Xiaomi 13T Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
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64
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 13T Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus) that was released on September 26, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos), which is powered by Exynos 2200. 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 13T Pro
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
- Shows 24% longer battery life (21:52 vs 17:40 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- 23% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1820K versus 1479K)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (1098 against 916 nits)
- 11% higher pixel density (446 vs 403 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
- Handles wireless charging up to
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- Reverse charging feature
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 403 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1450 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.5% | 83.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 99.4% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) | 158 mm (6.22 inches) |
| Width | 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 206 g (7.27 oz) | 209 g (7.37 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | White, Black, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus | Samsung Exynos 2200 |
| Max clock | 3350 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 690 | Yes |
| Graphics | Immortalis-G715 MC11 | Xclipse 920 |
| GPU shading units | 1408 | 384 |
| GPU clock | 1150 MHz | 1306 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3238.4 GFLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8637 | 9946 |
| Single-core score | 1917 | 1588 |
| Multi-core score | 4509 | 3775 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 583431 | 485443 |
| GPU | 492102 | 480762 |
| Memory | 326977 | 189036 |
| UX | 418172 | 324663 |
| Total score | 1820682 | 1479904 |
| Samples | [15 tests] | [17 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 88% | 69% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1370 | 994 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 82% | 69% |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Section 1 | 24 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | 21 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Section 3 | 18 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5565 | 4422 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 11932 |
| Video editing | - | 7385 |
| Photo editing | - | 24230 |
| Data manipulation | - | 12323 |
| Writing score | - | 16664 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 13T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Leo) | AnTuTu | 1784409 |
| 📘 2026-08-11 (Miguelito) | AnTuTu | 1833119 |
| 📘 2026-07-25 (Miguelito) | GeekBench GPU | 8295 |
| 📘 2026-07-25 (Miguelito) | GeekBench CPU | 1885 / 4562 |
| 📘 2026-07-13 (ax82l) | AnTuTu | 1859390 |
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Basiks) | AnTuTu | 1227101 |
| 📘 2026-07-26 (Relakser) | AnTuTu | 1478914 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 -> Otchem1488 | AnTuTu | 1592471 |
| 📘 2026-05-08 (Leksa) | Battery life | Satisfaction 1/10 |
| 📘 2026-05-05 -> Otchem1488 | AnTuTu | 1276538 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 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 15) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 49 GB | 21 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (68% in 15 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:26 hr | 1:10 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:13 hr | 06:25 hr |
| Watching video | 13:12 hr | 10:03 hr |
| Gaming | 06:15 hr | 03:27 hr |
| Standby | 99 hr | 96 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | 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 | 960 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX707 | Samsung GN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 50 mm | 76 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50D40 | Hynix Hi847 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV13B | Samsung S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 77 | - |
| Zoom | 98 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T Pro from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3888 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX596 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) 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 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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| 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 |
| 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 | September 2023 | October 2023 |
| Release date | September 2023 | October 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1099 | $599 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T Pro | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.76 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.04 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
*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 13T Pro is definitely a better buy.
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