Xiaomi 13 Pro vs 12T Pro

71 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Pro
VS
66 out of 100
Xiaomi 12T Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 13 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on December 11, 2022, against the Xiaomi 12T Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 2 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (21:44 vs 20:18 hours)
  • Delivers 37% higher peak brightness (1261 against 918 nits)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1770K versus 1469K)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 17% higher pixel density (522 vs 446 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Weighs 24 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13 Pro and 12T Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
86
78
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
75
70
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
68
62
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
49
41
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
63
61
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
86
76
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
71
66
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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
5.6
(Bad)
Value Index
72.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 522 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.2% 98.2%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
13 Pro +37%
1261 nits
918 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.38 mm (0.33 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 229 g (8.08 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
13 Pro +4%
89.9%
86.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi 12T Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Max clock 3200 MHz 3190 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
- 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 8 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 680 MHz 900 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi 12T Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
13 Pro +7%
1987
1853
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13 Pro +9%
5323
4890
Compute Score (GPU)
n/a
11424
Compute Score (GPU) - 11424
Single-core score 1987 1853
Multi-core score 5323 4890
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
13 Pro +20%
1770620
1469638
CPU 586438 561039
GPU 432270 242939
Memory 302195 255410
UX 449717 410250
Total score 1770620 1469638
Samples [7 tests] [27 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
13 Pro +30%
1085
836
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 8 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 1085 836
3DMark Solar Bay
5226
n/a
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 20 FPS -
Section 1 22 FPS -
Section 2 20 FPS -
Section 3 17 FPS -
Graphics score 5226 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
13 Pro +29%
3614
2791
Stability 89% -
Graphics test 21 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 3614 2791
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
10810
n/a
Web score 9431 -
Video editing 6387 -
Photo editing 23700 -
Data manipulation 9121 -
Writing score 13667 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 13 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-12 (stepp90q)AnTuTu 111810366
📘 2026-06-07 (glib)AnTuTu 111718692
📘 2026-04-28 (Dench1k)AnTuTu 111806080
📘 2026-04-13 (xstanz_)AnTuTu 111799801
📘 2026-03-30 (Thanuz0)AnTuTu 111770620
Xiaomi 12T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon)AnTuTu 111505289
📘 2026-07-21 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 111502303
📘 2026-07-06 (Mihai)AnTuTu 111469069
📘 2026-07-02 (Mihai)AnTuTu 111490479
📘 2026-07-01 (Mihai)AnTuTu 111469069

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 32 GB 33 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4820 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 9 min) Yes (50% in 7 min)
Full charging time 0:22 hr 0:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:06 hr 08:18 hr
Watching video 13:19 hr 12:36 hr
Gaming 04:43 hr 05:04 hr
Standby 110 hr 94 hr
General battery life
13 Pro +7%
21:44 hr
20:18 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12288 x 16384
Zoom Optical, 3.2x Digital
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 (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50.3 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50.3 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX989 Samsung HP1
Sensor size 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.22" (≈ 0.82 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 75 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5K4H7
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
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
13 Pro +5%
136
130
Video quality
129
12T Pro +4%
134
Generic main camera score
13 Pro +5%
136
129
Bokeh 60 70
Preview 70 71
Zoom 143 101
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 -
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV32C Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.3 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, 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* 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
88.5 dB
12T Pro +2%
90.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2022 October 2022
Release date December 2022 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $750
Successor - Xiaomi 15 Pro - Xiaomi 15T Pro
SAR (head) - 1 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on 13 Pro:
    - Version with 128 GB comes with UFS 3.1 storage.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 13 Pro. But if the software is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12T Pro.

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