Xiaomi 14T Pro vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro

77 out of 100
Xiaomi 14T Pro
VS
76 out of 100
Apple iPhone 14 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 14T Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 2 years and 1 month 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 14T Pro
  • Comes with 1800 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3200 mAh
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 23W)
  • 52% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2283K versus 1501K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 2 years and 1 month newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Delivers 46% higher peak brightness (1786 against 1225 nits)
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (24:20 vs 22:36 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 35% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2961 and 2189 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14T Pro and Apple iPhone 14 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 15% Yes
No, we don't think this update is worth it.
Moving from Apple iPhone 14 Pro to Xiaomi 14T Pro will likely not feel like a meaningful upgrade.
Main improvements: connectivity, battery life, and display.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in camera and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-144 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 86.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.8%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
14T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 14 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1225 nits
1786 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) 147.5 mm (5.81 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) 7.85 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue Black, Silver, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
14T Pro +3%
89.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14T Pro and Apple iPhone 14 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus Apple A16 Bionic
Max clock 3400 MHz 3460 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 790 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14T Pro and Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2189
2961
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14T Pro +1%
7225
Compute Score (GPU)
15328
23942
Compute Score (GPU) 15328 23942
Single-core score 2189 2961
Multi-core score 7225 7133
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
14T Pro +52%
2283895
1501273
CPU 673218 382796
GPU 736798 467517
Memory 356904 178501
UX 516975 472459
Total score 2283895 1501273
Samples [33 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 73% -
Graphics test 11 FPS -
Graphics score 1444 -
3DMark Solar Bay
14T Pro +49%
6407
Stability - 77%
Graphics test 24 FPS 16 FPS
Section 1 26 FPS 20 FPS
Section 2 25 FPS 16 FPS
Section 3 22 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 6407 4289
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 72%
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Graphics score - 3340
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 16838 -
Video editing 6565 -
Photo editing 26141 -
Data manipulation 15968 -
Writing score 18342 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 -> NFS6410AnTuTu 122626976
📘 2026-09-24 (Thành)AnTuTu 122400294
📘 2026-08-09 (Mouh_ch)AnTuTu 112262635
📘 2026-07-27 (Phil)AnTuTu 112119407
📘 2026-06-23 -> AGZLGeekbench 6 CPU2200 / 7243
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 (Peltsi74)AnTuTu 111477304
📘 2026-09-21 (Атомная бомба)AnTuTu 111772840
📘 2026-08-31 (LORDroid)AnTuTu 111445126
📘 2026-08-16 (Ronaldo)AnTuTu 111626008
📘 2026-07-19 (Vuongmap🇻🇳)Geekbench 6 CPU2961 / 7133

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4800 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM HyperOS 3 -
OS size 50 GB -
OS updates 4 years 6 years
Security updates 5 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3200 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (74% in 15 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:23 hr 1:41 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:46 hr 09:41 hr
Watching video 14:07 hr 16:03 hr
Gaming 05:33 hr 05:38 hr
Standby 92 hr 112 hr
General battery life
22:36 hr
24:20 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 2.6x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision Light Fusion 900 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.8
Focal length 60 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 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 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV13B Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
129
143
Video quality
138
149
Generic main camera score
135
146
Bokeh 55 80
Preview 67 91
Zoom 144 139
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 25 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KKD1 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 139
Video - 154

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode 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
14T Pro +3%
92.1 dB
89.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2024 September 2022
Release date September 2024 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $579 $999
Successor - Xiaomi 15T Pro - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, gaming, battery life, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 14T Pro. But if the camera and software are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 14 Pro.

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