Xiaomi 12T Pro vs 12 Pro
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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 Xiaomi 12 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 10 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
- Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
- Shows 20% longer battery life (20:18 vs 16:53 hours)
- 91% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1853 and 968 points
- The phone is 10 months newer
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12 Pro
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1055 against 917 nits)
- 17% higher pixel density (521 vs 446 PPI)
- Reverse charging feature
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 | 6.67 inches | 6.73 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1440 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 521 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 970 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 900 nits | 1500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.7% | 89.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 367 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| 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 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1843.2 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 11424 | 3743 |
| Single-core score | 1853 | 968 |
| Multi-core score | 4890 | 3605 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 561039 | 500024 |
| GPU | 242939 | 223043 |
| Memory | 255410 | 243998 |
| UX | 410250 | 382743 |
| Total score | 1469638 | 1349808 |
| Samples | [27 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 836 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 88% |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2791 | 2479 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 8304 |
| Video editing | - | 6949 |
| Photo editing | - | 25400 |
| Data manipulation | - | 9541 |
| Writing score | - | 13100 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 12T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon) | AnTuTu | 1505289 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 -> Strike Eagle | AnTuTu | 1502303 |
| 📘 2026-07-06 (Mihai) | AnTuTu | 1469069 |
| 📘 2026-07-02 (Mihai) | AnTuTu | 1490479 |
| 📘 2026-07-01 (Mihai) | AnTuTu | 1469069 |
Xiaomi 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Tema) | AnTuTu | 1603387 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 (Max) | AnTuTu | 1349808 |
| 📘 2026-04-03 (12 pro) | AnTuTu | 1555919 |
| 📘 2026-03-29 (thxthelow) | AnTuTu | 1297778 |
| 📘 2026-01-15 (Bulta) | AnTuTu | 1278469 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| 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 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 33 GB | 26.5 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | - |
| Security updates | 4 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4600 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 7 min) | Yes (50% in 8 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 0:21 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:18 hr | 06:40 hr |
| Watching video | 12:36 hr | 10:08 hr |
| Gaming | 05:04 hr | 04:44 hr |
| Standby | 94 hr | 81 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12288 x 16384 | 8700 x 5800 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual 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) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 115° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 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/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung HP1 | Sony IMX707 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.22" (≈ 0.82 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 50 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 48 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 14 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K4H7 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.64 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 | 70 |
| Zoom | 101 | 102 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX596 | OmniVision OV32b40 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.7 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 |
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 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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* | Yes | No |
| 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 | December 2021 |
| Release date | October 2022 | December 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $750 | $999 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T Pro | - Xiaomi 15 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 1 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - 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 performance, gaming, battery life, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 12T Pro. But if the display is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12 Pro.
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