Xiaomi 14 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

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 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 year and 3 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14 Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 45W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (28:43 vs 25:21 hours)
  • Delivers 37% higher peak brightness (1416 against 1037 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 30% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 2397K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • The phone is 1 year and 3 months newer
  • 50% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3202 and 2129 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 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)

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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
21.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
38.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 522 ppi 498 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 3000 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 Armor 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 92.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 97.7%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1037 nits
1416 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 162.8 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 223 g (7.87 oz) 218 g (7.69 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 (3.23/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
92.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
SoC
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
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2129
3202
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6906
10347
Compute Score (GPU)
13963
26581
Compute Score (GPU) 13963 26581
Single-core score 2129 3202
Multi-core score 6906 10347
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2397671
3128552
CPU 690713 987646
GPU 829399 1190760
Memory 341008 362214
UX 536551 587932
Total score 2397671 3128552
Samples [9 tests] [66 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1589
2272
Stability 89% 61%
Graphics test 12 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 1589 2272
3DMark Solar Bay
8037
10441
Stability 85% -
Graphics test 31 FPS 40 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 50 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 40 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 8037 10441
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
4526
5827
Stability 83% 56%
Graphics test 27 FPS 34 FPS
Graphics score 4526 5827
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
16058
19901
Web score 14546 21582
Video editing 7908 8625
Photo editing 31773 34425
Data manipulation 14905 17556
Writing score 20028 26844
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (170th and 87th 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
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (IceBaer)AnTuTu 123395994
📘 2026-10-04 (Gun park)AnTuTu 123085318
📘 2026-10-04 (potatowan)Geekbench 7 CPU2791 / 10180
📘 2026-10-03 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu 123529678
📘 2026-10-02 (potatowan)AnTuTu 123590956

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 - 30.4 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4880 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 8 min) Yes (72% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:18 hr 0:59 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:49 hr 11:10 hr
Watching video 16:30 hr 19:32 hr
Gaming 05:10 hr 06:22 hr
Standby 113 hr 132 hr
General battery life
25:21 hr
28:43 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12240
Zoom Optical, 3.2x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 240FPS
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) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
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 S5KHP2
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 Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/3.4
Focal length 75 mm 111 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX854
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 14 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 165
Preview - 81
Zoom - 137
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark

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
Network
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
90.5 dB
93 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2023 January 2025
Release date October 2023 February 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1100 $1299
Successor - Xiaomi 15 Pro - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
SAR (head) - 1.25 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.42 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.
Notes on Galaxy S25 Ultra:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.
    - Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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