Xiaomi 14T Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
77
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87
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 14T Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14T Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 45W)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
- Shows 27% longer battery life (28:43 vs 22:36 hours)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- 37% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 2283K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 16% higher peak brightness (1416 against 1222 nits)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- 12% higher pixel density (498 vs 446 PPI)
- Reverse charging feature
- 46% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3202 and 2189 points
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 | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1440 x 3120 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 498 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-144 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | - |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4000 nits | 2600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Armor 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.1% | 92.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 97.7% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
14T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) | 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 209 g (7.37 oz) | 218 g (7.69 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.23/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 4470 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 790 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15328 | 26581 |
| Single-core score | 2189 | 3202 |
| Multi-core score | 7225 | 10347 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 673218 | 987646 |
| GPU | 736798 | 1190760 |
| Memory | 356904 | 362214 |
| UX | 516975 | 587932 |
| Total score | 2283895 | 3128552 |
| Samples | [33 tests] | [66 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 73% | 61% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1444 | 2272 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 24 FPS | 40 FPS |
| Section 1 | 26 FPS | 50 FPS |
| Section 2 | 25 FPS | 40 FPS |
| Section 3 | 22 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | 6407 | 10441 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 56% |
| Graphics test | - | 34 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5827 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 16838 | 21582 |
| Video editing | 6565 | 8625 |
| Photo editing | 26141 | 34425 |
| Data manipulation | 15968 | 17556 |
| Writing score | 18342 | 26844 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#87th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 14T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-14 (Эрекозе) | AnTuTu 12 | 2309584 |
| 📘 2026-10-07 (wrongalik) | AnTuTu 12 | 2479097 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 -> NFS6410 | AnTuTu 12 | 2626976 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Thành) | AnTuTu 12 | 2400294 |
| 📘 2026-08-09 (Mouh_ch) | AnTuTu 11 | 2262635 |
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-09 (IceBaer) | AnTuTu 12 | 3395994 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Gun park) | AnTuTu 12 | 3085318 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (potatowan) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2791 / 10180 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Apple Slayer) | AnTuTu 12 | 3529678 |
| 📘 2026-10-02 (potatowan) | AnTuTu 12 | 3590956 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| 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 | One UI 9.0 |
| OS size | 50 GB | 30.4 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (74% in 15 min) | Yes (72% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 0:59 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:46 hr | 11:10 hr |
| Watching video | 14:07 hr | 19:32 hr |
| Gaming | 05:33 hr | 06:22 hr |
| Standby | 92 hr | 132 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#69th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 16320 x 12240 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2.6x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 240FPS |
| 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: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision Light Fusion 900 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/3.4 |
| Focal length | 60 mm | 111 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX854 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | 165 |
| Preview | 67 | 81 |
| Zoom | 144 | 137 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KKD1 | Samsung S5K3LU |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 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 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 | 5.4 |
| 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, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2024 | January 2025 |
| Release date | September 2024 | February 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $579 | $1299 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T Pro | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.25 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.42 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 | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25 Ultra:
- Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.
- Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
*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 S25 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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