Xiaomi 15 Pro vs 14 Pro

87 out of 100
Xiaomi 15 Pro
VS
79 out of 100
Xiaomi 14 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 14 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 1 year 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
  • Comes with 1220 mAh larger battery capacity: 6100 vs 4880 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2995K versus 2397K)
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • 31% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2792 and 2129 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14 Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 Pro and 14 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
91
87
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
87*
80*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
92
81
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
85
68
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
84*
71
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
90
92
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
87*
79*
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
781.2
(Excellent)
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 3200 nits 3000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Shatterproof glass Xiaomi Longjing Glass
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 - 99.5%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
n/a
1054 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 161.4 mm (6.35 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 75.3 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.35 mm (0.33 inches) 8.49 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 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, Silver, Green Black, Silver, Gray, 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 14 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 4320 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 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 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 Pro and Xiaomi 14 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
15 Pro +31%
2792
2129
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15 Pro +25%
8637
6906
Compute Score (GPU)
15 Pro +78%
24803
13963
Compute Score (GPU) 24803 13963
Single-core score 2792 2129
Multi-core score 8637 6906
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
15 Pro +25%
2995695
2397671
CPU 876314 690713
GPU 1114047 829399
Memory 392536 341008
UX 612798 536551
Total score 2995695 2397671
Samples [7 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
15 Pro +41%
2237
1589
Stability 83% 89%
Graphics test 17 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 2237 1589
3DMark Solar Bay
15 Pro +28%
10269
8037
Stability - 85%
Graphics test 39 FPS 31 FPS
Section 1 44 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 39 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 33 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 10269 8037
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
15 Pro +19%
5365
4526
Stability 90% 83%
Graphics test 32 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 5365 4526
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15 Pro +6%
16963
16058
Web score 16107 14546
Video editing 8038 7908
Photo editing 35680 31773
Data manipulation 14137 14905
Writing score 21568 20028
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (102nd and 156th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-19 (Eiyuu)AnTuTu2962006
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 (QuexTech)GeekBench GPU18665
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 (QuexTech)AnTuTu3077379
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-27 (QuexTech)GeekBench CPU2792 / 8637
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-27 (QuexTech)AnTuTu2995695
Xiaomi 14 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Nipple Power)AnTuTu2320631
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-08 (Shionnnfu)AnTuTu2413075
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-05 (Sulaiman Samimi)AnTuTu2304066
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-21 (DecayCat)GeekBench CPU2127 / 6966
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-21 (DecayCat)AnTuTu2433153

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 HyperOS 3
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 6100 mAh 4880 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 0:18 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:49 hr
Watching video - 16:30 hr
Gaming - 05:10 hr
Standby - 113 hr
General battery life
n/a
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 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 115Β° 115Β°
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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.4 f/1.4 - 4.0
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OVX9000 Samsung Light Hunter 900
Sensor size 1/1.31" (β‰ˆ 0.76 inch) 1/1.31" (β‰ˆ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.2 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" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 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" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

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" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus 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 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
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
90.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 October 2023
Release date October 2024 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $1010 $1100
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 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi 15 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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