Xiaomi 14 Pro vs Apple iPhone 13

78 out of 100
Xiaomi 14 Pro
VS
65 out of 100
Apple iPhone 13

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 14 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on October 26, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 13, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 2 years and 2 months before. 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 14 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
  • Has 3x more RAM: 12GB versus 4GB
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1653 mAh larger battery capacity: 4880 vs 3227 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 20W)
  • Has a 0.63 inch larger screen size
  • 70% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2397K versus 1413K)
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (25:21 vs 23:23 hours)
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1037 against 828 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13
  • Weighs 49 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14 Pro and Apple iPhone 13 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
80*
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.
DeviceFacts Score
Final comparison evaluation
78*
Select your primary usage scenario to get a more accurate DeviceFacts Score
📱 Primary usage:

Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 77% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Apple iPhone 13 to Xiaomi 14 Pro makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: display, connectivity, and gaming.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
vs

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 522 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Xiaomi Longjing Glass -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 129%
PWM 120 Hz 609 Hz
Response time 1 ms 7.5 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
14 Pro
6.73″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.9 in2
iPhone 13
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
14 Pro +25%
1037 nits
828 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 7.65 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 223 g (7.87 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gray, Green White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
14 Pro +3%
89.9%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14 Pro and Apple iPhone 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 3300 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 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
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Apple GPU (4 cores)
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14 Pro and Apple iPhone 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2129
iPhone 13 +5%
2241
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14 Pro +30%
6906
5317
Compute Score (GPU)
13963
iPhone 13 +32%
18447
Compute Score (GPU) 13963 18447
Single-core score 2129 2241
Multi-core score 6906 5317
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
14 Pro +70%
2397671
1413275
CPU 690713 410975
GPU 829399 370837
Memory 341008 164151
UX 536551 467312
Total score 2397671 1413275
Samples [9 tests] [26 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1589
n/a
Stability 89% -
Graphics test 12 FPS -
Graphics score 1589 -
3DMark Solar Bay
14 Pro +149%
8037
3225
Stability 85% 76%
Graphics test 31 FPS 12 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 16 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 12 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 8037 3225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
14 Pro +85%
4526
2445
Stability 83% 74%
Graphics test 27 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 4526 2445
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
16058
n/a
Web score 14546 -
Video editing 7908 -
Photo editing 31773 -
Data manipulation 14905 -
Writing score 20028 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#170th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (Nipple Power)AnTuTu 112320631
📘 2026-08-08 (Shionnnfu)AnTuTu 112413075
📘 2026-08-05 (Sulaiman Samimi)AnTuTu 112304066
📘 2026-04-21 (DecayCat)Geekbench 6 CPU2127 / 6966
📘 2026-04-21 (DecayCat)AnTuTu 112433153
Apple iPhone 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-19 (Vova)AnTuTu 111297615
📘 2026-09-18 (charlesddd)AnTuTu 111461749
📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh)Geekbench 6 GPU18864
📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh)Geekbench 6 CPU2327 / 5604
📘 2026-09-03 (Yulik🇺🇦)AnTuTu 111289105

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM HyperOS 3 -
OS size - 18 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 4880 mAh 3227 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 8 min) Yes (54% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:18 hr 1:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:49 hr 09:29 hr
Watching video 16:30 hr 13:58 hr
Gaming 05:10 hr 05:12 hr
Standby 113 hr 114 hr
General battery life
14 Pro +8%
25:21 hr
23:23 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 3.2x Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.4 - 4.0 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung Light Hunter 900 Sony IMX603
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.7 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 75 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 14 mm 14 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX372
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
n/a
133
Video quality
n/a
144
Generic main camera score
n/a
125
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 76
Zoom - 65
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Sony IMX514
Sensor size 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 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 Yes
DxOMark front camera
n/a
134
Photo - 128
Video - 143

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 18
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
14 Pro +9%
90.5 dB
83.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2023 September 2021
Release date October 2023 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $1100 $800
Successor - Xiaomi 15 Pro - Apple iPhone 17
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W -
Further details
Notes on 14 Pro:
    - New Longjing Glass is used. The frame can be either aluminum or titanium, with a weight difference of 7 grams.
*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 14 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
18 (69.2%)
8 (30.8%)
Total votes: 26

User opinions

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