Xiaomi 14 Ultra vs Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 14 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on February 22, 2024, against the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9010 and came out 2 months after. 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 Ultra
- 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2033K versus 945K)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (1287 against 1098 nits)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 13% higher pixel density (522 vs 460 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
- Shows 21% longer battery life (26:51 vs 22:08 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+4)
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
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 | 6.73 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1260 x 2844 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 522 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 3000 nits | 2500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Xiaomi Shield Glass | Kunlun Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 91.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.9% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 363 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) | 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) |
| Width | 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) | 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.2 mm (0.36 inches) | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 219.8 g (7.75 oz) | 226 g (7.97 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Eco-leather |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black | White, Black, Green, Brown |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | HiSilicon Kirin 9010 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 12 (2 + 6 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 | - 4 cores at 1.55 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 6 cores at 2.18 GHz: TaiShan V121 - 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: TaiShan V121 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Da Vinci |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Maleoon 910 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 903 MHz | 750 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1536 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 450321 | 321156 |
| GPU | 867551 | 196024 |
| Memory | 404276 | 239365 |
| UX | 311241 | 188813 |
| Total score | 2033389 | 945358 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 47.7 °C | 47.4 °C |
| Stability | 86% | - |
| Graphics test | 93 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 15676 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14693 | - |
| Video editing | 7926 | - |
| Photo editing | 32334 | - |
| Data manipulation | 16113 | - |
| Writing score | 19642 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 12, 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256, 512, 1024 GB | 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | HarmonyOS (Can be upgraded to HarmonyOS 4.2) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | - |
| OS size | 31 GB | 23 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (80 W) | Yes (80 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (52% in 15 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 0:34 hr | - |
| Web browsing | 09:23 hr | 09:30 hr |
| Watching video | 12:26 hr | 16:47 hr |
| Gaming | 04:35 hr | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | 109 hr | 139 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3.5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 50 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP 5) Depth | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 40 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 - 4.0 | f/1.6 - 4.0 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-900 | Sony IMX989 |
| Sensor size | 1/0" | 1/0" |
| Pixel size | 1.6 micron | 1.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | 120 mm | 90 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX858 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.51" | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 40 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX858 | Omnivision OV40A |
| Sensor size | 1/2.51" | 1/1.7" |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 75 | 85 |
| Preview | 83 | 82 |
| Zoom | 160 | 164 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Huawei Pura 70 Ultra from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) 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 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2024 | April 2024 |
| Release date | February 2024 | April 2024 |
| Launch price | $1499 | $1499 |
| 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, 100 W |
Further details
Notes on 14 Ultra:
- The rear cover is available in glass or eco-leather, while the frame can be aluminum or titanium.
- The front glass is either Xiaomi Shield Glass or Xiaomi Longjing Glass.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

