Xiaomi 15 Pro vs 12 Pro
87
out of 100
VS
62
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 15 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 29, 2024, against the Xiaomi 12 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 2 years and 11 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2995K versus 1349K)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 6100 vs 4600 mAh
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- The phone is 2 years and 11 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12 Pro
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
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 | 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 | 521 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 3200 nits | 970 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Shatterproof glass | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 89.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 367 Hz |
| Response time | - | 5 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.35 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver, Green | Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 4320 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 24803 | 3743 |
| Single-core score | 2792 | 968 |
| Multi-core score | 8637 | 3605 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 876314 | 500024 |
| GPU | 1114047 | 223043 |
| Memory | 392536 | 243998 |
| UX | 612798 | 382743 |
| Total score | 2995695 | 1349808 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 83% | - |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2237 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 39 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 44 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 39 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 33 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 10269 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 90% | 88% |
| Graphics test | 32 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5365 | 2479 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 16107 | 8304 |
| Video editing | 8038 | 6949 |
| Photo editing | 35680 | 25400 |
| Data manipulation | 14137 | 9541 |
| Writing score | 21568 | 13100 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#111th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 15 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-19 (Eiyuu) | AnTuTu 11 | 2962006 |
| 📘 2026-08-07 (QuexTech) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18665 |
| 📘 2026-08-07 (QuexTech) | AnTuTu 11 | 3077379 |
| 📘 2026-07-27 (QuexTech) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2792 / 8637 |
| 📘 2026-07-27 (QuexTech) | AnTuTu 11 | 2995695 |
Xiaomi 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Tema) | CPU Throttle | 86% |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Tema) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603387 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 (Max) | AnTuTu 11 | 1349808 |
| 📘 2026-04-03 (12 pro) | AnTuTu 11 | 1555919 |
| 📘 2026-03-29 (thxthelow) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297778 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3.0 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | - | 26.5 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | - |
| Security updates | 6 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 6100 mAh | 4600 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 22 min) | Yes (50% in 8 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:53 hr | 0:21 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 06:40 hr |
| Watching video | - | 10:08 hr |
| Gaming | - | 04:44 hr |
| Standby | - | 81 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8700 x 5800 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 2x |
| 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 (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 115° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OVX9000 | Sony IMX707 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 120 mm | 48 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX858 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 14 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 70 |
| Preview | - | 70 |
| Zoom | - | 102 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | OmniVision OV32b40 |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) 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 6E (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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2024 | December 2021 |
| Release date | October 2024 | December 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1010 | $999 |
| Successor | - | - 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 |
*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 15 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 5
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