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Xiaomi 15 Ultra vs OnePlus 13R

90 out of 100
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
VS
78 out of 100
OnePlus 13R
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
OnePlus 13R

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 15 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on February 27, 2025, against the OnePlus 13R, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 2 months before. 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 15 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 4.3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 80W
  • Delivers 30% higher peak brightness (1588 against 1220 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3030K versus 2405K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 16% higher pixel density (522 vs 450 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 80W)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13R
  • Weighs 20 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 Ultra and OnePlus 13R 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
18.8
(Bad)
Value Index
70.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1264 x 2780 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.8:9
PPI 522 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass 2.0 Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 99.6%
PWM 120 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
15 Ultra +30%
1588 nits
OnePlus 13R
1220 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 161.72 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 75.77 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 9.35 mm (0.37 inches) 8.02 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 226 g (7.97 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green Black, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Good (3.83/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Good (C) · 120 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
15 Ultra
90%
OnePlus 13R +1%
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15 Ultra and OnePlus 13R
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 4320 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 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
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 Ultra and OnePlus 13R
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
15 Ultra +42%
3106
OnePlus 13R
2195
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15 Ultra +43%
9710
OnePlus 13R
6781
Compute Score (GPU)
15 Ultra +51%
24339
OnePlus 13R
16138
Compute Score (GPU) 24339 16138
Single-core score 3106 2195
Multi-core score 9710 6781
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
15 Ultra +26%
3030376
OnePlus 13R
2405504
CPU 912791 675433
GPU 1097348 817091
Memory 440343 364528
UX 579894 548452
Total score 3030376 2405504
Samples [12 tests] [29 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
15 Ultra +29%
2151
OnePlus 13R
1673
Stability 76% 70%
Graphics test 16 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 2151 1673
3DMark Solar Bay
15 Ultra +17%
9815
OnePlus 13R
8397
Graphics test 37 FPS 32 FPS
Section 1 42 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 32 FPS
Section 3 32 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 9815 8397
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 85% -
Graphics test 33 FPS -
Graphics score 5626 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15 Ultra +49%
18823
OnePlus 13R
12616
Web score 19993 11853
Video editing 8213 6267
Photo editing 36597 22043
Data manipulation 17882 12569
Writing score 22481 15676
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (111th and 165th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-27 (dmxsan)AnTuTu 123059557
📘 2026-07-07 (average f-4 enjoyer)AnTuTu 112993761
📘 2026-06-28 (Mansur)Battery lifeSOT 12:59 / 16:48
📘 2026-02-22 (XX5mipiXX)AnTuTu 113108699
📘 2026-01-27 -> MiEmirrGeekbench 6 CPU3127 / 9465
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OnePlus 13R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihanGeekbench 6 GPU16013
📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihanGeekbench 7 GPU5741
📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihanGeekbench 6 CPU2222 / 6969
📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihanGeekbench 7 CPU876 / 4825
📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihanAnTuTu 122628452
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4800 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15
ROM HyperOS 3.0 OxygenOS 15
OS size 23.9 GB 37 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5410 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (73% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 0:48 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:19 hr 13:49 hr
Watching video 18:43 hr 21:40 hr
Gaming 06:45 hr 06:35 hr
Standby 141 hr 100 hr
General battery life
15 Ultra +4%
30:03 hr
OnePlus 13R
28:50 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 4.3x Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
5) Depth
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.63 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-900 Sony LYT-700 (IMX 906)
Sensor size 1/1.0" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/1.8
Focal length 100 mm 47 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP9 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm 16 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 170 -
Preview 89 -
Zoom 166 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 Ultra from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 22 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 6.0 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
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* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
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
15 Ultra +2%
92.1 dB
OnePlus 13R
90 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2025 January 2025
Release date February 2025 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1099 $599
Successor - Xiaomi 17 Ultra - OnePlus 15R
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Not included
Further details
Notes on 15 Ultra:
    - The Chinese version of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra has a 6000 mAh battery, while the international model comes with 5410 mAh, leading to a noticeable difference in battery life.
Notes on OnePlus 13R:
    - This is the global version of the OnePlus Ace 5 smartphone.
*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 15 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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