Xiaomi 15S Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
90
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81
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 15S Pro (with Xiaomi Xring O1) that was released on May 22, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 month 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 15S Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Comes with 2200 mAh larger battery capacity: 6100 vs 3900 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 25W)
- Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- 10% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2915 and 2650 points
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
- Delivers 49% higher peak brightness (1414 against 946 nits)
- Weighs 53 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1440 x 3120 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 521 ppi | 513 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 900 nits | 1400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3200 nits | 2600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Shatterproof glass | Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 91.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.3% | - |
| PWM | 91 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | โ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) | 159 mm (6.26 inches) |
| Width | 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) | 76 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.33 mm (0.33 inches) | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 216 g (7.62 oz) | 163 g (5.75 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.16/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) ยท 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Xiaomi Xring O1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Max clock | 3900 MHz | 4470 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (2 + 4 + 2 + 2) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 4 cores at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 2 cores at 3.9 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP16 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 2048 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1392 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5701.6 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 21731 | 24111 |
| Single-core score | 2915 | 2650 |
| Multi-core score | 9082 | 9605 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 956780 | 953422 |
| GPU | 1006500 | 1106386 |
| Memory | 409347 | 366238 |
| UX | 626277 | 608803 |
| Total score | 2998904 | 3034849 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 80% | 47% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2234 | 2300 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | 39 FPS |
| Section 1 | 35 FPS | 49 FPS |
| Section 2 | 33 FPS | 37 FPS |
| Section 3 | 30 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8670 | 10302 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | 34 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5832 | 5539 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14260 | 21611 |
| Video editing | 6497 | 8617 |
| Photo editing | 28788 | 33511 |
| Data manipulation | 16894 | 17944 |
| Writing score | 17737 | 27324 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (110th and 104th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 15S Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-01-07 (Anvarkhan) | AnTuTu 11 | 2998904 |
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-24 -> iannnnn | AnTuTu 12 | 3255862 |
| ๐ 2026-09-24 (ian) | AnTuTu 12 | 3255862 |
| ๐ 2026-08-02 (ilushon) | AnTuTu 11 | 2704730 |
| ๐ 2026-04-01 -> Nordis | AnTuTu 11 | 2894477 |
| ๐ 2025-12-25 (Ferg๐ฎ๐น) | AnTuTu 11 | 3034849 |
Memory
| RAM size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 512 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 33 GB | 31.4 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6100 mAh | 3900 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 20 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:55 hr | 1:04 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 06:41 hr |
| Watching video | - | 15:11 hr |
| Gaming | - | 04:54 hr |
| Standby | - | 107 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 16320 x 12240 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115ยฐ | 120ยฐ |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OVX9000 | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (โ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.3" (โ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | - |
| Focal length | 120 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX858 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.51" (โ 0.4 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX564 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (โ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (โ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | Samsung S5K3LU |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (โ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.2" (โ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| 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 | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2025 | May 2025 |
| Release date | May 2025 | May 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1100 | $1099 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.25 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - 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 15S Pro is definitely a better buy.
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