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Xiaomi 15 vs Google Pixel 9 Pro

88 out of 100
Xiaomi 15
VS
74 out of 100
Google Pixel 9 Pro
Xiaomi 15
Google Pixel 9 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 15 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 29, 2024, against the Google Pixel 9 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 3 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15
  • 92% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3076K versus 1606K)
  • Shows 44% longer battery life (31:54 vs 22:07 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 27W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 5400 vs 4700 mAh
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Delivers 53% higher peak brightness (2319 against 1514 nits)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 and Google Pixel 9 Pro 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
16 / 128 GB
53.5
(Average)
Value Index
30.5
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 15
vs
Pixel 9 Pro

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.36 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2670 pixels 1280 x 2856 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 495 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 2000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 99.1%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 15
1514 nits
Pixel 9 Pro +53%
2319 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.3 mm (6 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) 72 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.08 mm (0.32 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green, Purple White, Black, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Good (3.39/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 15 +3%
90.1%
Pixel 9 Pro
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15 and Google Pixel 9 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Google Tensor G4
Max clock 4320 MHz 3100 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 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Mali-G715 MP7
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 1100 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 and Google Pixel 9 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 15 +132%
2940
Pixel 9 Pro
1268
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 15 +107%
9243
Pixel 9 Pro
4471
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 15 +145%
24715
Pixel 9 Pro
10088
Compute Score (GPU) 24715 10088
Single-core score 2940 1268
Multi-core score 9243 4471
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 15 +92%
3076179
Pixel 9 Pro
1606238
CPU 946469 593578
GPU 1118762 419286
Memory 372907 209607
UX 638041 383767
Total score 3076179 1606238
Samples [32 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 15 +111%
2204
Pixel 9 Pro
1047
Stability 82% 78%
Graphics test 16 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2204 1047
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 39 FPS -
Section 1 43 FPS -
Section 2 39 FPS -
Section 3 33 FPS -
Graphics score 10153 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 89% -
Graphics test 34 FPS -
Graphics score 5782 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 15 +31%
17440
Pixel 9 Pro
13308
Web score 18558 10518
Video editing 8103 7606
Photo editing 37685 20039
Data manipulation 13755 13898
Writing score 21293 17296
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-24 (zaido)AnTuTu3236909
📘 2026-08-16 (jakisgood)AnTuTu3007116
📘 2026-08-03 (abdurashidovvv)AnTuTu3102543
📘 2026-08-02 (Hans)GeekBench CPU2859 / 8837
📘 2026-08-02 (Hans)AnTuTu2934836
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Google Pixel 9 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-09 (danyages)AnTuTu1606238
📘 2026-03-05 (Sashka2005)AnTuTu1499601
📘 2024-10-16 (notReal)GeekBench CPU1268 / 4471
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 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 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 Stock Android
OS size 21 GB 28.8 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5400 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 27 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (12 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (83% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 1:24 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:20 hr 10:12 hr
Watching video 19:22 hr 12:40 hr
Gaming 07:10 hr 06:23 hr
Standby 150 hr 96 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 15 +44%
31:54 hr
Pixel 9 Pro
22:07 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2.6x Optical, 5x
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) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 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/1.6 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor OmniVision Light Fusion 900 Samsung GN1
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 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 48 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.8
Focal length 60 mm 113 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.7
Focal length 14 mm 12 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 75 -
Preview 87 -
Zoom 152 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 42 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 18 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 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 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 6.0 5.3
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
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
Xiaomi 15 +1%
91.3 dB
Pixel 9 Pro
90.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 August 2024
Release date October 2024 September 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $945 $999
Successor - Xiaomi 17 - Google Pixel 10 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.37 W/kg
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 Not included
*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 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
68 (79.1%)
18 (20.9%)
Total votes: 86

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