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Xiaomi 14T Pro vs Google Pixel 9a

77 out of 100
Xiaomi 14T Pro
VS
67 out of 100
Google Pixel 9a
Xiaomi 14T Pro
Google Pixel 9a

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 14T Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Google Pixel 9a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 6 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14T Pro
  • The rear camera has a 2.6x optical zoom
  • 73% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2283K versus 1321K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 23W)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Shows 12% longer battery life (22:36 vs 20:15 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9a
  • Delivers 58% higher peak brightness (1927 against 1222 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • Weighs 23 grams less
  • The phone is 6 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14T Pro and Google Pixel 9a 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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
62.4
(Average)
Value Index
62.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
14T Pro
vs
Pixel 9a

Display

Type AMOLED POLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-144 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 2700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 84.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 98.2%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
14T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Pixel 9a
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
14T Pro
1222 nits
Pixel 9a +58%
1927 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) 154.7 mm (6.09 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 73.3 mm (2.89 inches)
Thickness 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue White, Black, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.53/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
14T Pro +5%
89.1%
Pixel 9a
84.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14T Pro and Google Pixel 9a
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus Google Tensor G4
Max clock 3400 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4		 - 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 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 790 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Mali-G715 MP7
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 1300 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14T Pro and Google Pixel 9a
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
14T Pro +31%
2189
Pixel 9a
1677
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14T Pro +78%
7225
Pixel 9a
4067
Compute Score (GPU)
14T Pro +97%
15328
Pixel 9a
7784
Compute Score (GPU) 15328 7784
Single-core score 2189 1677
Multi-core score 7225 4067
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
14T Pro +73%
2283895
Pixel 9a
1321069
CPU 673218 445318
GPU 736798 410687
Memory 356904 175537
UX 516975 289527
Total score 2283895 1321069
Samples [33 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
14T Pro +36%
1444
Pixel 9a
1060
Stability 73% 81%
Graphics test 11 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1444 1060
3DMark Solar Bay
14T Pro
6407
Pixel 9a
n/a
Graphics test 24 FPS -
Section 1 26 FPS -
Section 2 25 FPS -
Section 3 22 FPS -
Graphics score 6407 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
14T Pro +20%
15414
Pixel 9a
12890
Web score 16838 10570
Video editing 6565 7547
Photo editing 26141 21264
Data manipulation 15968 12988
Writing score 18342 16308
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-14 (Эрекозе)AnTuTu 122309584
📘 2026-10-07 (wrongalik)AnTuTu 122479097
📘 2026-09-24 -> NFS6410AnTuTu 122626976
📘 2026-09-24 (Thành)AnTuTu 122400294
📘 2026-08-09 (Mouh_ch)AnTuTu 112262635
Add View all (49)
Google Pixel 9a
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (Leif)AnTuTu 111590049
📘 2026-05-13 (kiriguap)AnTuTu 111182042
📘 2026-03-09 (d1ldo)AnTuTu 11943849
📘 2026-01-03 (Joy)AnTuTu 111487240
📘 2025-11-11 (VLAD)AnTuTu 111507185
Add View all (7)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM HyperOS 3 Stock Android
OS size 50 GB 14 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5100 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (74% in 15 min) Yes (47% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:23 hr 1:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:46 hr 08:20 hr
Watching video 14:07 hr 12:40 hr
Gaming 05:33 hr 06:06 hr
Standby 92 hr 91 hr
General battery life
14T Pro +12%
22:36 hr
Pixel 9a
20:15 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 2.6x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor Omnivision Light Fusion 900 Samsung GN8
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 60 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 16 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV13B Sony IMX712
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
14T Pro
129
Pixel 9a +12%
144
Video quality
14T Pro +38%
138
Pixel 9a
100
Generic main camera score
14T Pro +5%
135
Pixel 9a
128
Bokeh 55 145
Preview 67 -
Zoom 144 99
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 9a from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 25 mm 20 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KKD1 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.4 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 No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
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
14T Pro +5%
92.1 dB
Pixel 9a
88.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced September 2024 March 2025
Release date September 2024 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $579 $499
Successor - Xiaomi 15T Pro - Google Pixel 10a
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.39 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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 Xiaomi 14T Pro is definitely a better buy.

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10 (83.3%)
2 (16.7%)
Total votes: 12

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