Xiaomi 12T Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
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 Ultra (Snapdragon), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 8 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
- 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1081K versus 961K)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- The phone is 8-months newer
- Weighs 23 grams less
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
- The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
- Supports wireless charging up to 15W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 12% higher pixel density (500 vs 446 PPI)
- Reverse charging feature
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1440 x 3088 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 500 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 830 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 900 nits | 1750 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.7% | 90.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | - |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) | 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 228 g (8.04 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, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3190 MHz | 3000 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | - | ~2236 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 250193 | 231882 |
| GPU | 462333 | 393268 |
| Memory | 185217 | 161153 |
| UX | 181122 | 173259 |
| Total score | 1081039 | 961447 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 35.5 °C | - |
| Stability | - | 56% |
| Graphics test | - | 48 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 8040 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 11741 |
| Video editing | - | 7276 |
| Photo editing | - | 30218 |
| Data manipulation | - | 10085 |
| Writing score | - | 15193 |
AnTuTu Android Smartphone Scores (29th and 66th place)
Memory
| RAM size | 8, 12 GB | 8, 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128, 256 GB | 128, 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | MIUI 14 | One UI 5.1 |
| OS size | 33 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Charge power | 120 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 7 min) | Yes (50% in 20 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 0:59 hr |
| Web browsing | 12:04 hr | - |
| Watching video | 15:07 hr | - |
| Gaming | 05:33 hr | - |
| Standby | 93 hr | - |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 108 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 12000 x 9000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 10x |
| 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 | 3 (200 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP) | 4 (108 MP + 10 MP + 10 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 200 MP - Aperture: f/1.7 - Focal length: 23 mm - Pixel size: 0.64 micron - Sensor: 1/1.22", Samsung HP1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 108 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Sensor: 1/1.33", Samsung S5KHM3 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - | - 10 MP - Aperture: f/4.9 - Focal length: 230 mm - Sensor: 1/3.52", Sony IMX574 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/4", Samsung S5K4H7 (ISOCELL CMOS) |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Sensor: 1/2.55", Sony IMX563 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Macro lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
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| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 40 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 7864 x 5200 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.8 microns | - |
| Sensor type | Exmor-RS CMOS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.47" | 1/2.82" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (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 |
| 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 | February 2022 |
| 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 |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the battery life, camera, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon). But if the performance is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12T Pro.
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