Xiaomi 14 Ultra vs 14 Pro

80 out of 100
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
VS
79 out of 100
Xiaomi 14 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 14 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on February 22, 2024, against the Xiaomi 14 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 14 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Delivers 22% higher peak brightness (1283 against 1054 nits)
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14 Pro
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (25:21 vs 22:08 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14 Ultra and 14 Pro 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
19.4
(Bad)
Value Index
22.3
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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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 (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 3000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Xiaomi Longjing Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.9% 99.5%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
14 Ultra +22%
1283 nits
1054 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 161.4 mm (6.35 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 75.3 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 9.2 mm (0.36 inches) 8.49 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 219.8 g (7.75 oz) 223 g (7.87 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black Black, Silver, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Xiaomi 14 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3300 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
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
- 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
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Xiaomi 14 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
14 Ultra +3%
2189
2129
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14 Ultra +10%
7596
6906
Compute Score (GPU)
14 Ultra +18%
16435
13963
Compute Score (GPU) 16435 13963
Single-core score 2189 2129
Multi-core score 7596 6906
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2354148
14 Pro +2%
2397671
CPU 691662 690713
GPU 815122 829399
Memory 327096 341008
UX 520268 536551
Total score 2354148 2397671
Samples [6 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1503
14 Pro +6%
1589
Stability 87% 89%
Graphics test 11 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 1503 1589
3DMark Solar Bay
7556
14 Pro +6%
8037
Stability - 85%
Graphics test 29 FPS 31 FPS
Section 1 32 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 7556 8037
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
14 Ultra +1%
4553
4526
Stability 83% 83%
Graphics test 27 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 4553 4526
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
14 Ultra +2%
16416
16058
Web score 14956 14546
Video editing 7926 7908
Photo editing 32564 31773
Data manipulation 15766 14905
Writing score 19505 20028
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (171st and 156th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-15 (Truffel)AnTuTu2354148
📘 2026-04-03 (Diebetz)GeekBench CPU2189 / 7596
📘 2026-02-18 (Putter)AnTuTu2345207
📘 2026-02-17 (Pavlysha)AnTuTu2274789
📘 2025-11-06 (s1)AnTuTu2368016
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3
OS size 31 GB -
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4880 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (52% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 8 min)
Full charging time 0:34 hr 0:18 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:23 hr 10:49 hr
Watching video 12:26 hr 16:30 hr
Gaming 04:35 hr 05:10 hr
Standby 109 hr 113 hr
General battery life
22:08 hr
14 Pro +15%
25:21 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 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 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 122° 115°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
5) Depth
1) Standard: 50 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 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 - 4.0 f/1.4 - 4.0
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-900 Samsung Light Hunter 900
Sensor size 1/1.0" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 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 0.7 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 0.7 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
144
n/a
Video quality
150
n/a
Generic main camera score
149
n/a
Bokeh 75 -
Preview 83 -
Zoom 160 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 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 Omnivision OV32B
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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 5.4 5.4
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* 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
90.3 dB
90.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2024 October 2023
Release date February 2024 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $1499 $1100
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 14 Ultra:
    - The rear cover is available in glass or eco-leather, while the frame can be aluminum or titanium.
    - The front glass is either Xiaomi Shield Glass or Xiaomi Longjing Glass.
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

If the camera is more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 14 Ultra. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 14 Pro.

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Thomas Hazell February 27, 2024 at 07:25 PM
lol okay how is the Xiaomi 14 Ultra rated lower than the Xiaomi 14 Pro?
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VLFberht September 29, 2024 at 08:30 AM
A quick read up on the article will explain everything. Good god boy... How did you make it this far in life, luck?
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joseph February 22, 2024 at 09:41 PM
No way, the king is back! The Sony Lyt900 is so good; it has an optimized battery and the best camera on the market. It also boasts 80W wireless charging along with many other features.
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Fullcircle October 26, 2024 at 05:44 AM
And what camera is that?
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