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Xiaomi 15S Pro vs 15 Pro

90 out of 100
Xiaomi 15S Pro
VS
87 out of 100
Xiaomi 15 Pro
Xiaomi 15S Pro
Xiaomi 15 Pro

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 15 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 7 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 (3)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15S Pro
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • The phone is 7 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15 Pro
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15S Pro and 15 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
15S Pro
91
15 Pro
91
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
15S Pro
93*
15 Pro
87*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
15S Pro
94
15 Pro
92
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
15S Pro
81
15 Pro
85
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
15S Pro
90*
15 Pro
84*
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
15S Pro
90
15 Pro
90
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
15S Pro
90*
15 Pro
87*
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Value for money (Beta)

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16 / 512 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
24.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
781.2
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

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

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 521 ppi 522 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 900 nits 3200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Shatterproof glass Shatterproof glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% -
PWM 91 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
15S Pro
952 nits
15 Pro
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 161.3 mm (6.35 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 75.3 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.33 mm (0.33 inches) 8.35 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 216 g (7.62 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue White, Black, Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
15S Pro
90%
15 Pro
90%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15S Pro and Xiaomi 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset Xiaomi Xring O1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3900 MHz 4320 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
GPU
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

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15S Pro and Xiaomi 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
15S Pro +4%
2915
15 Pro
2792
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15S Pro +5%
9082
15 Pro
8637
Compute Score (GPU)
15S Pro
21731
15 Pro +14%
24803
Compute Score (GPU) 21731 24803
Single-core score 2915 2792
Multi-core score 9082 8637
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
15S Pro
2998904
15 Pro
2995695
CPU 956780 876314
GPU 1006500 1114047
Memory 409347 392536
UX 626277 612798
Total score 2998904 2995695
Samples Less than 3 [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
15S Pro
2234
15 Pro
2237
Stability 80% 83%
Graphics test 17 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 2234 2237
3DMark Solar Bay
15S Pro
8670
15 Pro +18%
10269
Graphics test 33 FPS 39 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 44 FPS
Section 2 33 FPS 39 FPS
Section 3 30 FPS 33 FPS
Graphics score 8670 10269
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
15S Pro +9%
5832
15 Pro
5365
Stability - 90%
Graphics test 34 FPS 32 FPS
Graphics score 5832 5365
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15S Pro
15121
15 Pro +12%
16963
Web score 14260 16107
Video editing 6497 8038
Photo editing 28788 35680
Data manipulation 16894 14137
Writing score 17737 21568
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (101st and 102nd place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15S Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-07 (Anvarkhan)AnTuTu2998904
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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
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 16 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 5300 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3.0
OS size 33 GB -
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6100 mAh 6100 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 20 min) Yes (50% in 22 min)
Full charging time 0:55 hr 0:53 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual 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 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 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
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OVX9000 Omnivision OVX9000
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 Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Focal length 120 mm 120 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch) 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 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 0.64 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS 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 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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
15S Pro
87 dB
15 Pro
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2025 October 2024
Release date May 2025 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1100 $1010
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

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 15S Pro. It has a better camera and battery life.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
227 (73%)
84 (27%)
Total votes: 311

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anonymous August 23, 2025 at 05:28 PM
Xiaomi 15s pro don’t have 8k 60fps
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Serhii August 25, 2025 at 06:53 AM
Appreciate your help.
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ZQAZZZ May 24, 2025 at 04:56 PM
The name of the GPU the XRING 01 and Immortalis G925MC16, it has 16 cores and according to Xiaomi it has 1795mhz. And it's not Immortalis G925MP12.
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