Xiaomi 14T vs Nothing Phone (3a)
70
out of 100
VS
66
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 (3a), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 and came out 5 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
- 52% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1598K versus 1050K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 15% higher pixel density (446 vs 387 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 50W)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (3a)
- Shows 14% longer battery life (25:03 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 | 6.77 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2392 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.9:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 387 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-144 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 1300 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4000 nits | 3000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Panda Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.1% | 87.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.8% |
| 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) | 163.52 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) | 77.5 mm (3.05 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.35 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 195 g (6.88 oz) | 201 g (7.09 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP64 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green | White, Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.84/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3350 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720) - 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 780 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali G615 MP6 | Adreno 810 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1400 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS | ~537.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8041 | 4435 |
| Single-core score | 1335 | 1158 |
| Multi-core score | 4107 | 3276 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 498423 | 402549 |
| GPU | 410822 | 179108 |
| Memory | 291621 | 194640 |
| UX | 397473 | 274304 |
| Total score | 1598339 | 1050601 |
| Samples | [25 tests] | [38 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 97% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 836 | 379 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 14 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 13 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3346 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 11533 |
| Video editing | - | 6290 |
| Photo editing | - | 20294 |
| Data manipulation | - | 10511 |
| Writing score | - | 16899 |
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 (3a)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55 | CPU Throttle | 82% |
| 📘 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 3328 |
| 📘 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1158 / 3276 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Aames Ng) | AnTuTu 11 | 1069149 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (xperz3650) | AnTuTu 11 | 1065584 |
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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | Nothing OS 4.0 |
| OS size | 22 GB | - |
| OS updates | 4 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 50 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes (61% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:49 hr | 1:06 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1400 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:03 hr | 08:06 hr |
| Watching video | 13:20 hr | 16:25 hr |
| Gaming | 05:09 hr | 05:49 hr |
| Standby | 95 hr | 131 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 2x |
| 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) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN9 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | 50 mm | 50 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung ISOCELL |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 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 | 6560 x 4928 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 22 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KKD1 | Samsung ISOCELL |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 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 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 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, 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 2025 |
| Release date | September 2024 | March 2025 |
| 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
If the performance, gaming, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 14T. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Nothing Phone (3a).
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