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Xiaomi 13 Pro vs Huawei Mate 70 Air

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Xiaomi 13 Pro
VS
78 out 100
Huawei Mate 70 Air
Xiaomi 13 Pro
Huawei Mate 70 Air

Compared 2 smartphones : Xiaomi 13 Pro Manufactured in December, 2022, with display 6.73 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, vs Huawei Mate 70 Air, Manufactured in November, 2025 with chipsetHiSilicon Kirin 9020A. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery Life
  6. Cameras
  7. Comments (0)

Key Differences

Device key advantages
Reasons to choose Xiaomi 13 Pro
  • Higher pixel density: 522ppi
  • Newer Bluetooth version: 5.3 vs 5.2
  • Supports Dolby Atmos
  • Built-in eSIM
Reasons to choose Huawei Mate 70 Air
  • Larger display: 7in
  • Lighter design: 208g vs 229g
  • Higher battery capacity: 6500mAh vs 4820mAh

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Memory Options - 8/128 GB
- 8/256 GB
- 12/256 GB
- 12/512 GB		 - 12/256 GB
- 12/512 GB
- 16/256 GB
- 16/512 GB

Review

Key Specs Xiaomi 13 Pro and Huawei Mate 70 Air
Display
Color accuracy, sharpness & brightness
Camera
Main & front camera tests
Performance
App & system performance
Games
3D gaming performance
Battery
Battery life, charging speed & type
Connectivity
Connectivity features
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview
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Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Smartphones:
Xiaomi 13 Pro
vs
Huawei Mate 70 Air

Display

Display quality comparison
Type OLED OLED
Size 6.73 in 7 in
Resolution 1440x3200 pixels 1320x2760 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.9:9
Pixel density 522 ppi 437 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max brightness 500 nits n/a
HDR support Yes Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch Sampling Rate 240 Hz 300 Hz
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9 % 88.3 %
Features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming
Display test
Peak brightness (auto)
Xiaomi 13 Pro
1252 nits
Huawei Mate 70 Air
n/a
sRGB gamut98.2 %n/a
PWM (Flicker)120 Hzn/a
Response time2 msn/a
Contrast∞ Infiniten/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [Xiaomi 13 Pro]

Design & Build

Design and ergonomics comparison
Height 162.9 mm (6.41 in) 165 mm (6.5 in)
Width 74.6 mm (2.94 in) 81.5 mm (3.21 in)
Thickness 8.38 mm (0.33 in) 6.6 mm (0.26 in)
Weight 229 g (8.08 oz) 208 g (7.34 oz)
Water resistance IP68 IP69
Cooling system Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Back panel Glass n/a
Frame Metal Metal
Colors - White
- Black
- Blue
- Green		 - White
- Black
- Silver
- Purple
Fingerprint sensor Yes In-Display Yes, In-Button
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 13 Pro
89.9 %
Huawei Mate 70 Air
88.3 %

Performance

Testing Xiaomi 13 Pro and Huawei Mate 70 Air In benchmarks
Processor
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 HiSilicon Kirin 9020A
Max Frequency 3200 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU Cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)		 - 4/1.6 (Taishan-Little)
- 3/2.15 (TaiShan V120)
- 1/2.5 (TaiShan V121)
Process TSMC SMIC
Transistor Size 4 nm 7 nm
Neural Processor Hexagon Da Vinci
Graphics Adreno 740 Maleoon 920
GPU Cores 1536 1024
GPU Frequency 680 MHz 840 MHz
FLOPS 2089 GFLOPS 1720.3 GFLOPS
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 13 Pro
1987
Huawei Mate 70 Air
1212
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 13 Pro
5323
Huawei Mate 70 Air
3483
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)19871212
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)53233483
Geekbench Compute (GPU)n/a3730
Sources: Geekbench v6 [Huawei Mate 70 Air]
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Xiaomi 13 Pro
1536568
Huawei Mate 70 Air
1248520
CPU380418351901
GPU600588278517
Memory277637405011
UX277637213091
NanoReview Score15365681248520
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Xiaomi 13 Pro
12534
Huawei Mate 70 Air
n/a
Max Surface Temp.36 °Cn/a
Stability87 %n/a
Graphics Test75 fpsn/a
Graphics Score12534n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Xiaomi 13 Pro]
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 13 Pro
10687
Huawei Mate 70 Air
n/a
Writing score13780n/a
Web score9389n/a
Video editing6346n/a
Data manipulation9251n/a
NanoReview Score10687n/a

