Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro vs Fairphone 5
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865) that was released on September 30, 2020, against the Fairphone 5, which is powered by Qualcomm QCM6490 and came out 3 years after. 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 Mi 10T Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Shows 35% longer battery life (26:11 vs 19:25 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Comes with 800 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4200 mAh
- 33% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (980K versus 736K)
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Fairphone 5
- Water-resistant body (IP55 classification)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 12
- Delivers 22% higher peak brightness (766 against 629 nits)
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- 16% higher pixel density (459 vs 395 PPI)
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- The phone is 3 years newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.46 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1224 x 2700 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 459 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (50-144 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 630 nits | 880 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.1% | 82.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 97.9% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 2358 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Response time | 42.2 ms | 6 ms |
| Contrast | 1252:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.1 mm (6.5 inches) | 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) | 75.83 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.3 mm (0.37 inches) | 9.6 mm (0.38 inches) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 212 g (7.48 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP55 |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | - | Excellent (4.37/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 300 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 | Qualcomm QCM6490 |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | - |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) |
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| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | - |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | - |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | - |
| Graphics | Adreno 650 | Adreno 642L |
| GPU shading units | 768 | - |
| GPU clock | 587 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | ~901.6 GFLOPS | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2945 | - |
| Single-core score | 1163 | 1121 |
| Multi-core score | 3291 | 2990 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 362831 | 256966 |
| GPU | 167815 | 154721 |
| Memory | 160591 | 104511 |
| UX | 289133 | 220109 |
| Total score | 980370 | 736307 |
| Samples | [9 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 99% |
| Graphics test | - | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 305 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1091 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7915 | 7145 |
| Video editing | 5646 | 5798 |
| Photo editing | 27649 | 18366 |
| Data manipulation | 7265 | 8463 |
| Writing score | 13529 | 11497 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-28 (Altra) | AnTuTu 11 | 1315960 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Faysal Bezza) | AnTuTu 11 | 969510 |
| 📘 2026-05-19 (Archiviste) | AnTuTu 11 | 1056256 |
| 📘 2026-05-12 (Altra) | AnTuTu 11 | 1102385 |
| 📘 2026-04-18 (Horizonexboy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1277735 |
Fairphone 5
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 2048 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | MIUI 13 | - |
| OS size | 19.5 GB | 30 GB |
| OS updates | - | 8 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | Yes |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (61% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 20 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:58 hr | 1:05 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1300 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:54 hr | 06:03 hr |
| Watching video | 15:36 hr | 10:08 hr |
| Gaming | 05:58 hr | 04:16 hr |
| Standby | 125 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#133rd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12032 x 9024 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KHMX | Sony IMX800 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) | 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | Sony IMX858 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K5E9 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 45 |
| Preview | - | 64 |
| Zoom | - | 79 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Fairphone 5 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5963 x 3354 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.45 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T2 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 105 | - |
| Video | 135 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, HID, AVRCP, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.0 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 22 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2020 | August 2023 |
| Release date | December 2020 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $710 | $699 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T Pro | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.57 W/kg | 0.4 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1 W/kg | 0.847 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
*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 sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro. But if the software and design are more of a priority – go for the Fairphone 5.
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