Xiaomi 14T vs Vivo V40 5G

70 out of 100
Xiaomi 14T
VS
65 out of 100
Vivo V40 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 14T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Vivo V40 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and came out 4 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14T
  • 58% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1598K versus 1010K)
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Vivo V40 5G
  • Shows 33% longer battery life (29:03 vs 21:55 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 67W)
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 14T and Vivo V40 5G 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
67.9
(Good)
Value Index
13.0
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-144 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1600 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Schott Xensation Alpha
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1368 nits
1365 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) 164.16 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 74.93 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.58 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green Silver, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.1%
V40 5G +1%
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 14T and Vivo V40 5G
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Max clock 3350 MHz 2630 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
L3 cache 4 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MP6 Adreno 720
GPU shading units 768 512
GPU clock 1400 MHz 975 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 14T and Vivo V40 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 14T +19%
1335
1126
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 14T +31%
4107
3132
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 14T +127%
8041
3540
Compute Score (GPU) 8041 3540
Single-core score 1335 1126
Multi-core score 4107 3132
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 14T +58%
1598339
1010711
CPU 498423 400634
GPU 410822 213466
Memory 291621 156680
UX 397473 239928
Total score 1598339 1010711
Samples [25 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 14T +69%
836
495
Stability 97% 99%
Graphics test 6 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 836 495
3DMark Solar Bay
3346
n/a
Graphics test 13 FPS -
Section 1 14 FPS -
Section 2 13 FPS -
Section 3 11 FPS -
Graphics score 3346 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 14T
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Zen)AnTuTu 111670904
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (FanzerNN)AnTuTu 111664804
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-28 (Chisa)AnTuTu 111620414
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (Raze)AnTuTu 111611939
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (Pasaribu)AnTuTu 111658131
Vivo V40 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-21 (Bryle)AnTuTu 111010711
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-21 (Pratama)Geekbench 6 GPU3540
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-21 (Pratama)Geekbench 6 CPU1126 / 3132

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14
ROM HyperOS 3 Funtouch 14
OS size 22 GB -
OS updates 4 years 2 years
Security updates 5 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (66% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:49 hr 0:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:03 hr 12:12 hr
Watching video 13:20 hr 17:26 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 07:14 hr
Standby 95 hr 135 hr
General battery life
21:55 hr
V40 5G +33%
29:03 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Samsung GNJ
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
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" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV13B10 -
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
n/a
Video quality
n/a
Generic main camera score
n/a
Bokeh 55 -
Preview 68 -
Zoom 140 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 25 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/3.44" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
91.4 dB
n/a

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2024 June 2024
Release date September 2024 July 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $599
Successor - Xiaomi 15T - Vivo V70
SAR (head) - 0.97 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.14 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 80 W
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 camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 14T. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Vivo V40 5G.

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