Xiaomi 12T Pro vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro
65
out of 100
VS
85
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 12T Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on October 4, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 1 year and 11 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
- Comes with 1418 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3582 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
- Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Delivers 92% higher peak brightness (1751 against 913 nits)
- Shows 39% longer battery life (28:13 vs 20:18 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 23% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1801K versus 1469K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- The phone is 1 year and 11 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 900 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.7% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
12T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 16 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~10% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.83/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 3190 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1843.2 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 11424 | 33278 |
| Single-core score | 1853 | 3591 |
| Multi-core score | 4890 | 9090 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 561039 | 555276 |
| GPU | 242939 | 546980 |
| Memory | 255410 | 176885 |
| UX | 410250 | 522035 |
| Total score | 1469638 | 1801176 |
| Samples | [27 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 836 | 1732 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7585 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2791 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 12T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-11 -> vvalakis | AnTuTu 11 | 1397725 |
| 📘 2026-10-01 (Euro Fighter🦅) | AnTuTu 12 | 1676396 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 -> Strike Eagle | AnTuTu 12 | 1667623 |
| 📘 2026-09-27 -> Strike Eagle | AnTuTu 12 | 1623425 |
| 📘 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1505289 |
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3087 / 8369 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu 11 | 1500141 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Lks jaay) | Battery life | Battery report |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Anton) | AnTuTu 11 | 1782199 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Rain) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3656 / 9628 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS size | 33 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3582 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 7 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:18 hr | 11:41 hr |
| Watching video | 12:36 hr | 17:46 hr |
| Gaming | 05:04 hr | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | 94 hr | 132 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#85th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12288 x 16384 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung HP1 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.22" (≈ 0.82 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 120 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K4H7 | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC02 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 80 |
| Preview | 71 | 93 |
| Zoom | 101 | 142 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX596 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 5.2 | 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 | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | 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* | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2022 | September 2024 |
| Release date | October 2022 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $750 | $999 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 1 W/kg | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1 W/kg | 1.48 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, 120 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro:
- In the US, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model comes with 1 physical SIM slot plus eSIM capability.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPhone 16 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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