Xiaomi 13 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
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Compared 2 smartphones : Xiaomi 13 Pro Manufactured in December, 2022, with display 6.73 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, vs Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, Manufactured in February, 2021 with chipsetSamsung Exynos 2100. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Key Differences
Reasons to choose Xiaomi 13 Pro
- Higher pixel density: 522ppi
- Newer Bluetooth version: 5.3 vs 5.2
- Infrared port
- Includes charger
Reasons to choose Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
- Larger display: 6.8in
- Lighter design: 227g vs 229g
- Higher battery capacity: 5000mAh vs 4820mAh
- Supports newer USB: 3.2 vs 2
Versions
| Memory Options | - 8/128 GB - 8/256 GB - 12/256 GB - 12/512 GB |
- 12/128 GB - 12/256 GB - 12/512 GB - 16/256 GB - 16/512 GB |
Review
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
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Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonDisplay
| Type | OLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.73 in | 6.8 in |
| Resolution | 1440x3200 pixels | 1440x3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| Pixel density | 522 ppi | 515 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max brightness | 500 nits | 1500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes Dolby Vision | Yes HDR10+ |
| Touch Sampling Rate | 240 Hz | n/a |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9 % | 89.5 % |
| Features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| sRGB gamut | 98.2 % | n/a |
| PWM (Flicker) | 120 Hz | n/a |
| Response time | 2 ms | n/a |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinite | n/a |
Design & Build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 in) | 165.1 mm (6.5 in) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 in) | 75.6 mm (2.98 in) |
| Thickness | 8.38 mm (0.33 in) | 8.9 mm (0.35 in) |
| Weight | 229 g (8.08 oz) | 227 g (8.01 oz) |
| Water resistance | IP68 | IP68 |
| Cooling system | Vapor chamber | n/a |
| Back panel | Glass | Glass |
| Frame | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | - White - Black - Blue - Green |
- Black - Silver - Gray - Blue |
| Fingerprint sensor | Yes In-Display | Yes In-Display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Samsung Exynos 2100 |
| Max Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2900 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) |
- 4/2.2 (Cortex-A55) - 3/2.81 (Cortex-A78) - 1/2.91 (Cortex-X1) |
| Process | TSMC | Samsung |
| Transistor Size | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Neural Processor | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Mali-G78 MP14 |
| GPU Cores | 1536 | 896 |
| GPU Frequency | 680 MHz | 854 MHz |
| FLOPS | 2089 GFLOPS | 1530.4 GFLOPS |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 1987 | 1449 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 5323 | 3892 |
| CPU | 380418 | 232358 |
| GPU | 600588 | 256356 |
| Memory | 277637 | 163007 |
| UX | 277637 | 191217 |
| NanoReview Score | 1536568 | 843008 |
| Max Surface Temp. | 36 °C | 40.8 °C |
| Stability | 87 % | 69 % |
| Graphics Test | 75 fps | 31 fps |
| Graphics Score | 12534 | 5221 |
| Writing score | 13780 | n/a |
| Web score | 9389 | n/a |
| Video editing | 6346 | n/a |
| Data manipulation | 9251 | n/a |
| NanoReview Score | 10687 | n/a |
Memory
| RAM Size | - 8 GB - 12 GB |
- 12 GB - 16 GB |
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory Frequency | n/a | 2750 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage Capacity | - 128 GB - 256 GB - 512 GB | - 128 GB - 256 GB - 512 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory Card | No | No |
Software
| OS | Android 13 (Upgradeable to Android 14) | Android 11 (Upgradeable to Android 14) |
| OS Size | 32 GB | 26.4 GB |
| UI Skin | HyperOS 1.0 | One UI 6 |
Battery
| Volume | 4820 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max Charging Power | 120 W | 25 W |
| Battery Type | Li-Po | Li-ion |
| Removable | No | No |
| Wireless Charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse Charging | Yes | Yes (Wireless) |
| Fast Charging | Yes (50% in 9 min) | Yes (54% in 30 min) |
| Full Charge Time | 0:22 h | 1:11 h |
| Web Browsing | 08:06 h | 07:58 h |
| Video Playback | 13:19 h | 13:59 h |
| Games | 04:43 h | 05:14 h |
| Standby Mode | 110 h | 111 h |
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 MP | 108 MP |
| Photo resolution | 8192x6144 pixels | 12000x9000 pixels |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Optical, 10x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K Recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 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 ° | 120 ° |
| Lenses count | Standard: 50.3 MP Telephoto: 50 MP Ultra-wide: 50 MP |
Standard: 108 MP Telephoto: 10 MP Telephoto: 10 MP Ultra-wide: 12 MP |
| Features | - Bokeh effect - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh effect - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Matrix | 50 MP | 108 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX989 | Samsung S5KHM3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1 | 1/1.33 |
| Pixel size | 1.6 μm | 0.8 μm |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Matrix | 50 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/4.9 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 240 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76 | 1/2.65 |
| Pixel size | 0.64 μm | 1.22 μm |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Matrix | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX563 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76 | 1/2.55 |
| Pixel size | 0.64 μm | 1.4 μm |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Bokeh | 60 | 70 |
| Preview | 70 | 67 |
| Zoom | 143 | 106 |
Front camera
| Matrix | 32 MP | 40 MP |
| Photo resolution | 6528x4896 pixels | 7864x5200 pixels |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32C | Samsung S5KGH1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14 | 1/2.65 |
| Pixel size | 0.7 μm | 0.7 μm |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| 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 6E (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 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB Storage Mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB Storage Mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
| GPS | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared Port | Yes | No |
| SIM Count* | 2 | 2 |
| SIM Type | Nano | Nano |
| SIM Mode | Dual SIM Standby | Dual SIM Standby |
| eSIM Support * | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid Slot | No | No |
| 2G Bands | GSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHz | GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz |
| 3G Bands | WCDMA B1/2/4/5/6/8/19 | WCDMA Band 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 |
| 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) | LTE (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B32/B38/B39/B40/B41/B66) |
| LTE category | 20 | 24 |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| 3.5 mm Jack | No | No |
| FM Radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Other
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December, 2022 yr | January, 2021 yr |
| Release Date | December, 2022 yr | February, 2021 yr |
| Launch Price ($) | 1299 | 1200 |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity Sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor - Compass - Fingerprint sensor |
- Hall Sensor - Barometer - Proximity Sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor - Compass - Fingerprint sensor |
| Charger Included | Yes 120 W | n/a |
Note
Xiaomi 13 Pro:
Version with 128 GB comes with UFS 3.1 storage.
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Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Xiaomi 13 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.
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