Xiaomi 14 Civi vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro
80 out of 100
VS
87 out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.55-inch Xiaomi 14 Civi (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3) that was released on June 12, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 9 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14 Civi
- Comes with 1426 mAh larger battery capacity: 4700 vs 3274 mAh
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 23W)
- Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- The phone is 9 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
- Shows 27% longer battery life (24:47 vs 19:34 hours)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Delivers 24% higher peak brightness (1796 against 1447 nits)
- Reverse charging feature
- 58% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2920 and 1853 points
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.55 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1236 x 2750 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 3000 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.6% | 88.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 242 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.2 mm (6.19 inches) | 146.6 mm (5.77 inches) |
| Width | 72.77 mm (2.86 inches) | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.45 mm (0.29 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 179.3 g (6.32 oz) | 187 g (6.6 oz) |
| Waterproof | - | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | White, Black, Silver, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 | Apple A17 Pro |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4 | - 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 735 | Apple A17 GPU |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS | ~2147.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 358682 | 382829 |
| GPU | 478125 | 609132 |
| Memory | 300340 | 188665 |
| UX | 261999 | 349339 |
| Total score | 1399146 | 1529965 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | [27 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Memory
| RAM size | 8, 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256, 512 GB | 128, 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 18.2) |
| ROM | HyperOS 1.0 | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4700 mAh | 3274 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (80% in 15 min) | Yes (57% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 00:44 hr | 1:33 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:51 hr | 09:28 hr |
| Watching video | 11:15 hr | 17:33 hr |
| Gaming | 05:14 hr | 05:41 hr |
| Standby | 88 hr | 111 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" | 1/1.28" |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 50 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" | 1/3.5" |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX633 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" |
| Pixel size | - | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 85 |
| Zoom | - | 139 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGD2 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" | 1/3.6" |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 145 |
| Video | - | 156 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | June 2024 | September 2023 |
| Release date | June 2024 | September 2023 |
| Launch price | $520 | $999 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on 14 Civi:
- There is a smartphone option with a leather cover in green. The black and blue variants come with a glass cover.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
