Xiaomi 12T vs Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)

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 S24 (Snapdragon), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 4 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
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4000 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
  • Shows 10% longer battery life (21:37 vs 19:44 hours)
  • Has a 0.47 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 1111K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Delivers 46% higher peak brightness (1390 against 952 nits)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
  • The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 12T and Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
64.8
(Average)
Value Index
26.3
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.2 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 416 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (24-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 2600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 900 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 86.7% 90.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 12T
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
952 nits
1390 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) 147 mm (5.79 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
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 12T and Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 2850 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 4 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 580 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 384 1536
GPU clock 860 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~660.5 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 12T and Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4380 17327
Single-core score 1266 2066
Multi-core score 4052 6434
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1111150
2292685
CPU 410599 738110
GPU 171066 814230
Memory 225193 244427
UX 304292 495918
Total score 1111150 2292685
Samples [13 tests] [18 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 67%
Graphics test 4 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 569 1507
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 62%
Graphics test - 30 FPS
Section 1 - 36 FPS
Section 2 - 31 FPS
Section 3 - 23 FPS
Graphics score - 7976
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 98% 50%
Graphics test 9 FPS 28 FPS
Graphics score 1567 4826
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10817 18350
Video editing 6857 7968
Photo editing 19993 35076
Data manipulation 10380 14984
Writing score 15465 21029
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#200th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 12T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (CrysTalesia)AnTuTu 111125997
📘 2026-07-09 -> Tem4kAnTuTu 111120838
📘 2026-02-28 -> GogoglAnTuTu 111103123
📘 2026-02-26 (FAN KLYB PROVOKATOR)AnTuTu 111133244
📘 2025-12-22 (JC)AnTuTu 111089139
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Y4nnick23)Battery lifeSOT 5:30 / 18:00
📘 2026-09-20 (Iizzzuu)AnTuTu 122391410
📘 2026-09-05 (Самса с24)AnTuTu 112278769
📘 2026-08-05 (Flames-2)AnTuTu 112364143
📘 2026-06-30 (mrtcn)AnTuTu 112068918

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
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 One UI 9.0
OS size 25.5 GB 24.1 GB
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 7 min) Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:23 hr 1:15 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:33 hr 07:07 hr
Watching video 12:21 hr 15:32 hr
Gaming 04:59 hr 05:03 hr
Standby 109 hr 83 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 12T +10%
21:37 hr

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 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
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
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HM6 Samsung ISOCELL GN3
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
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 10 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 67 mm
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL 3K1
Sensor size - 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K4H7 Sony IMX564
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
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 65
Preview 63 69
Zoom 67 135
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX596 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 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 6E (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 5.3
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, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode 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 January 2024
Release date October 2022 January 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $799
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon)
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg 0.87 W/kg
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg 1.35 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
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon):
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
    - There are two models: one with dual Nano SIM, and the other with 1 Nano SIM + eSIM.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) is definitely a better buy.

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5 (71.4%)
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Total votes: 7

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