Memory

RAM
RAM Size - 8 GB
- 12 GB		 12 GB
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage Capacity- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- 512 GB		256 GB
Storage TypeUFS 4.0UFS 4.0
Memory CardNoNo

Software

OS Android 13 (Upgradeable to Android 14) HarmonyOS 5.1
OS Size 32 GB n/a
UI Skin HyperOS 1.0 n/a

Battery

Volume 4820 mAh 6500 mAh
Max Charging Power 120 W 66 W
Battery Type Li-Po Silicon Carbon (Si/C)
Removable No No
Wireless Charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse Charging Yes Yes
Fast Charging Yes (50% in 9 min) Yes
Full Charge Time 0:22 h n/a
Battery Life Test
Battery Life
Xiaomi 13 Pro
21:44
Huawei Mate 70 Air
n/a
Web Browsing08:06 hn/a
Video Playback13:19 hn/a
Games04:43 hn/a
Standby Mode110 hn/a

Main camera

Matrix 50 MP 50 MP
Photo resolution 8192x6144 pixels 8192x6144 pixels
Zoom Optical, 3.2x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K Recording Up to 24FPS No
4K Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
1080p Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
Slow Motion 1920 fps (1080p) 960 fps (720p)
Wide-angle lens 115 ° n/a
Lenses count Standard: 50.3 MP
Telephoto: 50 MP
Ultra-wide: 50 MP		 Standard: 50 MP
Telephoto: 12 MP
Ultra-wide: 8 MP
Features - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Main lens
Matrix50 MP50 MP
Aperturef/1.9f/1.8
Focal length23 mmn/a
SensorSony IMX9891/1.3
Sensor size1/1n/a
Pixel size1.6 μmn/a
AutofocusPhase autofocus (Dual Pixel)Laser autofocus
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Telephoto
Matrix50 MP12 MP
Aperturef/2.0f/2.4
Focal length75 mm69 mm
SensorSamsung S5KJN1n/a
Sensor size1/2.76n/a
Pixel size0.64 μmn/a
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Ultra-wide lens
Matrix50 MP8 MP
Aperturef/2.2f/2.2
Focal length14 mm16 mm
SensorSamsung S5KJN1n/a
Sensor size1/2.76n/a
Pixel size0.64 μmn/a
StabilizationDigitalDigital
Main camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Xiaomi 13 Pro
136
Huawei Mate 70 Air
n/a
Video quality
Xiaomi 13 Pro
129
Huawei Mate 70 Air
n/a
Overall camera score
Xiaomi 13 Pro
136
Huawei Mate 70 Air
n/a
Bokeh60n/a
Preview70n/a
Zoom143n/a
Sources: DxOMark [Xiaomi 13 Pro]

Front camera

Matrix 32 MP 107 MP
Photo resolution 6528x4896 pixels n/a
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 18 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32C CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.14 n/a
Pixel size 0.7 μm n/a
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 fps 2160p (4K) at 60 fps
TOF 3D sensor No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version 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 5.3 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG
DisplayPort n/a No
GPS - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC		 - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared Port Yes Yes
Connectivity
SIM Count*22
SIM TypeNanoNano
SIM ModeDual SIM StandbyDual SIM Standby
eSIM Support *YesNo
Hybrid SlotNoNo
2G BandsGSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHzn/a
3G BandsWCDMA B1/2/4/5/6/8/19n/a
LTE Bands*LTE (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B32/B38/B39/B40/B41/B42/B48/B66)n/a
LTE category20n/a
5G SupportYesYes

Sound

Speakers Stereo n/a
3.5 mm Jack No No
FM Radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speaker Test
Max Volume
Xiaomi 13 Pro
88.5 dB
Huawei Mate 70 Air
n/a

Other

Class Flagship Flagship
Announced December, 2022 yr November, 2025 yr
Release Date December, 2022 yr November, 2025 yr
Launch Price ($) 1299 n/a
MSRP ($) n/a 600
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor		 - Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Face Sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
Charger Included Yes 120 W Yes, 66 W

Note

Xiaomi 13 Pro:

Version with 128 GB comes with UFS 3.1 storage.

* Attention! Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.

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