Xiaomi 14T vs Apple iPhone 14

71 out of 100
Xiaomi 14T
VS
67 out of 100
Apple iPhone 14

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 14T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 14, which is powered by Apple A15 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
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Comes with 1721 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3279 mAh
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Delivers 61% higher peak brightness (1357 against 842 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 20W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • The phone is 2 years and 1 month newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14
  • Shows 11% longer battery life (24:17 vs 21:55 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • 70% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2272 and 1335 points
  • Weighs 23 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14T and Apple iPhone 14 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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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 21% Yes
No, we don't think this update is worth it.
Moving from Apple iPhone 14 to Xiaomi 14T will likely not feel like a meaningful upgrade.
Main improvements: display, battery life, and camera.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in performance and gaming.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1170 x 2532 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 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 1200 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% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.5%
PWM 120 Hz 60 Hz
Response time 1 ms 12 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 14T
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 14
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 14T +61%
1357 nits
842 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green White, Black, Blue, Red, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
89.1%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14T and Apple iPhone 14
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 3350 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MP6 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 768 640
GPU clock 1400 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14T and Apple iPhone 14
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1335
iPhone 14 +70%
2272
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4107
iPhone 14 +36%
5584
Compute Score (GPU)
8041
iPhone 14 +158%
20728
Compute Score (GPU) 8041 20728
Single-core score 1335 2272
Multi-core score 4107 5584
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1598339
1526761
CPU 498423 441890
GPU 410822 399019
Memory 291621 177784
UX 397473 508068
Total score 1598339 1526761
Samples [25 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 97% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
Graphics score 836 -
3DMark Solar Bay
3346
iPhone 14 +13%
3771
Stability - 76%
Graphics test 13 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 14 FPS 19 FPS
Section 2 13 FPS 14 FPS
Section 3 11 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 3346 3771
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2854
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-29 (Zen)AnTuTu1670904
📘 2026-08-21 (FanzerNN)AnTuTu1664804
📘 2026-07-28 (Chisa)AnTuTu1620414
📘 2026-07-04 (Raze)AnTuTu1611939
📘 2026-05-10 (Pasaribu)AnTuTu1658131
Apple iPhone 14
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-23 (Artyom)AnTuTu1082494
📘 2026-07-15 (Minh Thai)AnTuTu1526761
📘 2026-06-06 (emo067)AnTuTu1538861
📘 2026-05-27 (Rex)GeekBench CPU2382 / 5869
📘 2026-05-10 (Laxy)AnTuTu1573257

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
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 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 3 -
OS size 22 GB 12 GB
OS updates 4 years 6 years
Security updates 5 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3279 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:49 hr 1:31 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:03 hr 10:06 hr
Watching video 13:20 hr 14:55 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 05:25 hr
Standby 95 hr 114 hr
General battery life
21:55 hr
iPhone 14 +11%
24:17 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No 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: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.5
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX703
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.9 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/1.9 -
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV13B10 Sony IMX372
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
iPhone 14 +4%
135
Video quality
iPhone 14 +10%
146
Generic main camera score
134
133
Bokeh 55 70
Preview 68 85
Zoom 140 90
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 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 S5KKD1 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 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 - 138
Video - 153

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.3
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* - 18
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 14T +13%
91.4 dB
80.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2024 September 2022
Release date September 2024 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $799
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - Apple iPhone 17
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
Further details
Notes on Xiaomi 14T:
    - The eco-leather version is thicker at 7.95 mm but lighter, weighing 193 grams.
    - The titanium version features a back panel protected by Panda X glass. The green model comes with an eco-leather back.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

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

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