Xiaomi 13T vs Realme GT Neo 6 SE

65 out of 100
Xiaomi 13T
VS
66 out of 100
Realme GT Neo 6 SE

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 13T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra) that was released on September 26, 2023, against the Realme GT Neo 6 SE, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and came out 6 months after. 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 13T
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Realme GT Neo 6 SE
  • 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1695K versus 1175K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 67W)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • 48% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1867 and 1261 points
  • The phone is 6 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13T and Realme GT Neo 6 SE 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
59.4
(Average)
Value Index
33.8
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1264 x 2780 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 600 nits 6000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.6% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1256 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) 162 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 8.65 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 197 g (6.95 oz) 191 g (6.74 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Green Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
87.5%
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13T and Realme GT Neo 6 SE
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Max clock 3100 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex A55
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex A78
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex A78
- 3 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 580 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 732
GPU shading units 384 768
GPU clock 950 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~729.6 GFLOPS ~1459.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13T and Realme GT Neo 6 SE
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1261
1867
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4018
4799
Compute Score (GPU)
3492
GT Neo 6 SE +156%
8927
Compute Score (GPU) 3492 8927
Single-core score 1261 1867
Multi-core score 4018 4799
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1175951
1695482
CPU 421303 543364
GPU 209708 422423
Memory 221082 312890
UX 323858 416805
Total score 1175951 1695482
Samples [9 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
965
Stability 91% 54%
Graphics test 4 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 577 965
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 3000
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13055
17660
Web score 11689 19580
Video editing 6802 6653
Photo editing 23185 43099
Data manipulation 12111 13204
Writing score 17261 23369

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-12 (Kubyshko)AnTuTu1130854
📘 2026-07-23 (Maragidyne)AnTuTu1291153
📘 2026-06-27 (Gadfiq)AnTuTu1287453
📘 2026-06-15 (notmihnea1)GeekBench CPU1346 / 4133
📘 2026-01-15 (DQP)AnTuTu1169170
Realme GT Neo 6 SE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-16 (Fahas Pasha)AnTuTu1639065
📘 2026-03-12 (AZIZ)AnTuTu1716980
📘 2025-12-07 (محمد)AnTuTu1695482
📘 2025-10-27 -> MohawkAnTuTu1642724
📘 2024-09-14 (retyg)GeekBench CPU1867 / 4799

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 14
ROM HyperOS 2.0 Realme UI 5.0
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No -
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 12 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 0:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr -
Watching video 12:58 hr -
Gaming 05:38 hr -
Standby 121 hr -
General battery life
23:22 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX707 Sony IMX882
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/1.9 -
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50D40 -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 16 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV13B Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.14 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 65 -
Preview 65 -
Zoom 101 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.5
Focal length 26 mm 22 mm
Sensor Sony IMX596 Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 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 5.4 5.4
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* 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* Yes 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 -
Speakers test
Max loudness
91.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 April 2024
Release date September 2023 April 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $415
Successor - Xiaomi 15T -
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, 100 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Realme GT Neo 6 SE. But if the camera, connectivity, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 13T.

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