Xiaomi 14T Pro vs Apple iPhone 16
78
out of 100
VS
81
out of 100
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 16, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14T Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- The rear camera has a 2.6x optical zoom
- Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1439 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3561 mAh
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 15% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2283K versus 1985K)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16
- Shows 32% longer battery life (29:45 vs 22:36 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 39% higher peak brightness (1720 against 1233 nits)
- Reverse charging feature
- 57% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3431 and 2189 points
- Weighs 39 grams less
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 | 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 | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-144 Hz) | No |
| 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% | 86.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.7% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
14T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 16
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) | 147.6 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) | 71.6 mm (2.82 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 209 g (7.37 oz) | 170 g (6 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue | White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.8/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus | Apple A18 |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 4040 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 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 790 | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~1907 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15328 | 28010 |
| Single-core score | 2189 | 3431 |
| Multi-core score | 7225 | 8638 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 673218 | 621688 |
| GPU | 736798 | 592569 |
| Memory | 356904 | 184239 |
| UX | 516975 | 587104 |
| Total score | 2283895 | 1985600 |
| Samples | [33 tests] | [16 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 73% | 75% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1444 | 1579 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 24 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 1 | 26 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 2 | 25 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 3 | 22 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 6407 | 6781 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 16838 | - |
| Video editing | 6565 | - |
| Photo editing | 26141 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15968 | - |
| Writing score | 18342 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#192nd place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 14T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-09 (Mouh_ch) | AnTuTu | 2262635 |
| 📘 2026-07-27 (Phil) | AnTuTu | 2119407 |
| 📘 2026-06-23 -> AGZL | GeekBench CPU | 2200 / 7243 |
| 📘 2026-06-23 -> AGZL | AnTuTu | 2374563 |
| 📘 2026-05-20 (Kxll) | AnTuTu | 2354138 |
Apple iPhone 16
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-30 (Dddd) | AnTuTu | 1905485 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (vovachips) | AnTuTu | 1842572 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | GeekBench CPU | 3531 / 9122 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | AnTuTu | 2045650 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Sepehr Naraghipour) | AnTuTu | 2018367 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS size | 50 GB | 16 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3561 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (74% in 15 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 1:42 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:46 hr | 13:44 hr |
| Watching video | 14:07 hr | 18:09 hr |
| Gaming | 05:33 hr | 05:56 hr |
| Standby | 92 hr | 130 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#51st place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2.6x | Digital |
| 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) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision Light Fusion 900 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 60 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | 80 |
| Preview | 67 | 84 |
| Zoom | 144 | 116 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 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 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 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 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 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 | September 2024 | September 2024 |
| Release date | September 2024 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $579 | $799 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.41 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16:
- The US model is eSIM-only, while the international version offers both a physical SIM slot and eSIM support.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, gaming, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16. But if the display is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 14T Pro.
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