Xiaomi 14T vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro

70 out of 100
Xiaomi 14T
VS
79 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 14T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 1 year and 1 month before. 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 14T
  • Comes with 1726 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3274 mAh
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 23W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1598K versus 1452K)
  • The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (24:47 vs 21:55 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Delivers 31% higher peak brightness (1772 against 1349 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 2.2x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2915 and 1335 points
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14T and Apple iPhone 15 Pro 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
67.9
(Good)
Value Index
22.8
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-144 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.9%
PWM 120 Hz 242 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 14T
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 15 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1349 nits
1772 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) 146.6 mm (5.77 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green White, Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
89.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14T and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra Apple A17 Pro
Max clock 3350 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MP6 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 768 768
GPU clock 1400 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~2147.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14T and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1335
2915
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4107
7115
Compute Score (GPU)
8041
28057
Compute Score (GPU) 8041 28057
Single-core score 1335 2915
Multi-core score 4107 7115
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 14T +10%
1598339
1452754
CPU 498423 368915
GPU 410822 490265
Memory 291621 182600
UX 397473 410974
Total score 1598339 1452754
Samples [25 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1391
Stability 97% 71%
Graphics test 6 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 836 1391
3DMark Solar Bay
3346
6089
Stability - 73%
Graphics test 13 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 14 FPS 29 FPS
Section 2 13 FPS 23 FPS
Section 3 11 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 3346 6089
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3655
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-29 (Zen)AnTuTu 111670904
📘 2026-08-21 (FanzerNN)AnTuTu 111664804
📘 2026-07-28 (Chisa)AnTuTu 111620414
📘 2026-07-04 (Raze)AnTuTu 111611939
📘 2026-05-10 (Pasaribu)AnTuTu 111658131
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 GPU26734
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-24 (elips)AnTuTu 111387191
📘 2026-06-15 (k0nd3r)AnTuTu 111329788

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM HyperOS 3 -
OS size 22 GB -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3274 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:49 hr 1:33 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:03 hr 09:28 hr
Watching video 13:20 hr 17:33 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 05:41 hr
Standby 95 hr 111 hr
General battery life
21:55 hr
24:47 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No 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) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.8
Focal length 50 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV13B10 Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
153
Video quality
158
Generic main camera score
154
Bokeh 55 80
Preview 68 85
Zoom 140 139
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 25 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 145
Video - 156

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.4 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
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
Xiaomi 14T +15%
91.4 dB
79.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2024 September 2023
Release date September 2024 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $999
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Xiaomi 14T:
    - The eco-leather version is thicker at 7.95 mm but lighter, weighing 193 grams.
    - The titanium version features a back panel protected by Panda X glass. The green model comes with an eco-leather back.
*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 Apple iPhone 15 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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Matthew October 17, 2024 at 10:16 PM
What a crazy difference at what a price. iPhone i not close. For sure iPhone has better proccesor it's better st games. But camera is pretty same, display. So conclusion of nanoreview is really interesting? Just buy what you like, but is it worth to pay $800+ more for iPhone, nope.
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