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Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite vs 13 Lite

44 out of 100
Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite
VS
54 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Lite
Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite
Xiaomi 13 Lite

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.57-inch Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G) that was released on March 27, 2020, against the Xiaomi 13 Lite, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and came out 2 years and 11 months after. 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 Mi 10 Lite
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (21:33 vs 19:44 hours)
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13 Lite
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • 52% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (859K versus 566K)
  • Delivers 53% higher peak brightness (939 against 613 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 20W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 12
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 2 years and 11 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite and 13 Lite 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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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 50% Yes
Maybe, but mainly if you specifically want better display.
This is a situational upgrade. It makes the most sense if better display matters to you.
Main improvements: display, performance, and connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Mi 10 Lite
vs
13 Lite

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.57 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 401 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 600 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 85.1% 89.5%
Display features - Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99% 97.8%
PWM 241 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 9 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Mi 10 Lite
613 nits
13 Lite +53%
939 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.7 mm (6.44 inches) 159.2 mm (6.27 inches)
Width 74.8 mm (2.94 inches) 72.7 mm (2.86 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.23 mm (0.28 inches)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 171 g (6.03 oz)
Waterproof No IP53
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Gray, Green Black, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Mi 10 Lite
85.1%
13 Lite +5%
89.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite and Xiaomi 13 Lite
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Max clock 2400 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 1 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 1 core at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76)
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76)		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 696 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 620 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 384 768
GPU clock 750 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~480 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite and Xiaomi 13 Lite
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Mi 10 Lite
801
13 Lite +8%
865
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Mi 10 Lite
1914
13 Lite +27%
2423
Compute Score (GPU)
Mi 10 Lite
1218
13 Lite +96%
2384
Compute Score (GPU) 1218 2384
Single-core score 801 865
Multi-core score 1914 2423
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Mi 10 Lite
566786
13 Lite +52%
859516
CPU 217921 108282
GPU 87107 342590
Memory 102946 171953
UX 158812 236691
Total score 566786 859516
Samples Less than 3 [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 97%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 265
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 826
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-20 (DziczkuPL)Geekbench 6 GPU1218
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-20 (DziczkuPL)Geekbench 6 CPU801 / 1914
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Xiaomi 13 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (Amooarman)AnTuTu 11867019
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-18 (Ashnikko)AnTuTu 11859516
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 -> Kanat_arsen_1AnTuTu 11829085
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-23 (Zalkar)AnTuTu 11804954
πŸ“˜ 2023-09-05 (unreal3579)Geekbench 6 GPU2384
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM MIUI 13 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 21 GB 33.1 GB
OS updates - 3 years
Security updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4160 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 20 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (30% in 20 min) Yes (83% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 0:42 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:51 hr 07:35 hr
Watching video 14:42 hr 12:35 hr
Gaming 05:53 hr 05:01 hr
Standby 92 hr 94 hr
General battery life
Mi 10 Lite +9%
21:33 hr
13 Lite
19:44 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV48B Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV8856 Sony IMX376
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.4
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5K3D2
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/2.74" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.2
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Mi 10 Lite
81.5 dB
13 Lite +12%
91.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2020 February 2023
Release date July 2020 March 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $315 $499
Successor - Xiaomi 13 Lite -
SAR (head) 0.793 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.18 W/kg -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger - Yes, 67 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 13 Lite is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 6

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