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Xiaomi 15 vs Xiaomi 13T

87 out of 100
Xiaomi 15
VS
65 out of 100
Xiaomi 13T
Xiaomi 15
Xiaomi 13T

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 15 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 29, 2024, against the Xiaomi 13T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra and came out 1 year and 1 month 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
  • 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3076K versus 1175K)
  • Shows 37% longer battery life (31:54 vs 23:22 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 2.6x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 67W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (1508 against 1256 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13T
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has a 0.31 inch larger screen size

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 13T 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 / 256 GB
52.2
(Average)
Value Index
59.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.36 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2670 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (30-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 87.5%
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 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 13T
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 15
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 15 +20%
1508 nits
Xiaomi 13T
1256 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.3 mm (6 inches) 162.2 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) 75.7 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.08 mm (0.32 inches) 8.49 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green, Purple Black, Blue, 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 +3%
90.1%
Xiaomi 13T
87.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 13T
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra
Max clock 4320 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex A55
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex A78
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex A78
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 580
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Mali-G610 MC6
GPU shading units 1536 384
GPU clock 1100 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~729.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 13T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 15 +133%
2940
Xiaomi 13T
1261
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 15 +130%
9243
Xiaomi 13T
4018
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 15 +608%
24715
Xiaomi 13T
3492
Compute Score (GPU) 24715 3492
Single-core score 2940 1261
Multi-core score 9243 4018
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 15 +162%
3076179
Xiaomi 13T
1175951
CPU 946469 421303
GPU 1118762 209708
Memory 372907 221082
UX 638041 323858
Total score 3076179 1175951
Samples [32 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 15 +282%
2204
Xiaomi 13T
577
Stability 82% 91%
Graphics test 16 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 2204 577
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 15
10153
Xiaomi 13T
n/a
Graphics test 39 FPS -
Section 1 43 FPS -
Section 2 39 FPS -
Section 3 33 FPS -
Graphics score 10153 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 89% -
Graphics test 34 FPS -
Graphics score 5782 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 15 +34%
17440
Xiaomi 13T
13055
Web score 18558 11689
Video editing 8103 6802
Photo editing 37685 23185
Data manipulation 13755 12111
Writing score 21293 17261
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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 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-12 (Kubyshko)AnTuTu 111130854
📘 2026-07-23 (Maragidyne)AnTuTu 111291153
📘 2026-06-27 (Gadfiq)AnTuTu 111287453
📘 2026-06-15 (notmihnea1)Geekbench 6 CPU1346 / 4133
📘 2026-01-15 (DQP)AnTuTu 111169170
Add View all (18)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 HyperOS 2.0
OS size 21 GB -
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5400 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 67 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (83% in 30 min) Yes (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:51 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:20 hr 09:04 hr
Watching video 19:22 hr 12:58 hr
Gaming 07:10 hr 05:38 hr
Standby 150 hr 121 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 15 +37%
31:54 hr
Xiaomi 13T
23:22 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 LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision Light Fusion 900 Sony IMX707
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.22 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 Omnivision OV50D40
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
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 OV13B
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 +24%
150
Xiaomi 13T
121
Video quality
Xiaomi 15 +1%
133
Xiaomi 13T
132
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 15 +20%
147
Xiaomi 13T
123
Bokeh 75 65
Preview 87 65
Zoom 152 101
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 5184 x 3888
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Xiaomi 15
91.3 dB
Xiaomi 13T
91.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced October 2024 September 2023
Release date October 2024 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $945 $600
Successor - Xiaomi 17 - Xiaomi 15T
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, 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?
31 (60.8%)
20 (39.2%)
Total votes: 51

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