Xiaomi 12T vs Samsung Galaxy S22
60
out of 100
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63
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 12T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra) that was released on October 4, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy S22, which is powered by Exynos 2200 and came out 8 months before. 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
- Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3700 mAh
- Shows 28% longer battery life (21:37 vs 16:55 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Delivers 11% higher peak brightness (952 against 856 nits)
- The phone is 8 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 1111K)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 425 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 780 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 900 nits | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | 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% | 88.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.3% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 10 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 12T
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 146 mm (5.75 inches) |
| Width | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 202 g (7.13 oz) | 167 g (5.89 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra | Samsung Exynos 2200 |
| Max clock | 2850 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 580 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G610 MC6 | Xclipse 920 |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 384 |
| GPU clock | 860 MHz | 1306 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~660.5 GFLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4380 | - |
| Single-core score | 1266 | 1600 |
| Multi-core score | 4052 | 3840 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 410599 | 462329 |
| GPU | 171066 | 376985 |
| Memory | 225193 | 231805 |
| UX | 304292 | 327154 |
| Total score | 1111150 | 1398273 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [11 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 65% |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 569 | 820 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 17 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3751 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 98% | 66% |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1567 | 1830 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10817 | 11192 |
| Video editing | 6857 | 7372 |
| Photo editing | 19993 | 21608 |
| Data manipulation | 10380 | 11423 |
| Writing score | 15465 | 14877 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 12T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-21 (CrysTalesia) | AnTuTu 11 | 1125997 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 -> Tem4k | AnTuTu 11 | 1120838 |
| 📘 2026-02-28 -> Gogogl | AnTuTu 11 | 1103123 |
| 📘 2026-02-26 (FAN KLYB PROVOKATOR) | AnTuTu 11 | 1133244 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 (JC) | AnTuTu 11 | 1089139 |
Samsung Galaxy S22
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Battery life | SOT 5:35 / 7:27 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Geekbench 6 GPU | 10630 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik)) | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1587642 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| 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 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 25.5 GB | 30.2 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 7 min) | Yes (63% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 1:03 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:33 hr | 05:42 hr |
| Watching video | 12:21 hr | 10:16 hr |
| Gaming | 04:59 hr | 04:06 hr |
| Standby | 109 hr | 90 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12032 x 9204 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HM6 | Samsung GN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 10 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 70 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K4H7 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC02M1 | - |
| 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 | 65 | 70 |
| Preview | 63 | 72 |
| Zoom | 67 | 126 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3872 x 2592 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX596 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| 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 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 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 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, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 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 | February 2022 |
| Release date | October 2022 | March 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $600 | $799 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - 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
If the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S22. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12T.
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