Xiaomi 15 Pro vs 13 Pro

87 out of 100
Xiaomi 15 Pro
VS
71 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Pro

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 13 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 1 year 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15 Pro
  • 69% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2995K versus 1770K)
  • Comes with 1280 mAh larger battery capacity: 6100 vs 4820 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • The phone is 1 year and 11 months newer
  • 41% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2792 and 1987 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13 Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 Pro and 13 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
91
86
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
87*
75
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
91
68
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
85
49
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
84*
63
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
89
86
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
87*
71
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
781.2
(Excellent)
Value Index
5.6
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
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 (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 3200 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Shatterproof glass Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.2%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 2 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
n/a
1249 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 74.6 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8.35 mm (0.33 inches) 8.38 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 229 g (8.08 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green White, Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90%
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15 Pro and Xiaomi 13 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 4320 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 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 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 Pro and Xiaomi 13 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
15 Pro +41%
2792
1987
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15 Pro +62%
8637
5323
Compute Score (GPU)
24803
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 24803 -
Single-core score 2792 1987
Multi-core score 8637 5323
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
15 Pro +69%
2995695
1770620
CPU 876314 586438
GPU 1114047 432270
Memory 392536 302195
UX 612798 449717
Total score 2995695 1770620
Samples [7 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
15 Pro +106%
2237
1085
Stability 83% 98%
Graphics test 17 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2237 1085
3DMark Solar Bay
15 Pro +96%
10269
5226
Stability - 98%
Graphics test 39 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 44 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 39 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 33 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 10269 5226
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
15 Pro +48%
5365
3614
Stability 90% 89%
Graphics test 32 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 5365 3614
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15 Pro +57%
16963
10810
Web score 16107 9431
Video editing 8038 6387
Photo editing 35680 23700
Data manipulation 14137 9121
Writing score 21568 13667
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#111th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-19 (Eiyuu)AnTuTu 112962006
📘 2026-08-07 (QuexTech)Geekbench 6 GPU18665
📘 2026-08-07 (QuexTech)AnTuTu 113077379
📘 2026-07-27 (QuexTech)Geekbench 6 CPU2792 / 8637
📘 2026-07-27 (QuexTech)AnTuTu 112995695
Xiaomi 13 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-12 (stepp90q)AnTuTu 111810366
📘 2026-06-07 (glib)AnTuTu 111718692
📘 2026-04-28 (Dench1k)AnTuTu 111806080
📘 2026-04-13 (xstanz_)AnTuTu 111799801
📘 2026-03-30 (Thanuz0)AnTuTu 111770620

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 HyperOS 1.0
OS size - 32 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 6 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 6100 mAh 4820 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
Fast charging Yes (50% in 22 min) Yes (50% in 9 min)
Full charging time 0:53 hr 0:22 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:06 hr
Watching video - 13:19 hr
Gaming - 04:43 hr
Standby - 110 hr
General battery life
n/a
21:44 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 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° 115°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50.3 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 50.3 MP
Aperture f/1.4 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OVX9000 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/2.5 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 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm 14 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KJN1
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
n/a
136
Video quality
n/a
129
Generic main camera score
n/a
136
Bokeh - 60
Preview - 70
Zoom - 143
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 Pro 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 OV32C
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 30 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 5.3
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
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
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
n/a
88.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 December 2022
Release date October 2024 December 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1010 $1299
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
Further details
Notes on 13 Pro:
    - Version with 128 GB comes with UFS 3.1 storage.
*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.

Cast your vote

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4 (30.8%)
9 (69.2%)
Total votes: 13

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