Xiaomi 12T vs Xiaomi 12
60
out of 100
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58
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 12T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra) that was released on October 4, 2022, against the Xiaomi 12, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 9 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
- Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
- Shows 35% longer battery life (21:37 vs 15:58 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Has a 0.39 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
- 27% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1266 and 998 points
- The phone is 9 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- 19% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1322K versus 1111K)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Reverse charging feature
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6 mm narrower
- Weighs 22 grams less
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 | 6.28 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 419 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 900 nits | 1100 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.7% | 89.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | - |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 12T
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 12
6.28″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.8 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 152.7 mm (6.01 inches) |
| Width | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) | 69.9 mm (2.75 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.16 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 202 g (7.13 oz) | 180 g (6.35 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | Black, Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 2850 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 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 | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 580 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G610 MC6 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 860 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~660.5 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4380 | 7989 |
| Single-core score | 1266 | 998 |
| Multi-core score | 4052 | 3638 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 410599 | 501164 |
| GPU | 171066 | 224623 |
| Memory | 225193 | 208718 |
| UX | 304292 | 387671 |
| Total score | 1111150 | 1322176 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 92% |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | 569 | 590 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 98% | 63% |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1567 | 2255 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10817 | 12213 |
| Video editing | 6857 | 7422 |
| Photo editing | 19993 | 28303 |
| Data manipulation | 10380 | 10164 |
| Writing score | 15465 | 14805 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 12T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-21 (CrysTalesia) | AnTuTu 11 | 1125997 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 -> Tem4k | AnTuTu 11 | 1120838 |
| 📘 2026-02-28 -> Gogogl | AnTuTu 11 | 1103123 |
| 📘 2026-02-26 (FAN KLYB PROVOKATOR) | AnTuTu 11 | 1133244 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 (JC) | AnTuTu 11 | 1089139 |
Xiaomi 12
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-05 (mirtasd) | AnTuTu 11 | 941860 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Wan) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1653 / 4280 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Wan) | AnTuTu 11 | 1334925 |
| 📘 2026-09-17 (xiaomi 12) | AnTuTu 12 | 1426511 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 -> Aura_Test_King | Geekbench 6 GPU | 3761 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| 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 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 25.5 GB | - |
| OS updates | 3 years | - |
| Security updates | 4 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 67 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 (87% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 0:46 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:33 hr | 06:17 hr |
| Watching video | 12:21 hr | 10:46 hr |
| Gaming | 04:59 hr | 04:42 hr |
| Standby | 109 hr | 71 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12032 x 9204 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HM6 | Sony IMX766 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 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 | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K4H7 | 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 |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | 5 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 50 mm |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC02M1 | Samsung S5K5E9 |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | 55 |
| Preview | 63 | 69 |
| Zoom | 67 | 72 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX596 | OmniVision OV32B40 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | - | 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 | 5.3 | 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, 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* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 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) | $600 | $580 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T | - Xiaomi 17 |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 67 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the battery life and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 12T. But if the gaming and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12.
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