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iQOO 13 review: Snapdragon 8 Elite gaming flagship with a 6,000 mAh battery.

SpecEagle Editorial·Dec 2024·$650
Overall
86/100
Class rank
#79 of 248
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Yes
The verdict, up front

A gaming-performance value flagship.

iQOO 13 pairs the SD8 Elite and a dedicated gaming chip with a huge 6,150 mAh battery, 120 W charging and IP69 at $650 — one of the best performance-per-dollar flagships of 2025.

01Display

88/100

88/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.

TypeLTPO AMOLED, 144 Hz
Size6.82 inches
Resolution3,168 × 1,440 px
Peak brightness4,500 nits

02Camera

78/100

78/100 trails the 83-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.

Main50 MP Sony LYT-700, f/1.88, OIS
Telephoto50 MP, 2× sensor crop
Ultrawide50 MP
Selfie32 MP

03Performance

94/100

94/100 puts it above the 90-point average for flagship phones of 2024.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm)
RAM12 / 16 GB
Storage256 GB / 1 TB
GamingSupercomputing Q2 chip

04Battery

90/100

90/100 puts it above the 85-point average for flagship phones of 2024.

Capacity6,150 mAh (silicon)
Wired120 W

05Build

82/100

82/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.

06Value

86/100

86/100 puts it above the 80-point average for flagship phones of 2024.

What works
  • SD8 Elite + gaming Q2 chip at $650.
  • Huge 6,150 mAh + 120 W + IP69.
  • 4,500-nit 144 Hz QHD+ panel.
  • Triple 50 MP system.
What doesn't
  • No periscope (crop tele).
  • Funtouch/OriginOS quirks.
  • Heavy 213 g.
  • Limited Western availability.
Cross-shop it against
iPhone 17 Pro Max
$1199 · score 93/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 248-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .