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Xiaomi 13T vs Xiaomi 13

65 out of 100
Xiaomi 13T
VS
70 out of 100
Xiaomi 13
Xiaomi 13T
Xiaomi 13

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 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 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 (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13T
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Has a 0.31 inch larger screen size
  • The phone is 9 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13
  • 48% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1743K versus 1175K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (24:59 vs 23:22 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13T and Xiaomi 13 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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Final comparison evaluation
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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
5.8
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.36 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 414 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 600 nits 1900 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 89.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.6% 98.6%
PWM 120 Hz 488 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 13T
6.67β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 13
6.36β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 13T +1%
1260 nits
Xiaomi 13
1245 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 7.98 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 197 g (6.95 oz) 189 g (6.67 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
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 13T
87.5%
Xiaomi 13 +2%
89.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13T and Xiaomi 13
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3100 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 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 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
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 580 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 384 1536
GPU clock 950 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~729.6 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13T and Xiaomi 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 13T
1261
Xiaomi 13 +59%
2004
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 13T
4018
Xiaomi 13 +32%
5311
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 13T
3492
Xiaomi 13 +152%
8801
Compute Score (GPU) 3492 8801
Single-core score 1261 2004
Multi-core score 4018 5311
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 13T
1175951
Xiaomi 13 +48%
1743949
CPU 421303 579791
GPU 209708 433528
Memory 221082 291203
UX 323858 439427
Total score 1175951 1743949
Samples [9 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 13T
577
Xiaomi 13 +89%
1090
Stability 91% 89%
Graphics test 4 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 577 1090
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Section 1 - 23 FPS
Section 2 - 20 FPS
Section 3 - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 5308
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 89%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3665
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 13T
13055
Xiaomi 13
n/a
Web score 11689 -
Video editing 6802 -
Photo editing 23185 -
Data manipulation 12111 -
Writing score 17261 -
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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
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Xiaomi 13
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Andrewei)AnTuTu 111830711
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Pat)AnTuTu 111793929
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 (Simon)AnTuTu 111845042
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-28 (vrostyy)AnTuTu 111728936
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-13 (Bek)AnTuTu 111800492
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 3
OS size - 31.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 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
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (83% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 0:42 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr 09:47 hr
Watching video 12:58 hr 14:15 hr
Gaming 05:38 hr 05:57 hr
Standby 121 hr 127 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 13T
23:22 hr
Xiaomi 13 +7%
24:59 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 3.2x
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 (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX707 Sony IMX800
Sensor size 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch) 1/1.49" (β‰ˆ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.0
Focal length 50 mm 75 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50D40 Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) 1/3.75" (β‰ˆ 0.27 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV13B Omnivision OV13B10
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Xiaomi 13T
121
Xiaomi 13 +8%
131
Video quality
Xiaomi 13T +9%
132
Xiaomi 13
121
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 13T
123
Xiaomi 13 +6%
130
Bokeh 65 55
Preview 65 68
Zoom 101 131
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 22 mm
Sensor Sony IMX596 Omnivision OV32C
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 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 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 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
Xiaomi 13T
91.4 dB
Xiaomi 13
91.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2023 December 2022
Release date September 2023 December 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $999
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - Xiaomi 17
SAR (head) - 0.998 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.997 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- 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

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

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