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Xiaomi 14T vs Xiaomi 12T

70 out of 100
Xiaomi 14T
VS
60 out of 100
Xiaomi 12T
Xiaomi 14T
Xiaomi 12T

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 Xiaomi 12T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra and came out 2 years before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14T
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1598K versus 1111K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Delivers 42% higher peak brightness (1349 against 952 nits)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14T and Xiaomi 12T 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 59% Yes
Maybe, but mainly if you specifically want better camera.
This is a situational upgrade. It makes the most sense if better camera matters to you.
Main improvements: camera, gaming, and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 14T
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Xiaomi 12T

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-144 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.8%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 14T +42%
1349 nits
Xiaomi 12T
952 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 14T +3%
89.1%
Xiaomi 12T
86.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14T and Xiaomi 12T
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra
Max clock 3350 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 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 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 MediaTek APU 580
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MP6 Mali-G610 MC6
GPU shading units 768 384
GPU clock 1400 MHz 860 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~660.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14T and Xiaomi 12T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 14T +5%
1335
Xiaomi 12T
1266
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 14T +1%
4107
Xiaomi 12T
4052
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 14T +84%
8041
Xiaomi 12T
4380
Compute Score (GPU) 8041 4380
Single-core score 1335 1266
Multi-core score 4107 4052
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 14T +44%
1598339
Xiaomi 12T
1111150
CPU 498423 410599
GPU 410822 171066
Memory 291621 225193
UX 397473 304292
Total score 1598339 1111150
Samples [25 tests] [13 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 14T +47%
836
Xiaomi 12T
569
Stability 97% 98%
Graphics test 6 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 836 569
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 13 FPS -
Section 1 14 FPS -
Section 2 13 FPS -
Section 3 11 FPS -
Graphics score 3346 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 9 FPS
Graphics score - 1567
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 10817
Video editing - 6857
Photo editing - 19993
Data manipulation - 10380
Writing score - 15465
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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
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Xiaomi 12T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (CrysTalesia)AnTuTu 111125997
📘 2026-07-09 -> Tem4kAnTuTu 111120838
📘 2026-02-28 -> GogoglAnTuTu 111103123
📘 2026-02-26 (FAN KLYB PROVOKATOR)AnTuTu 111133244
📘 2025-12-22 (JC)AnTuTu 111089139
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3
OS size 22 GB 25.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 120 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 (50% in 7 min)
Full charging time 0:49 hr 0:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:03 hr 08:33 hr
Watching video 13:20 hr 12:21 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 04:59 hr
Standby 95 hr 109 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 14T +1%
21:55 hr
Xiaomi 12T
21:37 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12032 x 9204
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash LED Dual 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) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Samsung ISOCELL HM6
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
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 -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV13B10 Samsung S5K4H7
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size - 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Xiaomi 14T +8%
130
Xiaomi 12T
120
Video quality
Xiaomi 14T +5%
133
Xiaomi 12T
127
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 14T +17%
134
Xiaomi 12T
115
Bokeh 55 65
Preview 68 63
Zoom 140 67
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 -
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 25 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.47" (≈ 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 5.3
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 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
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 +5%
91.4 dB
Xiaomi 12T
87.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2024 October 2022
Release date September 2024 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $600
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - Xiaomi 15T
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.99 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 120 W
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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
49 (69%)
22 (31%)
Total votes: 71

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