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Xiaomi 13T vs Xiaomi 12

65 out of 100
Xiaomi 13T
VS
58 out of 100
Xiaomi 12
Xiaomi 13T
Xiaomi 12

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 13T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra) that was released on September 26, 2023, against the Xiaomi 12, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 9 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 13T
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Shows 46% longer battery life (23:22 vs 15:58 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Delivers 41% higher peak brightness (1272 against 904 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Has a 0.39 inch larger screen size
  • The phone is 1 year and 9 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1322K versus 1175K)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.8 mm narrower
  • Weighs 17 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13T and Xiaomi 12 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
59.4
(Average)
Value Index
79.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.28 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 419 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 600 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 1100 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 89.3%
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 -
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 13T
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 12
6.28″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.8 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 13T +41%
1272 nits
Xiaomi 12
904 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) 152.7 mm (6.01 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 69.9 mm (2.75 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 8.16 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 197 g (6.95 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green Black, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 13T
87.5%
Xiaomi 12 +2%
89.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13T and Xiaomi 12
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 3100 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex A55
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex A78
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex A78		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 4 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 580 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 384 1024
GPU clock 950 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~729.6 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13T and Xiaomi 12
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 13T +26%
1261
Xiaomi 12
998
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 13T +10%
4018
Xiaomi 12
3638
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 13T
3492
Xiaomi 12 +129%
7989
Compute Score (GPU) 3492 7989
Single-core score 1261 998
Multi-core score 4018 3638
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 13T
1175951
Xiaomi 12 +12%
1322176
CPU 421303 501164
GPU 209708 224623
Memory 221082 208718
UX 323858 387671
Total score 1175951 1322176
Samples [9 tests] [10 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 13T
577
Xiaomi 12 +2%
590
Stability 91% 92%
Graphics test 4 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 577 590
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 13 FPS
Graphics score - 2255
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 13T
13055
Xiaomi 12 +1%
13132
Web score 11689 12213
Video editing 6802 7422
Photo editing 23185 28303
Data manipulation 12111 10164
Writing score 17261 14805
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-12 (Kubyshko)AnTuTu 111130854
📘 2026-07-23 (Maragidyne)AnTuTu 111291153
📘 2026-06-27 (Gadfiq)AnTuTu 111287453
📘 2026-06-15 (notmihnea1)Geekbench 6 CPU1346 / 4133
📘 2026-01-15 (DQP)AnTuTu 111169170
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Xiaomi 12
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-20 (Wan)Geekbench 6 CPU1653 / 4280
📘 2026-09-20 (Wan)AnTuTu 111334925
📘 2026-09-17 (xiaomi 12)AnTuTu 121426511
📘 2026-07-15 -> Aura_Test_KingGeekbench 6 GPU3761
📘 2026-07-15 -> Aura_Test_KingGeekbench 6 CPU839 / 2424
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 3
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (87% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 0:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr 06:17 hr
Watching video 12:58 hr 10:46 hr
Gaming 05:38 hr 04:42 hr
Standby 121 hr 71 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 13T +46%
23:22 hr
Xiaomi 12
15:58 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical 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 (1080p) 1920 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) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
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 IMX766
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
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 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 15 mm 12 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV13B OmniVision OV13B10
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 5 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 50 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5K5E9
Stabilization - Optical

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Xiaomi 13T +3%
121
Xiaomi 12
118
Video quality
Xiaomi 13T +9%
132
Xiaomi 12
121
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 13T +9%
123
Xiaomi 12
113
Bokeh 65 55
Preview 65 69
Zoom 101 72
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX596 OmniVision OV32B40
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.2
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, 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* - 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
Xiaomi 13T
91.4 dB
Xiaomi 12
n/a

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2023 December 2021
Release date September 2023 December 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $580
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - Xiaomi 17
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Yes, 67 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 13T is definitely a better buy.

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