Xiaomi 14 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
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 Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 year and 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
- Comes with 980 mAh larger battery capacity: 4880 vs 3900 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
- Shows 19% longer battery life (25:21 vs 21:18 hours)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
- Delivers 36% higher peak brightness (1407 against 1037 nits)
- 27% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3034K versus 2397K)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer
- Weighs 60 grams less
- 24% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2650 and 2129 points
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1440 x 3120 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 522 ppi | 513 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 3000 nits | 1400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 2600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Xiaomi Longjing Glass | Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 91.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | - |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) | 159 mm (6.26 inches) |
| Width | 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) | 76 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 223 g (7.87 oz) | 163 g (5.75 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Green | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.16/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 4470 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 13963 | 24111 |
| Single-core score | 2129 | 2650 |
| Multi-core score | 6906 | 9605 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 690713 | 953422 |
| GPU | 829399 | 1106386 |
| Memory | 341008 | 366238 |
| UX | 536551 | 608803 |
| Total score | 2397671 | 3034849 |
| Samples | [9 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 89% | 47% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1589 | 2300 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 85% | - |
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | 39 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 49 FPS |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | 37 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8037 | 10302 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 83% | - |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4526 | 5539 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14546 | 21611 |
| Video editing | 7908 | 8617 |
| Photo editing | 31773 | 33511 |
| Data manipulation | 14905 | 17944 |
| Writing score | 20028 | 27324 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (170th and 109th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 14 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Nipple Power) | AnTuTu 11 | 2320631 |
| 📘 2026-08-08 (Shionnnfu) | AnTuTu 11 | 2413075 |
| 📘 2026-08-05 (Sulaiman Samimi) | AnTuTu 11 | 2304066 |
| 📘 2026-04-21 (DecayCat) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2127 / 6966 |
| 📘 2026-04-21 (DecayCat) | AnTuTu 11 | 2433153 |
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-24 -> iannnnn | AnTuTu 12 | 3255862 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (ian) | AnTuTu 12 | 3255862 |
| 📘 2026-08-02 (ilushon) | AnTuTu 11 | 2704730 |
| 📘 2026-04-01 -> Nordis | AnTuTu 11 | 2894477 |
| 📘 2025-12-25 (Ferg🇮🇹) | AnTuTu 11 | 3034849 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 9.0 |
| OS size | - | 31.4 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4880 mAh | 3900 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 8 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:18 hr | 1:04 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:49 hr | 06:41 hr |
| Watching video | 16:30 hr | 15:11 hr |
| Gaming | 05:10 hr | 04:54 hr |
| Standby | 113 hr | 107 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 16320 x 12240 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | 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 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 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: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 - 4.0 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung Light Hunter 900 | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX564 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | Samsung S5K3LU |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 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 | 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, DP 1.2 | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2023 | May 2025 |
| Release date | October 2023 | May 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1100 | $1099 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15 Pro | - |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.25 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
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
If the display, performance, gaming, and design are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 14 Pro.
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