Xiaomi 13T vs 12T Pro

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

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 12T Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 1 year 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 13T
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (23:22 vs 20:18 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Delivers 39% higher peak brightness (1272 against 918 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The phone is 1 year newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1469K versus 1175K)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 47% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1853 and 1261 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13T and 12T Pro 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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8 / 256 GB
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8 / 128 GB
59.4
(Average)
Value Index
72.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 446 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 900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.6% 98.2%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 13T +39%
1272 nits
918 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 197 g (6.95 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Green Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
87.5%
86.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13T and Xiaomi 12T Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Max clock 3100 MHz 3190 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 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 4 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
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 900 MHz
FLOPS ~729.6 GFLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13T and Xiaomi 12T Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1261
12T Pro +47%
1853
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4018
12T Pro +22%
4890
Compute Score (GPU)
3492
12T Pro +227%
11424
Compute Score (GPU) 3492 11424
Single-core score 1261 1853
Multi-core score 4018 4890
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1175951
12T Pro +25%
1469638
CPU 421303 561039
GPU 209708 242939
Memory 221082 255410
UX 323858 410250
Total score 1175951 1469638
Samples [9 tests] [27 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
12T Pro +45%
836
Stability 91% 98%
Graphics test 4 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 577 836
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
2791
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 2791
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13055
n/a
Web score 11689 -
Video editing 6802 -
Photo editing 23185 -
Data manipulation 12111 -
Writing score 17261 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Kubyshko)AnTuTu 111130854
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (Maragidyne)AnTuTu 111291153
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 (Gadfiq)AnTuTu 111287453
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (notmihnea1)Geekbench 6 CPU1346 / 4133
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-15 (DQP)AnTuTu 111169170
Xiaomi 12T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121623425
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon)AnTuTu 111505289
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 111502303
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Mihai)AnTuTu 111469069
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-02 (Mihai)AnTuTu 111490479

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 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 size - 33 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 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 (70% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 7 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 0:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr 08:18 hr
Watching video 12:58 hr 12:36 hr
Gaming 05:38 hr 05:04 hr
Standby 121 hr 94 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 13T +15%
23:22 hr
20:18 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12288 x 16384
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 - 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX707 Samsung HP1
Sensor size 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch) 1/1.22" (β‰ˆ 0.82 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.64 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" (β‰ˆ 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 -
Sensor OmniVision OV13B Samsung S5K4H7
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 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
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - GalaxyCore GC02
Sensor size - 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
12T Pro +7%
130
Video quality
12T Pro +2%
134
Generic main camera score
12T Pro +5%
129
Bokeh 65 70
Preview 65 71
Zoom 101 101
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX596 Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 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 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 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 5.2
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* 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 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
91.4 dB
90.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2023 October 2022
Release date September 2023 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $750
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - 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

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

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vilaashahr November 25, 2023 at 03:58 PM
Please also compare the number of years each has received Android updates.
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