Xiaomi 14 vs Apple iPhone 16
77
out of 100
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80
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 14 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on October 26, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 16, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 10 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 14
- The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 1049 mAh larger battery capacity: 4610 vs 3561 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 30W)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- 19% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2363K versus 1985K)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16
- Shows 17% longer battery life (29:45 vs 25:30 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 45% higher peak brightness (1711 against 1182 nits)
- 56% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3431 and 2206 points
- Weighs 23 grams less
- The phone is 10 months newer
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 | 6.36 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2670 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.4% | 86.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.7% |
| PWM | 429 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) | 147.6 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) | 71.6 mm (2.82 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 193 g (6.81 oz) | 170 g (6 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Green, Pink | White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.8/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Apple A18 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 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 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1907 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15039 | 28010 |
| Single-core score | 2206 | 3431 |
| Multi-core score | 6701 | 8638 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 735611 | 621688 |
| GPU | 746981 | 592569 |
| Memory | 344459 | 184239 |
| UX | 536675 | 587104 |
| Total score | 2363726 | 1985600 |
| Samples | [27 tests] | [16 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 83% | 75% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1511 | 1579 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 80% | - |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 1 | 32 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7582 | 6781 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 87% | - |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 4551 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15681 | - |
| Video editing | 7814 | - |
| Photo editing | 31599 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14650 | - |
| Writing score | 17307 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#182nd place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 14
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-10 (Ahmad Syits) | AnTuTu 12 | 2582733 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 (xfyros) | AnTuTu 12 | 2560825 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | Geekbench 7 GPU | 9730 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1824 / 6030 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | AnTuTu 12 | 2519660 |
Apple iPhone 16
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-30 (Dddd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1905485 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (vovachips) | AnTuTu 11 | 1842572 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3531 / 9122 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | AnTuTu 11 | 2045650 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Sepehr Naraghipour) | AnTuTu 11 | 2018367 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS size | 28 GB | 16 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4610 mAh | 3561 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 15 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 1:42 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:59 hr | 13:44 hr |
| Watching video | 17:04 hr | 18:09 hr |
| Gaming | 05:15 hr | 05:56 hr |
| Standby | 111 hr | 130 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 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 | 115° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OVX9000 Light Fusion 900 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 75 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | 80 |
| Preview | 73 | 84 |
| Zoom | 134 | 116 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| 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 2023 | September 2024 |
| Release date | November 2023 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $799 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.41 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 90 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16:
- The US model is eSIM-only, while the international version offers both a physical SIM slot and eSIM support.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance and software are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16. But if the display and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 14.
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