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Xiaomi 15S Pro vs Xiaomi 14

90 out of 100
Xiaomi 15S Pro
VS
78 out of 100
Xiaomi 14
Xiaomi 15S Pro
Xiaomi 14

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 Xiaomi 14, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 8 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 15S Pro
  • Comes with 1490 mAh larger battery capacity: 6100 vs 4610 mAh
  • Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
  • 27% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2998K versus 2363K)
  • 13% higher pixel density (521 vs 460 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • 32% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2915 and 2206 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14
  • Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (1165 against 946 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Weighs 23 grams less
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15S Pro and Xiaomi 14 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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Currency
16 / 512 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
24.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
35.1
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
15S Pro
vs
Xiaomi 14

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.36 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1200 x 2670 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 521 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 900 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 3000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Shatterproof glass Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 99.6%
PWM 91 Hz 429 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
15S Pro
6.73″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.9 in2
Xiaomi 14
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
15S Pro
946 nits
Xiaomi 14 +23%
1165 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.33 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 216 g (7.62 oz) 193 g (6.81 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue Black, Silver, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
15S Pro +1%
90%
Xiaomi 14
89.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15S Pro and Xiaomi 14
SoC
Chipset Xiaomi Xring O1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3900 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 10 (2 + 4 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
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		 - 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 - 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G925 Immortalis MP16 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 2048 1536
GPU clock 1392 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~5701.6 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15S Pro and Xiaomi 14
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
15S Pro +32%
2915
Xiaomi 14
2206
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15S Pro +36%
9082
Xiaomi 14
6701
Compute Score (GPU)
15S Pro +44%
21731
Xiaomi 14
15039
Compute Score (GPU) 21731 15039
Single-core score 2915 2206
Multi-core score 9082 6701
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
15S Pro +27%
2998904
Xiaomi 14
2363726
CPU 956780 735611
GPU 1006500 746981
Memory 409347 344459
UX 626277 536675
Total score 2998904 2363726
Samples Less than 3 [27 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
15S Pro +48%
2234
Xiaomi 14
1511
Stability 80% 83%
Graphics test 17 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 2234 1511
3DMark Solar Bay
15S Pro +14%
8670
Xiaomi 14
7582
Stability - 80%
Graphics test 33 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 32 FPS
Section 2 33 FPS 29 FPS
Section 3 30 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 8670 7582
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
15S Pro +28%
5832
Xiaomi 14
4551
Stability - 87%
Graphics test 34 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 5832 4551
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15S Pro
15121
Xiaomi 14 +4%
15662
Web score 14260 15681
Video editing 6497 7814
Photo editing 28788 31599
Data manipulation 16894 14650
Writing score 17737 17307
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (110th and 177th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15S Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-07 (Anvarkhan)AnTuTu 112998904
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Xiaomi 14
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28)AnTuTu 112286235
📘 2026-09-24 (neko_rhythm)AnTuTu 112406819
📘 2026-08-21 (Yanu Ptr)AnTuTu 112357325
📘 2026-07-17 (Anonymous)AnTuTu 112450173
📘 2026-05-24 (Fes4ik)AnTuTu 111918734
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 16 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3
OS size 33 GB 28 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 6100 mAh 4610 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 90 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)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 20 min) Yes (58% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:55 hr 0:35 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:59 hr
Watching video - 17:04 hr
Gaming - 05:15 hr
Standby - 111 hr
General battery life
15S Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 14
25:30 hr
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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 24FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 115°
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/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OVX9000 OmniVision OVX9000 Light Fusion 900
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) 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
15S Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 14
137
Video quality
15S Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 14
138
Generic main camera score
15S Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 14
138
Bokeh - 55
Preview - 73
Zoom - 134
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 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 OV32B
Sensor size 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3" (≈ 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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode 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
15S Pro
87 dB
Xiaomi 14 +6%
92.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2025 October 2023
Release date May 2025 November 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $1100 $999
Successor - - Xiaomi 17
Sensors - 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, 90 W
*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.

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 8

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