Xiaomi 12 Pro vs 11T Pro
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 12 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on December 28, 2021, against the Xiaomi 11T Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and came out 4 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12 Pro
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- 32% higher pixel density (521 vs 395 PPI)
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Delivers 26% higher peak brightness (1055 against 840 nits)
- Optical image stabilization
- 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1349K versus 1140K)
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 11T Pro
- Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
- Shows 14% longer battery life (19:18 vs 16:53 hours)
- 52% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1469 and 968 points
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 | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 521 ppi | 395 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 970 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1500 nits | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.5% | 85.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 97.5% |
| PWM | 367 Hz | 490 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 3.4 ms |
| Contrast | β Infinity | β Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 164.1 mm (6.46 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 204 g (7.2 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP53 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green, Pink | White, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 2840 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon 780 |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 660 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 840 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS | ~1290.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3743 | 4642 |
| Single-core score | 968 | 1469 |
| Multi-core score | 3605 | 3730 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 500024 | 422281 |
| GPU | 223043 | 191899 |
| Memory | 243998 | 210319 |
| UX | 382743 | 315721 |
| Total score | 1349808 | 1140220 |
| Samples | [6 tests] | [28 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 88% | - |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2479 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8304 | - |
| Video editing | 6949 | - |
| Photo editing | 25400 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9541 | - |
| Writing score | 13100 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-07 (Tema) | AnTuTu | 1603387 |
| π 2026-04-15 (Max) | AnTuTu | 1349808 |
| π 2026-04-03 (12 pro) | AnTuTu | 1555919 |
| π 2026-03-29 (thxthelow) | AnTuTu | 1297778 |
| π 2026-01-15 (Bulta) | AnTuTu | 1278469 |
Xiaomi 11T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-02 -> Notezit | GeekBench CPU | 1412 / 3348 |
| π 2026-08-18 (Soul) | AnTuTu | 1210861 |
| π 2026-07-30 (Raffi) | CPU Throttle | 95% |
| π 2026-07-26 (hazlanmy) | AnTuTu | 1192922 |
| π 2026-07-16 (OniSama) | AnTuTu | 1207839 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | HyperOS |
| OS size | 26.5 GB | 32 GB |
| OS updates | - | 3 years |
| Security updates | - | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 8 min) | Yes (63% in 10 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:21 hr | 0:20 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:40 hr | 07:37 hr |
| Watching video | 10:08 hr | 13:08 hr |
| Gaming | 04:44 hr | 05:09 hr |
| Standby | 81 hr | 85 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 108 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 12032 x 9204 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115Β° | 120Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 108 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX707 | Samsung S5KHM2 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (β 0.78 inch) | 1/1.52" (β 0.66 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | - |
| Focal length | 48 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung JN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung JN1 | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 5 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 50 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5K5E9 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/5.0" (β 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 50 |
| Preview | 70 | 72 |
| Zoom | 102 | 61 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 11T Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4920 x 3264 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32b40 | Omnivision OV16A10 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" (β 0.32 inch) | 1/3.06" (β 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 111 |
| Video | - | 137 |
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 Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, HID, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| 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 | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2021 | September 2021 |
| Release date | December 2021 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $650 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15 Pro | - Xiaomi 15T Pro |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 120 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, gaming, connectivity, and software are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 12 Pro. But if the battery life and design are more of a priority β go for the Xiaomi 11T Pro.
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