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Xiaomi 15 vs Vivo iQOO 13

87 out of 100
Xiaomi 15
VS
85 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 13
Xiaomi 15
Vivo iQOO 13

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 15 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 29, 2024, against the Vivo iQOO 13, which is powered by the same chip. 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 (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 2.6x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.51 mm narrower
  • Weighs 22 grams less
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 13
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.46 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • Comes with 750 mAh larger battery capacity: 6150 vs 5400 mAh
  • Delivers 19% higher peak brightness (1793 against 1508 nits)
  • 11% higher pixel density (510 vs 460 PPI)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 and Vivo iQOO 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
52.2
(Average)
Value Index
60.5
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 15
vs
iQOO 13

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.36 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2670 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Schott Xensation Alpha
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 89.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
iQOO 13
6.82″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.4 in2
Xiaomi 15
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 15
1508 nits
iQOO 13 +19%
1793 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 152.3 mm (6 inches) 163.37 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) 76.71 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.08 mm (0.32 inches) 8.13 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 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, Silver, Green, Purple White, Black, Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 15 +1%
90.1%
iQOO 13
89.6%

Performance

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

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 and Vivo iQOO 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 15
2940
iQOO 13 +2%
3008
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 15
9243
iQOO 13 +1%
9297
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 15
24715
iQOO 13
24763
Compute Score (GPU) 24715 24763
Single-core score 2940 3008
Multi-core score 9243 9297
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 15
3076179
iQOO 13 +2%
3150555
CPU 946469 903944
GPU 1118762 1153744
Memory 372907 415491
UX 638041 677376
Total score 3076179 3150555
Samples [32 tests] [33 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 15
2204
iQOO 13 +14%
2509
Stability 82% 77%
Graphics test 16 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 2204 2509
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 15
10153
iQOO 13 +13%
11463
Graphics test 39 FPS 44 FPS
Section 1 43 FPS 49 FPS
Section 2 39 FPS 44 FPS
Section 3 33 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 10153 11463
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 15
5782
iQOO 13 +8%
6250
Stability 89% -
Graphics test 34 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 5782 6250
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 15 +11%
17440
iQOO 13
15763
Web score 18558 14234
Video editing 8103 6801
Photo editing 37685 39527
Data manipulation 13755 13253
Writing score 21293 20704
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (99th and 84th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-10 (artyashka)AnTuTu 123263798
📘 2026-09-28 (PenPen)AnTuTu 123242949
📘 2026-08-24 (zaido)AnTuTu 113236909
📘 2026-08-16 (jakisgood)AnTuTu 113007116
📘 2026-08-03 (abdurashidovvv)AnTuTu 113102543
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Vivo iQOO 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-02 (Fenix)AnTuTu 123392682
📘 2026-09-25 (Asuna)AnTuTu 113203192
📘 2026-09-24 (Fenix)AnTuTu 123343403
📘 2026-08-15 (Kh)AnTuTu 113166164
📘 2026-08-03 (ShiNo_Maebure)AnTuTu 113090760
Add View all (45)

Memory

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

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 Funtouch 16
OS size 21 GB -
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5400 mAh 6150 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (83% in 30 min) Yes (91% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:32 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:20 hr 14:22 hr
Watching video 19:22 hr 17:57 hr
Gaming 07:10 hr 08:12 hr
Standby 150 hr 129 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 15 +5%
31:54 hr
iQOO 13
30:28 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2.6x Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Dual 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 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
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 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision Light Fusion 900 Sony IMX921
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 60 mm 50 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX816
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 14 mm 15 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Xiaomi 15
150
iQOO 13
n/a
Video quality
Xiaomi 15
133
iQOO 13
n/a
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 15
147
iQOO 13
n/a
Bokeh 75 -
Preview 87 -
Zoom 152 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 28 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B GalaxyCore GC32E1
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 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 6.0 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 Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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 No
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
Xiaomi 15
91.3 dB
iQOO 13
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 October 2024
Release date October 2024 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $945 $650
Successor - Xiaomi 17 - Vivo iQOO 15
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on iQOO 13:
    - Only the 16/512 GB variant has UFS 4.1 storage; the rest use UFS 4.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 15. But if the gaming is more of a priority – go for the Vivo iQOO 13.

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Avoysd November 5, 2025 at 01:34 PM
The chinese variant of Xiaomi 15 doesn't have esim right?
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