Xiaomi 14 vs Apple iPhone 13

78 out of 100
Xiaomi 14
VS
65 out of 100
Apple iPhone 13

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 14 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on October 26, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 13, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 2 years and 2 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
  • The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1383 mAh larger battery capacity: 4610 vs 3227 mAh
  • 67% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2363K versus 1413K)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 20W)
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (25:30 vs 23:23 hours)
  • Delivers 41% higher peak brightness (1165 against 826 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13
  • Weighs 19 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14 and Apple iPhone 13 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 76% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Apple iPhone 13 to Xiaomi 14 makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: display, connectivity, and gaming.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.36 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2670 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.4% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 129%
PWM 429 Hz 609 Hz
Response time 1 ms 7.5 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 14 +41%
1165 nits
826 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 7.65 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 193 g (6.81 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Green, Pink White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 14 +3%
89.4%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14 and Apple iPhone 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 3300 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 6 (2 + 4)
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
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Apple GPU (4 cores)
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14 and Apple iPhone 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2206
iPhone 13 +2%
2241
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 14 +26%
6701
5317
Compute Score (GPU)
15039
iPhone 13 +23%
18447
Compute Score (GPU) 15039 18447
Single-core score 2206 2241
Multi-core score 6701 5317
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 14 +67%
2363726
1413275
CPU 735611 410975
GPU 746981 370837
Memory 344459 164151
UX 536675 467312
Total score 2363726 1413275
Samples [27 tests] [26 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1511
n/a
Stability 83% -
Graphics test 11 FPS -
Graphics score 1511 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 14 +135%
7582
3225
Stability 80% 76%
Graphics test 29 FPS 12 FPS
Section 1 32 FPS 16 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 12 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 7582 3225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 14 +86%
4551
2445
Stability 87% 74%
Graphics test 27 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 4551 2445
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15662
n/a
Web score 15681 -
Video editing 7814 -
Photo editing 31599 -
Data manipulation 14650 -
Writing score 17307 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#168th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (Yanu Ptr)AnTuTu2357325
📘 2026-07-17 (Anonymous)AnTuTu2450173
📘 2026-05-24 (Fes4ik)AnTuTu1918734
📘 2026-04-20 (aixor)AnTuTu2353930
📘 2026-04-10 (DiazRor)GeekBench GPU16679
Apple iPhone 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-19 (Vova)AnTuTu1297615
📘 2026-09-18 (charlesddd)AnTuTu1461749
📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh)GeekBench GPU18864
📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh)GeekBench CPU2327 / 5604
📘 2026-09-03 (Yulik🇺🇦)AnTuTu1289105

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 3 -
OS size 28 GB 18 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 4610 mAh 3227 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (58% in 15 min) Yes (54% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:35 hr 1:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:59 hr 09:29 hr
Watching video 17:04 hr 13:58 hr
Gaming 05:15 hr 05:12 hr
Standby 111 hr 114 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 14 +9%
25:30 hr
23:23 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 3.2x Digital
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 (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor OmniVision OVX9000 Light Fusion 900 Sony IMX603
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.7 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 75 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 14 mm 14 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX372
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Xiaomi 14 +3%
137
133
Video quality
138
iPhone 13 +4%
144
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 14 +10%
138
125
Bokeh 55 65
Preview 73 76
Zoom 134 65
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Sony IMX514
Sensor size 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 128
Video - 143

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type 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, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 18
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
Xiaomi 14 +11%
92.6 dB
83.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2023 September 2021
Release date November 2023 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $800
Successor - Xiaomi 17 - Apple iPhone 17
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W -
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi 14 is definitely a better buy.

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