Xiaomi 15 Ultra vs Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
90
out of 100
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72
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 15 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on February 27, 2025, against the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9010 and came out 10 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 Ultra
- 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3030K versus 1155K)
- Delivers 47% higher peak brightness (1594 against 1088 nits)
- Shows 12% longer battery life (30:03 vs 26:51 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- The rear camera has a 4.3x optical zoom
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 13% higher pixel density (522 vs 460 PPI)
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W 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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1260 x 2844 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 522 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3200 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Xiaomi Shield Glass 2.0 | Kunlun Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 91.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.7% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 363 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) | 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) |
| Width | 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) | 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.35 mm (0.37 inches) | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 226 g (7.97 oz) | 226 g (7.97 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Eco-leather |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver, Green | White, Black, Green, Brown |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Average (2.61/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) · 90 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | HiSilicon Kirin 9010 |
| Max clock | 4320 MHz | 2300 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 1.55 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.18 GHz: TaiShan V121 - 1 core at 2.3 GHz: TaiShan V121 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Da Vinci |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Maleoon 910 MP4 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 750 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~1536 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 24339 | 1540 |
| Single-core score | 3106 | 1421 |
| Multi-core score | 9710 | 4323 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 912791 | 497899 |
| GPU | 1097348 | 161086 |
| Memory | 440343 | 260948 |
| UX | 579894 | 235139 |
| Total score | 3030376 | 1155792 |
| Samples | [12 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 76% | - |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2151 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 37 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 42 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 38 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 32 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 9815 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 85% | - |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5626 | 1393 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 19993 | 8954 |
| Video editing | 8213 | 5507 |
| Photo editing | 36597 | 20710 |
| Data manipulation | 17882 | 9506 |
| Writing score | 22481 | 13994 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#110th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (dmxsan) | AnTuTu 12 | 3059557 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 (average f-4 enjoyer) | AnTuTu 11 | 2993761 |
| 📘 2026-06-28 (Mansur) | Battery life | SOT 12:59 / 16:48 |
| 📘 2026-02-22 (XX5mipiXX) | AnTuTu 11 | 3108699 |
| 📘 2026-01-27 -> MiEmirr | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3127 / 9465 |
Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-01-11 (Wal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1155331 |
| 📘 2025-09-30 -> Kolya15 | AnTuTu 11 | 1155792 |
| 📘 2025-09-12 (Danil) | CPU Throttle | 91% |
| 📘 2025-09-12 (Danil) | AnTuTu 11 | 1282198 |
| 📘 2025-09-12 -> Kolya15 | AnTuTu 11 | 1155792 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | HarmonyOS (Can be upgraded to HarmonyOS 4.2) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3.0 | - |
| OS size | 23.9 GB | 23 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | - |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5410 mAh | 5200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (80 W) | Yes (80 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 0:51 hr | - |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 12:19 hr | 09:30 hr |
| Watching video | 18:43 hr | 16:47 hr |
| Gaming | 06:45 hr | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | 141 hr | 139 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (45th and 109th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 4.3x | Optical, 3.5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Telephoto: 50 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP 5) Depth |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 40 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.63 | f/1.6 - 4.0 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-900 | Sony IMX989 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.0" (≈ 1 inch) | 1/0" (≈ Infinity inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.6 micron | 1.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | 100 mm | 90 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP9 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 40 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Omnivision OV40A |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 170 | 85 |
| Preview | 89 | 82 |
| Zoom | 166 | 164 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Huawei Pura 70 Ultra from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 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 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 | 6.0 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 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, 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* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2025 | April 2024 |
| Release date | February 2025 | April 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1099 | $1499 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 Ultra | - Huawei Pura 80 Ultra |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 90 W | Yes, 100 W |
Further details
Notes on 15 Ultra:
- The Chinese version of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra has a 6000 mAh battery, while the international model comes with 5410 mAh, leading to a noticeable difference in battery life.
*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 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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