Xiaomi 12T Pro vs Samsung Galaxy A55 5G

65 out of 100
Xiaomi 12T Pro
VS
62 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A55 5G

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 12T Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on October 4, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1480 and came out 1 year and 5 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
  • 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1469K versus 1021K)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 14% higher pixel density (446 vs 390 PPI)
  • 63% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1853 and 1137 points
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
  • Shows 31% longer battery life (26:41 vs 20:18 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
  • Delivers 10% higher peak brightness (1001 against 913 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 12T Pro and Samsung Galaxy A55 5G crucial features
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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8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
69.9
(Good)
Value Index
62.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 390 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 900 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 86.7% 85.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.2% 100%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
913 nits
1001 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) 161.1 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) 77.4 mm (3.05 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue White, Blue, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
12T Pro +1%
86.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 12T Pro and Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Samsung Exynos 1480
Max clock 3190 MHz 2750 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 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 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 6 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 730 Xclipse 530
GPU shading units 1024 128
GPU clock 900 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS ~665.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 12T Pro and Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
12T Pro +63%
1853
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12T Pro +42%
4890
Compute Score (GPU)
12T Pro +179%
11424
Compute Score (GPU) 11424 4101
Single-core score 1853 1137
Multi-core score 4890 3437
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
12T Pro +44%
1469638
1021736
CPU 561039 348485
GPU 242939 226076
Memory 255410 182794
UX 410250 264381
Total score 1469638 1021736
Samples [27 tests] [29 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
12T Pro +82%
836
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 6 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 836 459
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
12T Pro +184%
2791
Stability - 98%
Graphics test 16 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 2791 982
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 11788
Video editing - 7255
Photo editing - 23283
Data manipulation - 10941
Writing score - 17673

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 12T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 -> vvalakisAnTuTu 111397725
📘 2026-10-01 (Euro Fighter🦅)AnTuTu 121676396
📘 2026-09-28 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121667623
📘 2026-09-27 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121623425
📘 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon)AnTuTu 111505289
Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-17 (Артем)AnTuTu 111080442
📘 2026-08-23 (No)AnTuTu 11965699
📘 2026-08-14 (Brice)Geekbench 6 CPU1115 / 3126
📘 2026-08-06 (Mazen)AnTuTu 111057022
📘 2026-06-28 (SK.EMTIAZ)AnTuTu 111021736

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 8.5
OS size 33 GB 20.1 GB
OS updates 3 years 4 years
Security updates 4 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 7 min) Yes (55% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:23 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:18 hr 10:24 hr
Watching video 12:36 hr 17:52 hr
Gaming 05:04 hr 05:16 hr
Standby 94 hr 125 hr
General battery life
20:18 hr
26:41 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 12288 x 16384 8160 x 6120
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung HP1 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.22" (≈ 0.82 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung S5K4H7 Sony IMX258
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02 GalaxyCore GC5035
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
12T Pro +18%
130
Video quality
12T Pro +15%
134
Generic main camera score
12T Pro +19%
129
Bokeh 70 45
Preview 71 54
Zoom 101 75
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A55 5G from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution - 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX596 Sony IMX616
Sensor size 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 20 18
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
90.1 dB
91.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced October 2022 March 2024
Release date October 2022 March 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $750 $439
Successor - Xiaomi 15T Pro - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
SAR (head) 1 W/kg 0.68 W/kg
SAR (body) 1 W/kg 1.04 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A55 5G:
    - The barometer is only available in the model for the USA.
    - SM-A556B/DS and A556E/DS models come with two physical SIM cards.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 12T Pro. But if the battery life, software, and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G.

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