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Xiaomi 14 Ultra vs OnePlus 13

80 out of 100
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
VS
87 out of 100
OnePlus 13
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
OnePlus 13

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 OnePlus 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 8 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13
  • Shows 41% longer battery life (31:17 vs 22:08 hours)
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5000 mAh
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 34% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3145K versus 2354K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
  • 32% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2899 and 2189 points
  • The phone is 8 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14 Ultra and OnePlus 13 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
VS
12 / 256 GB
19.4
(Bad)
Value Index
83.0
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
14 Ultra
vs
OnePlus 13

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 522 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Ceramic Guard
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 90.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.9% 99.6%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
14 Ultra +7%
1280 nits
OnePlus 13
1194 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 9.2 mm (0.36 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 219.8 g (7.75 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.71/5)
Drop resistance - Average (D) · 45 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
14 Ultra
89.9%
OnePlus 13
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14 Ultra and OnePlus 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3300 MHz 4320 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 Ultra and OnePlus 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
14 Ultra
2189
OnePlus 13 +32%
2899
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14 Ultra
7596
OnePlus 13 +18%
8945
Compute Score (GPU)
14 Ultra
16435
OnePlus 13 +52%
24988
Compute Score (GPU) 16435 24988
Single-core score 2189 2899
Multi-core score 7596 8945
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
14 Ultra
2354148
OnePlus 13 +34%
3145582
CPU 691662 946374
GPU 815122 1154478
Memory 327096 370624
UX 520268 674106
Total score 2354148 3145582
Samples [6 tests] [33 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
14 Ultra
1503
OnePlus 13 +63%
2455
Stability 87% 74%
Graphics test 11 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 1503 2455
3DMark Solar Bay
14 Ultra
7556
OnePlus 13 +50%
11360
Graphics test 29 FPS 43 FPS
Section 1 32 FPS 49 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 44 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 7556 11360
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
14 Ultra
4553
OnePlus 13 +37%
6241
Stability 83% 84%
Graphics test 27 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 4553 6241
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
14 Ultra +4%
16416
OnePlus 13
15714
Web score 14956 14928
Video editing 7926 6982
Photo editing 32564 28408
Data manipulation 15766 14424
Writing score 19505 22334
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (185th and 85th place)
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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
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OnePlus 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (Phúc Lợi)AnTuTu 123331523
📘 2026-10-09 (Prigogin)AnTuTu 123195605
📘 2026-09-25 (InDominusRex)AnTuTu 123200877
📘 2026-09-22 (Keremss)Geekbench 6 CPU3032 / 9438
📘 2026-08-28 -> pavlikk69AnTuTu 113139994
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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 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 OxygenOS 16
OS size 31 GB 54 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (52% in 15 min) Yes (55% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:34 hr 0:35 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:23 hr 13:42 hr
Watching video 12:26 hr 23:46 hr
Gaming 04:35 hr 06:05 hr
Standby 109 hr 120 hr
General battery life
14 Ultra
22:08 hr
OnePlus 13 +41%
31:17 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
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° 120°
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: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 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/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-900 Sony LYTIA-808
Sensor size 1/1.0" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.6
Focal length 120 mm 73 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.0
Focal length 12 mm 15 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 75 -
Preview 83 -
Zoom 160 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 Ultra from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 22 mm 21 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby 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
90.3 dB
OnePlus 13 +2%
91.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2024 October 2024
Release date February 2024 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1499 $899
Successor - Xiaomi 17 Ultra - OnePlus 15
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, 90 W Yes, 100 W
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.
Notes on OnePlus 13:
    - The "Arctic Dawn" and "Black Eclipse" models are 8.5 mm thick and weigh 213g, while "Midnight Ocean" is 8.9 mm and 210g.
    - The Chinese and Indian versions do not support eSIM.
*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 OnePlus 13 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

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54 (45.8%)
64 (54.2%)
Total votes: 118

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