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Xiaomi 15 vs Xiaomi 13

87 out of 100
Xiaomi 15
VS
70 out of 100
Xiaomi 13
Xiaomi 15
Xiaomi 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 Xiaomi 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 1 year and 11 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
  • 76% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3076K versus 1743K)
  • Shows 28% longer battery life (31:54 vs 24:59 hours)
  • Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 5400 vs 4500 mAh
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 67W)
  • Delivers 21% higher peak brightness (1508 against 1246 nits)
  • 11% higher pixel density (460 vs 414 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 11 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13
  • The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
52.2
(Average)
Value Index
5.8
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.36 inches 6.36 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2670 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 414 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 1900 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 89.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 98.6%
PWM 120 Hz 488 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 15 +21%
1508 nits
Xiaomi 13
1246 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.3 mm (6 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.08 mm (0.32 inches) 7.98 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green, Purple White, Black, 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%
Xiaomi 13
89.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 4320 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 15 +47%
2940
Xiaomi 13
2004
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 15 +74%
9243
Xiaomi 13
5311
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 15 +181%
24715
Xiaomi 13
8801
Compute Score (GPU) 24715 8801
Single-core score 2940 2004
Multi-core score 9243 5311
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 15 +76%
3076179
Xiaomi 13
1743949
CPU 946469 579791
GPU 1118762 433528
Memory 372907 291203
UX 638041 439427
Total score 3076179 1743949
Samples [32 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 15 +102%
2204
Xiaomi 13
1090
Stability 82% 89%
Graphics test 16 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2204 1090
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 15 +91%
10153
Xiaomi 13
5308
Stability - 98%
Graphics test 39 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 43 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 39 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 33 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 10153 5308
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 15 +58%
5782
Xiaomi 13
3665
Stability 89% 89%
Graphics test 34 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 5782 3665
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 15
17440
Xiaomi 13
n/a
Web score 18558 -
Video editing 8103 -
Photo editing 37685 -
Data manipulation 13755 -
Writing score 21293 -
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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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Xiaomi 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (SHtorm)AnTuTu 111755989
📘 2026-10-04 (ArJasonStathem)AnTuTu 121979341
📘 2026-09-05 (Andrewei)AnTuTu 111830711
📘 2026-08-29 (Pat)AnTuTu 111793929
📘 2026-08-24 (Simon)AnTuTu 111845042
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 21 GB 31.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5400 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 67 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (83% in 30 min) Yes (83% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:42 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:20 hr 09:47 hr
Watching video 19:22 hr 14:15 hr
Gaming 07:10 hr 05:57 hr
Standby 150 hr 127 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 15 +28%
31:54 hr
Xiaomi 13
24:59 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, 3.2x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 1920 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision Light Fusion 900 Sony IMX800
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 60 mm 75 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.75" (≈ 0.27 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm 15 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Omnivision OV13B10
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Xiaomi 15 +15%
150
Xiaomi 13
131
Video quality
Xiaomi 15 +10%
133
Xiaomi 13
121
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 15 +13%
147
Xiaomi 13
130
Bokeh 75 55
Preview 87 68
Zoom 152 131
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 22 mm 22 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Omnivision OV32C
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 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 5.3
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 -
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* 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
Xiaomi 15
91.3 dB
Xiaomi 13
91.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 December 2022
Release date October 2024 December 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $945 $999
Successor - Xiaomi 17 - Xiaomi 17
SAR (head) - 0.998 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.997 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 Yes, 67 W
*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 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
92 (64.3%)
51 (35.7%)
Total votes: 143

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