Xiaomi 15 vs iQOO 13 5G

Comparing the Xiaomi 15 vs iQOO 13 5G across performance, display, camera, battery, storage, expert reviews and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: iQOO 13 5G scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 9,854, while Xiaomi 15 scores 9,252, making iQOO 13 5G the better performer.

Display: iQOO 13 5G offers a screen size of 6.82 inches, while Xiaomi 15 offers 6.36 inches, making iQOO 13 5G the larger display of the two. Xiaomi 15 features a LTPO OLED display compared to iQOO 13 5G's LTPO AMOLED, making Xiaomi 15 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both Xiaomi 15 and iQOO 13 5G feature a 50 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Both Xiaomi 15 and iQOO 13 5G feature a 32 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Xiaomi 15 delivers longer battery life with 13h 44m, while iQOO 13 5G delivers 13h 09m, making Xiaomi 15 the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Xiaomi 15 offers higher internal storage with 512 GB, while iQOO 13 5G offers 256 GB, making Xiaomi 15 the better option for storage.

Expert Review: The editorial team rates both Xiaomi 15 and iQOO 13 5G equally at 8.2.

User Rating: iQOO 13 5G receives a higher user rating of 4.6, while Xiaomi 15 has a rating of 4.5.

Xiaomi 15

₹69,999

(Out of Stock)

iQOO 13 5G

₹56,990

(Out of Stock)

Summary

Release Date

19 Mar, 2025

03 Dec, 2024

11 Jun, 2026

Performance


Snapdragon 8 Elite	Snapdragon 8 Elite	MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme
Octa Core (upto 4.32 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 4.32 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.4 GHz)
12 GB RAM	12 GB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display


6.36 inches (16.15 cm)	6.82 inches (17.32 cm)	6.8 inches (17.27 cm)
LTPO OLED	LTPO AMOLED	Extreme AMOLED
1200x2670 px (FHD+)	1440x3168 px (QHD+)	1272x2772 px (FHD+)
120 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


50 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Macro Camera
50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 60x Optical Zoom)	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 30x Optical Zoom)	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3.5x Optical Zoom)

Front Camera


32 MP Wide Angle Lens	32 MP Wide Angle Lens	50 MP

Battery


5240 mAh	6000 mAh	6500 mAh
90W Hyper Charging	120W Flash Charging	90W Turbo Power Charging
Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

512 GB	256 GB	256 GB
UFS 4.0	UFS 4.0	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

8.2/10

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8.2/10

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N/A

Pros

Compact and lightweight design
Excellent performance
Versatile Leica cameras
Solid battery life and fast charging

Performance beast with Snapdragon 8 Elite
Impressive display
Top-notch durability with IP68 and IP69 ratings
Capable Night mode

Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

Occasional contrast and exposure issues
Throttles under heavy load

Lots of pre-installed apps
No periscope lens

Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.5/5

(533 ratings)

4.6/5

(3,048 ratings)

N/A

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

2,431,158 AnTuTu Score	2,805,924 AnTuTu Score	N/A
13h 44m Battery Life (PC Mark)	13h 09m Battery Life (PC Mark)	N/A

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General

Launch Date

Mar 19, 2025

(Official)

Dec 03, 2024

(Official)

Jun 04, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v15

Android v16

OS Updates

4 Years

3 Year

Security Updates

6 Years

5 Years

5 Year

Custom UI

HyperOS

Funtouch OS

N/A

Performance

Performance Rating

Best In Class

Excellent

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite SM8750

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Processor

Octa core

4.32 GHz, Dual core, Oryon 3.53 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon

Octa core

3.4 GHz, Single core, Cortex A725 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

3 nm

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 830

Mali-G720 MP8

RAM

12 GB

12 GB / 16 GB

12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR5X

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

2,431,158

2,805,924

N/A

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

14.0 s

17.0 s

N/A

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

5,034

N/A

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

6.0 %

N/A

Heating* (The lower, the better)

28.1 %

19.5 %

N/A

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

LTPO OLED

LTPO AMOLED (Curved Display)

Extreme AMOLED

Screen Size

6.36 inches (16.15 cm)

6.82 inches (17.32 cm)

6.8 inches (17.27 cm)

Resolution

1200x2670 px (FHD+)

1440x3168 px (QHD+)

1272x2772 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

3200 nits

4500 nits

5200 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

1800 nits

Refresh Rate

120 Hz

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.6:9

Pixel Density

460 ppi

510 ppi

450 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

90.06 %

89.61 %

96.8 %

Screen Protection

Yes

Corning Gorilla Glass Glass 7i

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display

Yes

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

93.87 %

96.8 %

Design

Height

152.3 mm

163.37 mm

162.7 mm

Width

71.2 mm

76.71 mm

75.6 mm

Thickness

8.08 mm

8.13 mm

7.19 mm

Weight

191 grams

213 grams

190 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Mineral Glass

Back: Plastic

Water Resistance

Yes Water resistant IP68 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69

Ruggedness

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Excellent

Resolution

50 MP
Primary Camera10x Digital Zoomf/1.62 Wide Angle23 mm focal length 1/1.31" sensor size Light Fusion 900 1.2µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Camera10x Digital Zoomf/1.88 Wide Angle23 mm focal length 1/1.56" sensor size IMX921 CMOS image sensor Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.812 mm focal length LYT 710 2.0µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera14 mm focal length

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/2.76" sensor size

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Macro Camera12 mm focal length 1.28µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Telephoto Camera60 mm focal length

50 MP
f/1.85 Telephoto Camera46 mm focal length 1/2.93" sensor size

50 MP
Telephoto Camera81 mm focal length 1.28µm pixel size

Autofocus

Yes Laser Autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

Flash

Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Yes Ring LED

Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

8150 x 6150 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode
Lightning Burst
SuperMoon

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
SuperMoon

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

Camera Features

10 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Custom Watermark
Face detection
Filters
Touch to focus
Xiaomi ProFocus

10 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom
Optical Zoom
Face detection
Filters
Smile detection

Video Recording

8k @30 fps
4k @60 fps
Full HD @960 fps
HD @1920 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @60 fps
Full HD @240 fps

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120/240 fps

Video Recording Features

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion
Video HDR
Video Pro Mode

Slow Motion
Video Pro Mode

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion
Video HDR
Macro Video
Audio Zoom

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Resolution

32 MP
f/2.0 Wide Angle Primary Camera21 mm focal length 0.7µm pixel size

32 MP
f/2.45 Wide Angle Primary Camera1/3.1" sensor size

50 MP
f/1.9 Primary Camera1.28µm pixel size

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes Screen flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @60 fps
HD @30 fps

4k @60 fps
Full HD @60 fps

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Excellent

Capacity

5240 mAh

6000 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Silicon Carbon

Li-ion

Silicon Carbon

Quick Charging

Yes 90W Hyper Charging

Yes 120W Flash Charging 50% in 14 minutes

Yes 90W Turbo Power Charging

Wireless Charging

Yes 50W Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 15W Wireless Charging

Wireless Reverse Charging

Yes 10W Wireless Reverse Charging

N/A

Reverse Charging

N/A

Yes 5W Wired Reverse Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

13h 44m

13h 09m

N/A

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

0h 38m 0s

0h 23m 0s

N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

512 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

256 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.0

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N66 / N75 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N20 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N66 / N75 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N20 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 3500(band 42) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)