Xiaomi 12T Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S22
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 12T Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on October 4, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy S22, which is powered by Exynos 2200 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
- Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3700 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
- Shows 20% longer battery life (20:18 vs 16:55 hours)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1853 and 1600 points
- Has a built-in infrared port
- The phone is 8 months newer
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Reverse charging feature
- Weighs 38 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.3 mm narrower
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 422 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 780 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 900 nits | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.7% | 88.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.3% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 10 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
12T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 146 mm (5.75 inches) |
| Width | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 167 g (5.89 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | Samsung Exynos 2200 |
| Max clock | 3190 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Xclipse 920 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 384 |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 1306 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1843.2 GFLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 11424 | - |
| Single-core score | 1853 | 1600 |
| Multi-core score | 4890 | 3840 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 561039 | 462329 |
| GPU | 242939 | 376985 |
| Memory | 255410 | 231805 |
| UX | 410250 | 327154 |
| Total score | 1469638 | 1398273 |
| Samples | [27 tests] | [11 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 65% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 836 | 820 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 17 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3751 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2791 | 1830 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 11192 |
| Video editing | - | 7372 |
| Photo editing | - | 21608 |
| Data manipulation | - | 11423 |
| Writing score | - | 14877 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 12T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-24 (Euro Fighter Typhoon) | AnTuTu 12 | 1645040 |
| 📘 2026-10-11 -> vvalakis | AnTuTu 11 | 1397725 |
| 📘 2026-10-01 (Euro Fighter🦅) | AnTuTu 12 | 1676396 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 -> Strike Eagle | AnTuTu 12 | 1667623 |
| 📘 2026-09-27 -> Strike Eagle | AnTuTu 12 | 1623425 |
Samsung Galaxy S22
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-24 (abd eljalil) | AnTuTu 12 | 1348187 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Battery life | SOT 5:35 / 7:27 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Geekbench 6 GPU | 10630 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik)) | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | 4 | 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 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 33 GB | 30.2 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 7 min) | Yes (63% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 1:03 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:18 hr | 05:42 hr |
| Watching video | 12:36 hr | 10:16 hr |
| Gaming | 05:04 hr | 04:06 hr |
| Standby | 94 hr | 90 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12288 x 16384 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 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 (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 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 |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung HP1 | Samsung GN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.22" (≈ 0.82 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 10 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 70 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K4H7 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC02 | - |
| 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 | 70 | 70 |
| Preview | 71 | 72 |
| Zoom | 101 | 126 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3872 x 2592 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX596 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 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 | - | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 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 | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2022 | February 2022 |
| Release date | October 2022 | March 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $750 | $799 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17T Pro | - |
| SAR (head) | 1 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1 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 | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 12T Pro. But if the camera, connectivity, software, and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S22.
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