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Xiaomi 12X vs Xiaomi 12T

57 out of 100
Xiaomi 12X
VS
60 out of 100
Xiaomi 12T
Xiaomi 12X
Xiaomi 12T

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.28-inch Xiaomi 12X (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870) that was released on December 28, 2021, against the Xiaomi 12T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra and came out 9 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12X
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 6 mm narrower
  • Weighs 26 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Has a 0.39 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1111K versus 994K)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Dimensity 8100 Ultra
  • The phone is 9 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 12X and Xiaomi 12T crucial features
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
17.9
(Bad)
Value Index
64.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 12X
vs
Xiaomi 12T

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.28 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 419 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1100 nits 900 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.3% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.6% 99.8%
PWM 523 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 12T
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 12X
6.28″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.8 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 12X
921 nits
Xiaomi 12T +3%
948 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.7 mm (6.01 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 69.9 mm (2.75 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.16 mm (0.32 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 176 g (6.21 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof No IP53
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Pink Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 12X +3%
89.3%
Xiaomi 12T
86.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 12X and Xiaomi 12T
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Ultra
Max clock 3200 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 MediaTek APU 580
GPU
Graphics Adreno 650 Mali-G610 MC6
GPU shading units 768 384
GPU clock 670 MHz 860 MHz
FLOPS ~1029.1 GFLOPS ~660.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 12X and Xiaomi 12T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 12X +2%
1297
Xiaomi 12T
1266
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 12X
3428
Xiaomi 12T +18%
4052
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 4380
Single-core score 1297 1266
Multi-core score 3428 4052
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 12X
994972
Xiaomi 12T +12%
1111150
CPU 389144 410599
GPU 137246 171066
Memory 189635 225193
UX 278947 304292
Total score 994972 1111150
Samples [15 tests] [13 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 569
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 12X
1216
Xiaomi 12T +29%
1567
Stability 91% 98%
Graphics test 7 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 1216 1567
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 10817
Video editing - 6857
Photo editing - 19993
Data manipulation - 10380
Writing score - 15465
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 12X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-29 (Forsic)AnTuTu 111020372
📘 2026-04-17 -> cnprtAnTuTu 111070681
📘 2026-04-17 (cnprt)AnTuTu 111052508
📘 2026-04-07 (cnprt)AnTuTu 11902096
📘 2026-03-25 (Pasergg)AnTuTu 11973586
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Xiaomi 12T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (CrysTalesia)AnTuTu 111125997
📘 2026-07-09 -> Tem4kAnTuTu 111120838
📘 2026-02-28 -> GogoglAnTuTu 111103123
📘 2026-02-26 (FAN KLYB PROVOKATOR)AnTuTu 111133244
📘 2025-12-22 (JC)AnTuTu 111089139
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 29.3 GB 25.5 GB
OS updates - 3 years
Security updates - 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (78% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 7 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:35 hr 08:33 hr
Watching video 14:39 hr 12:21 hr
Gaming 05:35 hr 04:59 hr
Standby 101 hr 109 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 12X +5%
22:44 hr
Xiaomi 12T
21:37 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 8700 x 5800 12032 x 9204
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 26 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX766 Samsung ISOCELL HM6
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV13B10 Samsung S5K4H7
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K5E9 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size - 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 63
Zoom - 67
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 -
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32B40 Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) 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 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 5.1 5.3
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, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* - No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 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
Xiaomi 12X +3%
90.1 dB
Xiaomi 12T
87.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2021 October 2022
Release date December 2021 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $600
Successor - - Xiaomi 15T
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.99 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Yes, 120 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 12T. It has a better camera, performance, software, and design.

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