Xiaomi 14 Ultra vs Google Pixel 9 Pro XL

80 out of 100
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
VS
77 out of 100
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 14 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on February 22, 2024, against the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 6 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 Ultra
  • 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2354K versus 1672K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 37W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2189 and 2001 points
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
  • Delivers 85% higher peak brightness (2364 against 1280 nits)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • The phone is 6 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Google Pixel 9 Pro XL 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
16 / 128 GB
19.4
(Bad)
Value Index
34.4
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1344 x 2992 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 522 ppi 486 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 2000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 89.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.9% 99%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1280 nits
2364 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) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 9.2 mm (0.36 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 219.8 g (7.75 oz) 221 g (7.8 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black White, Black, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.34/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Google Tensor G4
Max clock 3300 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Mali-G715 MC7
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
14 Ultra +9%
2189
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14 Ultra +54%
7596
Compute Score (GPU)
14 Ultra +79%
16435
Compute Score (GPU) 16435 9185
Single-core score 2189 2001
Multi-core score 7596 4932
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
14 Ultra +41%
2354148
1672795
CPU 691662 622527
GPU 815122 410009
Memory 327096 255927
UX 520268 384332
Total score 2354148 1672795
Samples [6 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 87% -
Graphics test 11 FPS -
Graphics score 1503 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Section 1 32 FPS -
Section 2 29 FPS -
Section 3 25 FPS -
Graphics score 7556 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 83% -
Graphics test 27 FPS -
Graphics score 4553 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14956 -
Video editing 7926 -
Photo editing 32564 -
Data manipulation 15766 -
Writing score 19505 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#185th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 (Louu)AnTuTu 122656851
📘 2026-10-07 (# Rodion)AnTuTu 122576231
📘 2026-10-04 -> purtGeekbench 7 GPU10162
📘 2026-10-04 -> purtGeekbench 7 CPU1668 / 5549
📘 2026-09-28 (zloy)AnTuTu 122576231
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-27 (feraroof43)AnTuTu 111626655
📘 2026-08-26 (Ark15)Battery lifeSOT 5:20 / 11:00
📘 2026-08-21 (Kazin)AnTuTu 111723964
📘 2026-04-07 -> DeadlyKPSSAnTuTu 111679233
📘 2026-03-29 (Actn)AnTuTu 111585585

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM HyperOS 3 Stock Android
OS size 31 GB -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5060 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 37 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (12 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (52% in 15 min) Yes (67% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:34 hr 1:18 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:23 hr 11:42 hr
Watching video 12:26 hr 10:46 hr
Gaming 04:35 hr 05:57 hr
Standby 109 hr 92 hr
General battery life
14 Ultra +1%
22:08 hr
21:55 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 122° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
5) Depth
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 - 4.0 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-900 Samsung GN1
Sensor size 1/1.0" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.8
Focal length 120 mm 113 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 12 mm 12 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
144
161
Video quality
150
152
Generic main camera score
149
158
Bokeh 75 75
Preview 83 86
Zoom 160 155
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 9 Pro XL from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 42 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 17 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
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 5.3
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
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* No 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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
14 Ultra +1%
90.3 dB
89.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2024 August 2024
Release date February 2024 August 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1499 $1099
Successor - Xiaomi 17 Ultra - Google Pixel 10 Pro XL
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.4 W/kg
Sensors - 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 Not included
Further details
Notes on 14 Ultra:
    - The rear cover is available in glass or eco-leather, while the frame can be aluminum or titanium.
    - The front glass is either Xiaomi Shield Glass or Xiaomi Longjing Glass.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 14 Ultra. But if the camera is more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL.

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