
1589
1011
Stability 89% 96%
Graphics test 12 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1589 1011
3DMark Solar Bay
14 Pro +54%
8037
5228
Stability 85% 98%
Graphics test 31 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 8037 5228
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
14 Pro +30%
4526
3488
Stability 83% 91%
Graphics test 27 FPS 20 FPS
Graphics score 4526 3488
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
16058
n/a
Web score 14546 -
Video editing 7908 -
Photo editing 31773 -
Data manipulation 14905 -
Writing score 20028 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#156th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (Nipple Power)AnTuTu2320631
📘 2026-08-08 (Shionnnfu)AnTuTu2413075
📘 2026-08-05 (Sulaiman Samimi)AnTuTu2304066
📘 2026-04-21 (DecayCat)GeekBench CPU2127 / 6966
📘 2026-04-21 (DecayCat)AnTuTu2433153
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 1.0
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4880 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 90 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 8 min) Yes (58% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:18 hr 0:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:49 hr 09:36 hr
Watching video 16:30 hr 13:10 hr
Gaming 05:10 hr 05:28 hr
Standby 113 hr 117 hr
General battery life
14 Pro +8%
25:21 hr
23:30 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50.3 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 30FPS 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 (720p) 1920 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 122°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50.3 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
5) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50.3 MP
Aperture f/1.4 - 4.0 f/1.9 - 4.0
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung Light Hunter 900 Sony IMX989
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1" (≈ 1 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.6 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/3.0
Focal length 75 mm 120 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Focal length 14 mm 12 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
n/a
138
Video quality
n/a
137
Generic main camera score
n/a
140
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 72
Zoom - 147
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 Ultra 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 OV32B CMOS
Sensor size 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
n/a
128
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 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 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* 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
14 Pro +1%
90.5 dB
89.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2023 April 2023
Release date October 2023 April 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $1100 $1499
Successor - Xiaomi 15 Pro - Xiaomi 17 Ultra
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, 90 W
Further details
Notes on 14 Pro:
    - New Longjing Glass is used. The frame can be either aluminum or titanium, with a weight difference of 7 grams.
*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 14 Pro. It has a better performance, gaming, and software.

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