Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro vs 15 Pro

58 out of 100
Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
VS
86 out of 100
Xiaomi 15 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865) that was released on February 13, 2020, against the Xiaomi 15 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 4 years and 10 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

Select the amount of RAM to evaluate performance and value for money more precisely
Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15 Pro
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 2.9x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2995K versus 1049K)
  • Comes with 1600 mAh larger battery capacity: 6100 vs 4500 mAh
  • 35% higher pixel density (522 vs 386 PPI)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 50W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 4 years and 10 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro and 15 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
87*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
84*
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
86*
Select your primary usage scenario to get a more accurate NanoReview Score
📱 Primary usage:

Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 98% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro to Xiaomi 15 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
vs

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.73 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1440 x 3200 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 386 ppi 522 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 800 nits 3200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 180 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Shatterproof glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.8% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.6% -
PWM 373 Hz -
Response time 2.4 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
865 nits
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) 161.3 mm (6.35 inches)
Width 74.8 mm (2.94 inches) 75.3 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.35 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 208 g (7.34 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof No IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Blue White, Black, Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.8%
90%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro and Xiaomi 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 2840 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 650 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 587 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~901.6 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro and Xiaomi 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1233
15 Pro +126%
2792
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3417
15 Pro +153%
8637
Compute Score (GPU)
n/a
24803
Compute Score (GPU) - 24803
Single-core score 1233 2792
Multi-core score 3417 8637
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1049872
15 Pro +185%
2995695
CPU 396035 876314
GPU 180712 1114047
Memory 201102 392536
UX 272023 612798
Total score 1049872 2995695
Samples Less than 3 [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
n/a
2237
Stability - 83%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2237
3DMark Solar Bay
n/a
10269
Graphics test - 39 FPS
Section 1 - 44 FPS
Section 2 - 39 FPS
Section 3 - 33 FPS
Graphics score - 10269
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
1170
15 Pro +359%
5365
Stability 99% 90%
Graphics test 6 FPS 32 FPS
Graphics score 1170 5365
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
11745
15 Pro +44%
16963
Web score 8957 16107
Video editing 6672 8038
Photo editing 28112 35680
Data manipulation 8915 14137
Writing score 14326 21568
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#115th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-10-20 (Gayyyy)AnTuTu 111049872
Xiaomi 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-19 (Eiyuu)AnTuTu 112962006
📘 2026-08-07 (QuexTech)Geekbench 6 GPU18665
📘 2026-08-07 (QuexTech)AnTuTu 113077379
📘 2026-07-27 (QuexTech)Geekbench 6 CPU2792 / 8637
📘 2026-07-27 (QuexTech)AnTuTu 112995695

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13.0) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MIUI 12.5 Enhanced HyperOS 3.0
OS size 30 GB -
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 6100 mAh
Max charge power 50 W 90 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (30 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 22 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 0:53 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:11 hr -
Watching video 12:20 hr -
Gaming 04:49 hr -
Standby 98 hr -
General battery life
20:23 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 12000 x 9000 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 5x
Flash 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 240FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 117° 115°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Telephoto: 8 MP
4) Ultrawide: 20 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 108 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.4
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor Samsung Bright S5KHMX Omnivision OVX9000
Sensor size 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.5
Focal length 50 mm 120 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K2L7 Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/2.6" (≈ 0.38 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 20 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 14 mm
Sensor Sony IMX350 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
134
n/a
Video quality
104
n/a
Generic main camera score
124
n/a
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length - 22 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3T2 Omnivision OV32B
Sensor size 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.9 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
109
n/a
Photo 103 -
Video 119 -

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.1 5.4
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 22 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
84.5 dB
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2020 October 2024
Release date March 2020 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $950 $1010
Successor - Xiaomi 15 Pro -
SAR (head) 0.69 W/kg -
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- 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
*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 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Total votes: < 1

User opinions

You can share your opinion or ask a question in the comments below
🌐 Register your profile and become part of NanoReview community!