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Xiaomi 13 Lite vs 12T Pro

54 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Lite
VS
65 out of 100
Xiaomi 12T Pro
Xiaomi 13 Lite
Xiaomi 12T Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.55-inch Xiaomi 13 Lite (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1) that was released on February 26, 2023, against the Xiaomi 12T Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 5 months before. 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 13 Lite
  • Weighs 34 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
  • 71% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1469K versus 859K)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Stereo speakers
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 11% higher pixel density (446 vs 402 PPI)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • 2.1x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1853 and 865 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13 Lite and 12T Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
13 Lite
50*
12T Pro
70
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
13 Lite
54*
12T Pro
65
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 64 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
56.1
(Average)
Value Index
69.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
13 Lite
vs
12T Pro

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 402 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits 900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 97.8% 98.2%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
13 Lite +2%
939 nits
12T Pro
919 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 159.2 mm (6.27 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 72.7 mm (2.86 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 7.23 mm (0.28 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 171 g (6.03 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Pink Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
13 Lite +3%
89.5%
12T Pro
86.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13 Lite and Xiaomi 12T Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Max clock 2400 MHz 3190 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache - 6 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 644 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 768 1024
GPU clock 443 MHz 900 MHz
FLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13 Lite and Xiaomi 12T Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
13 Lite
865
12T Pro +114%
1853
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13 Lite
2423
12T Pro +102%
4890
Compute Score (GPU)
13 Lite
2384
12T Pro +379%
11424
Compute Score (GPU) 2384 11424
Single-core score 865 1853
Multi-core score 2423 4890
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
13 Lite
859516
12T Pro +71%
1469638
CPU 108282 561039
GPU 342590 242939
Memory 171953 255410
UX 236691 410250
Total score 859516 1469638
Samples [4 tests] [27 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
13 Lite
265
12T Pro +215%
836
Stability 97% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 265 836
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
13 Lite
826
12T Pro +238%
2791
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 4 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 826 2791
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 13 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (Amooarman)AnTuTu 11867019
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-18 (Ashnikko)AnTuTu 11859516
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 -> Kanat_arsen_1AnTuTu 11829085
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-23 (Zalkar)AnTuTu 11804954
πŸ“˜ 2023-09-05 (unreal3579)Geekbench 6 GPU2384
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Xiaomi 12T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 -> vvalakisAnTuTu 111397725
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-01 (Euro FighterπŸ¦…)AnTuTu 121676396
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121667623
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121623425
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon)AnTuTu 111505289
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 33.1 GB 33 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 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 (83% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 7 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 0:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:35 hr 08:18 hr
Watching video 12:35 hr 12:36 hr
Gaming 05:01 hr 05:04 hr
Standby 94 hr 94 hr
General battery life
13 Lite
19:44 hr
12T Pro +3%
20:18 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12288 x 16384
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital 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 119Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX766 Samsung HP1
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.22" (β‰ˆ 0.82 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Sony IMX376 Samsung S5K4H7
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 GalaxyCore GC02
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
13 Lite
n/a
12T Pro
130
Video quality
13 Lite
n/a
12T Pro
134
Generic main camera score
13 Lite
n/a
12T Pro
129
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 71
Zoom - 101
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 -
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung S5K3D2 Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/2.74" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/3.47" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 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) Yes No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/) 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 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
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* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
13 Lite +2%
91.6 dB
12T Pro
90.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced February 2023 October 2022
Release date March 2023 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $750
Successor - - Xiaomi 15T Pro
SAR (head) - 1 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi 12T Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
5 (8.9%)
51 (91.1%)
Total votes: 56

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