Xiaomi 14T vs Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)

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 Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 8 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14T
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Shows 11% longer battery life (21:55 vs 19:44 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • Has a 0.47 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
  • 43% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 1598K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 55% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2066 and 1335 points
  • Weighs 28 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14T and Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
67.9
(Good)
Value Index
26.3
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.2 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 416 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-144 Hz) Yes (24-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 2600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 90.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 14T
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1349 nits
1390 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) 147 mm (5.79 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14T and Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3350 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
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
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 4 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MP6 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 1400 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14T and Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 8041 17327
Single-core score 1335 2066
Multi-core score 4107 6434
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1598339
CPU 498423 738110
GPU 410822 814230
Memory 291621 244427
UX 397473 495918
Total score 1598339 2292685
Samples [25 tests] [18 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 97% 67%
Graphics test 6 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 836 1507
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 62%
Graphics test 13 FPS 30 FPS
Section 1 14 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 13 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 11 FPS 23 FPS
Graphics score 3346 7976
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 50%
Graphics test - 28 FPS
Graphics score - 4826
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 18350
Video editing - 7968
Photo editing - 35076
Data manipulation - 14984
Writing score - 21029
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#200th place)

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
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Y4nnick23)Battery lifeSOT 5:30 / 18:00
📘 2026-09-20 (Iizzzuu)AnTuTu 122391410
📘 2026-09-05 (Самса с24)AnTuTu 112278769
📘 2026-08-05 (Flames-2)AnTuTu 112364143
📘 2026-06-30 (mrtcn)AnTuTu 112068918

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 9.0
OS size 22 GB 24.1 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:49 hr 1:15 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:03 hr 07:07 hr
Watching video 13:20 hr 15:32 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 05:03 hr
Standby 95 hr 83 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 14T +11%
21:55 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
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: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Samsung ISOCELL GN3
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 (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.4
Focal length 50 mm 67 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung ISOCELL 3K1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 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 IMX564
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
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 55 65
Preview 68 69
Zoom 140 135
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) 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 S5KKD1 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
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 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, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
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

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2024 January 2024
Release date September 2024 January 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $799
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon)
SAR (head) - 0.87 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.35 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 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.
Notes on Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon):
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
    - There are two models: one with dual Nano SIM, and the other with 1 Nano SIM + eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon). But if the display and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 14T.

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