Xiaomi 12T Pro vs Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
65
out of 100
VS
77
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 Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 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
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 37W)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Delivers 159% higher peak brightness (2364 against 913 nits)
- Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 8% longer battery life (21:55 vs 20:18 hours)
- Handles wireless charging up to 12W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- 14% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1672K 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 | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1344 x 2992 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 486 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 900 nits | 2000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.7% | 89.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 221 g (7.8 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | White, Black, Gray, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.34/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | Google Tensor G4 |
| Max clock | 3190 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Mali-G715 MC7 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1843.2 GFLOPS | ~1684.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 11424 | 9185 |
| Single-core score | 1853 | 2001 |
| Multi-core score | 4890 | 4932 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 561039 | 622527 |
| GPU | 242939 | 410009 |
| Memory | 255410 | 255927 |
| UX | 410250 | 384332 |
| Total score | 1469638 | 1672795 |
| Samples | [27 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 836 | - |
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 |
Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-27 (feraroof43) | AnTuTu 11 | 1626655 |
| 📘 2026-08-26 (Ark15) | Battery life | SOT 5:20 / 11:00 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Kazin) | AnTuTu 11 | 1723964 |
| 📘 2026-04-07 -> DeadlyKPSS | AnTuTu 11 | 1679233 |
| 📘 2026-03-29 (Actn) | AnTuTu 11 | 1585585 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 33 GB | - |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5060 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 37 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (12 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 7 min) | Yes (67% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 1:18 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:18 hr | 11:42 hr |
| Watching video | 12:36 hr | 10:46 hr |
| Gaming | 05:04 hr | 05:57 hr |
| Standby | 94 hr | 92 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12288 x 16384 | 8160 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung HP1 | Samsung GN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.22" (≈ 0.82 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 48 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 113 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | - | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K4H7 | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| 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 | 75 |
| Preview | 71 | 86 |
| Zoom | 101 | 155 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Google Pixel 9 Pro XL from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 42 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 17 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX596 | Sony IMX858 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
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, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| 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 | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2022 | August 2024 |
| Release date | October 2022 | August 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $750 | $1099 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T Pro | - Google Pixel 10 Pro XL |
| SAR (head) | 1 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1 W/kg | 1.4 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
*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 Google Pixel 9 Pro XL is definitely a better buy.
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