Xiaomi 14T vs Nothing Phone (2a)
70
out of 100
VS
63
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 14T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Nothing Phone (2a), which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro and came out 7 months before. 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
- 62% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1598K versus 985K)
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Delivers 39% higher peak brightness (1349 against 974 nits)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 45W)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 394 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (2a)
- Shows 37% longer battery life (29:55 vs 21:55 hours)
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2412 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 394 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-144 Hz) | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4000 nits | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.1% | 87.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.3% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) | 161.7 mm (6.37 inches) |
| Width | 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) | 76.3 mm (3 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 195 g (6.88 oz) | 190 g (6.7 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP54 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green | White, Black |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra | MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro |
| Max clock | 3350 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 780 | MediaTek APU 650 |
| Graphics | Mali G615 MP6 | Mali-G610 MC4 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1400 MHz | 1130 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS | ~578.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8041 | 4085 |
| Single-core score | 1335 | 1133 |
| Multi-core score | 4107 | 2581 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 498423 | 363418 |
| GPU | 410822 | 172332 |
| Memory | 291621 | 158940 |
| UX | 397473 | 290571 |
| Total score | 1598339 | 985261 |
| Samples | [25 tests] | [16 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 97% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 836 | 449 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 14 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 13 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3346 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 14T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-29 (Zen) | AnTuTu 11 | 1670904 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (FanzerNN) | AnTuTu 11 | 1664804 |
| 📘 2026-07-28 (Chisa) | AnTuTu 11 | 1620414 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Raze) | AnTuTu 11 | 1611939 |
| 📘 2026-05-10 (Pasaribu) | AnTuTu 11 | 1658131 |
Nothing Phone (2a)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Kaiser) | AnTuTu 12 | 1001163 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Vedurijuht2425) | AnTuTu 12 | 1045921 |
| 📘 2026-07-12 (note8techh) | AnTuTu 11 | 984744 |
| 📘 2026-05-06 (legusk) | AnTuTu 11 | 1025139 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 (Divyanshu Raj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1006410 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | Nothing OS 3.0 |
| OS size | 22 GB | 21 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:49 hr | 1:03 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:03 hr | 11:32 hr |
| Watching video | 13:20 hr | 18:30 hr |
| Gaming | 05:09 hr | 06:26 hr |
| Standby | 95 hr | 148 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#47th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 120 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 114° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | Samsung ISOCELL GN9 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | - |
| Focal length | 50 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | Samsung S5KJN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | - |
| Preview | 68 | - |
| Zoom | 140 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KKD1 | Sony IMX615 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 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 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | September 2024 | March 2024 |
| Release date | September 2024 | March 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $329 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T | - Nothing Phone (4a) |
| 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 |
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 Xiaomi 14T is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 4
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