Xiaomi 13 Ultra Runs Cooler Than The iPhone 14 Pro Max By A Fair Margin When Recording 4K 60FPS Footage

Chinese smartphone makers will stop at nothing to compare Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro Max against any one of its flagship offerings. On this occasion, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra has been engineered to target the top handsets in various categories, especially image, but one key aspect for the company was thermals. Recording 4K footage at 60FPS can overheat the most thermally efficient smartphones, but Xiaomi appears to take pride in the fact that its newest premium offering runs cooler than Apple’s latest and greatest.

Xiaomi 13 Ultra runs 1.9 degrees cooler when recording 4K video at 60FPS, allowing the flagship to capture footage for significantly longer periods

The iPhone 14 Pro Max is equipped with some efficient components, such as the A16 Bionic. However, what it lacks is a vapor chamber, an addition that most of its competitors, including Samsung, incorporated on their top-tier handsets for the year. The Xiaomi 13 Ultra is not just equipped with the efficient Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 but also a capable solution that helps keeps the sensors’ temperature in check.

According to the comparison table shared by Xiaomi during the official announcement, the company’s latest flagship runs 1.9 degrees when recording at the same resolution and framerate., operating at 45.7 degrees Celsius. It should be noted that in the table, two other flagships, the Find X6 Pro and the X90 Pro Plus run cooler than the Xiaomi 13 Ultra. However, they are unable to maintain that sweet 60FPS mark, likely due to inadequate cooling on the sensors.

As you can see, the Xiaomi 13 Ultra runs almost two degrees cooler than the iPhone 14 Pro Max

Even though the overall temperatures of both devices are better, phone makers will skimp out on adding heat dissipation layers on the cameras, which can increase temperatures, causing them to overheat and lose framerate performance. Xiaomi likely knew this would be the case with its latest smartphone, and since it is geared towards imaging and video capturing enthusiasts, it made the necessary adaptations to ensure that the 13 Ultra would not throttle when recording 4K video.

We do want to mention that the company’s lab tests achieved the results obtained by the Xiaomi 13 Ultra, so your mileage may vary significantly. For instance, if you live in a region where the climate is hot and humid for nearly the entire year, the flagship’s temperatures while recording 4K video might be much higher, and there might be the possibility of the Xiaomi 13 Ultra experiencing some frame drops. Naturally, we will keep our eyes peeled for some real-world tests and update our readers accordingly while also comparing them to the iPhone 14 Pro Max, so stay tuned.

Written by Omar Sohail