Xiaomi 14 vs 12 Pro
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62
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 14 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on October 26, 2023, against the Xiaomi 12 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 10 months before. 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 14
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 75% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2363K versus 1349K)
- Shows 51% longer battery life (25:30 vs 16:53 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (1183 against 1053 nits)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- The phone is 1 year and 10 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12 Pro
- Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
- 13% higher pixel density (521 vs 460 PPI)
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.36 inches | 6.73 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2670 pixels | 1440 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 521 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 970 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3000 nits | 1500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.4% | 89.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 429 Hz | 367 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
12 Pro
6.73″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.9 in2
Xiaomi 14
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 193 g (6.81 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Green, Pink | Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 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 | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15039 | 3743 |
| Single-core score | 2206 | 968 |
| Multi-core score | 6701 | 3605 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 735611 | 500024 |
| GPU | 746981 | 223043 |
| Memory | 344459 | 243998 |
| UX | 536675 | 382743 |
| Total score | 2363726 | 1349808 |
| Samples | [27 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 83% | - |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1511 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 80% | - |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 32 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 7582 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 87% | 88% |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4551 | 2479 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15681 | 8304 |
| Video editing | 7814 | 6949 |
| Photo editing | 31599 | 25400 |
| Data manipulation | 14650 | 9541 |
| Writing score | 17307 | 13100 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#177th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 14
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | Geekbench 7 GPU | 9730 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1824 / 6030 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | AnTuTu 12 | 2519660 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | AnTuTu 11 | 2286235 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (neko_rhythm) | AnTuTu 11 | 2406819 |
Xiaomi 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Tema) | CPU Throttle | 86% |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Tema) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603387 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 (Max) | AnTuTu 11 | 1349808 |
| 📘 2026-04-03 (12 pro) | AnTuTu 11 | 1555919 |
| 📘 2026-03-29 (thxthelow) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297778 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 28 GB | 26.5 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | - |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4610 mAh | 4600 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 15 min) | Yes (50% in 8 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 0:21 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:59 hr | 06:40 hr |
| Watching video | 17:04 hr | 10:08 hr |
| Gaming | 05:15 hr | 04:44 hr |
| Standby | 111 hr | 81 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8700 x 5800 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual 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 | 1920 FPS (720p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 115° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OVX9000 Light Fusion 900 | Sony IMX707 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 48 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 14 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | 70 |
| Preview | 73 | 70 |
| Zoom | 134 | 102 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | OmniVision OV32b40 |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 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 | October 2023 | December 2021 |
| Release date | November 2023 | December 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $999 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 | - Xiaomi 15 Pro |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 90 W | Yes, 120 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 14 is definitely a better buy.
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