Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro vs Xiaomi 14T

49 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
VS
70 out of 100
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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
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

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro and Xiaomi 14T 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
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)

Should I update?
No 86% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro to Xiaomi 14T is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: camera, display, and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

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
Display tests
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)
529 nits
Xiaomi 14T +155%
1349 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

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
84.6%
89.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro and Xiaomi 14T
SoC
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
GPU
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

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro and Xiaomi 14T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 14T +33%
1335
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 14T +55%
4107
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 14T +169%
8041
Compute Score (GPU) 2985 8041
Single-core score 1004 1335
Multi-core score 2653 4107
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
822433
Xiaomi 14T +94%
1598339
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 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8774 -
Video editing 6020 -
Photo editing 22475 -
Data manipulation 8724 -
Writing score 13390 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-10 (Tanat)CPU Throttle94%
📘 2026-10-10 (Tanat)AnTuTu 11826051
📘 2026-10-04 -> BifothAnTuTu 12963448
📘 2026-10-04 (Bifoth)AnTuTu 12963448
📘 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali)AnTuTu 12932069
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
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
Battery life tests
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
22:40 hr
21:55 hr

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
Standard lens
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
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 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
Macro lens
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
Network
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
88.3 dB
91.4 dB

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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