Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro vs Xiaomi 14T
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 860) that was released on March 22, 2021, against the Xiaomi 14T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra and came out 3 years and 7 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 Poco X3 Pro
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14T
- Delivers 155% higher peak brightness (1349 against 529 nits)
- 94% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1598K versus 822K)
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Optical image stabilization
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 33W)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- The phone is 3 years and 7 months newer
- 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1220 x 2712 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 446 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (30-144 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 450 nits | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 600 nits | 4000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.6% | 89.1% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 95.1% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 2404 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 37.4 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | 995:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) | 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) |
| Width | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) | 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.4 mm (0.37 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 215 g (7.58 oz) | 195 g (6.88 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Gold, Blue | Black, Gray, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra |
| Max clock | 2960 MHz | 3350 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) - 1 core at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) |
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | MediaTek APU 780 |
| Graphics | Adreno 640 | Mali G615 MP6 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 675 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1036.8 GFLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2985 | 8041 |
| Single-core score | 1004 | 1335 |
| Multi-core score | 2653 | 4107 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 299294 | 498423 |
| GPU | 119740 | 410822 |
| Memory | 162141 | 291621 |
| UX | 241258 | 397473 |
| Total score | 822433 | 1598339 |
| Samples | [45 tests] | [25 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 97% |
| Graphics test | - | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 836 |
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 | 91% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 979 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8774 | - |
| Video editing | 6020 | - |
| Photo editing | 22475 | - |
| Data manipulation | 8724 | - |
| Writing score | 13390 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-10 (Tanat) | CPU Throttle | 94% |
| 📘 2026-10-10 (Tanat) | AnTuTu 11 | 826051 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 -> Bifoth | AnTuTu 12 | 963448 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Bifoth) | AnTuTu 12 | 963448 |
| 📘 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali) | AnTuTu 12 | 932069 |
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 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 125 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | MIUI 14 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 13 GB | 22 GB |
| OS updates | - | 4 years |
| Security updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5160 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 67 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 (55% in 30 min) | Yes (72% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 0:49 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:43 hr | 10:03 hr |
| Watching video | 12:45 hr | 13:20 hr |
| Gaming | 05:20 hr | 05:09 hr |
| Standby | 117 hr | 95 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX582 | Sony IMX906 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | 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 | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV8856 | Omnivision OV13B10 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | Hynix HI-259 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | 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 | 20 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5480 x 3648 | 6560 x 4928 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Samsung S5KKD1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 5.4 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2021 | September 2024 |
| Release date | April 2021 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $250 | $549 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max | - Xiaomi 15T |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | 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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