Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro vs 15T Pro
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86
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.39-inch Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855) that was released on May 28, 2019, against the Xiaomi 15T Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus and came out 6 years and 5 months 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 9T Pro
- Weighs 19 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15T Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 3.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2788K versus 835K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Delivers 122% higher peak brightness (1416 against 639 nits)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 5500 vs 4000 mAh
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Shows 30% longer battery life (27:31 vs 21:14 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Optical image stabilization
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 27W)
- Has a 0.44 inch larger screen size
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.39 inches | 6.83 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1280 x 2772 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 447 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | - |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 3200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.1% | 90.3% |
| Display features | - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 142.2% | - |
| PWM | 223 Hz | - |
| Response time | 6.5 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
15T Pro
6.83″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Mi 9T Pro
6.39″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.5 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 156.7 mm (6.17 inches) | 162.7 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 74.3 mm (2.93 inches) | 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.96 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 191 g (6.74 oz) | 210 g (7.41 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | - |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Red | Black, Gold, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.63/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 | MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 3630 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) |
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.73 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | MediaTek NPU 890 |
| Graphics | Adreno 640 | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 585 MHz | 1612 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~898.5 GFLOPS | ~4952.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2668 | 23010 |
| Single-core score | 807 | 2529 |
| Multi-core score | 2580 | 7899 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 308272 | 785620 |
| GPU | 160449 | 1057591 |
| Memory | 145874 | 385760 |
| UX | 220591 | 559468 |
| Total score | 835186 | 2788439 |
| Samples | [12 tests] | [50 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 77% |
| Graphics test | - | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2268 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 37 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 42 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 38 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 32 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 9752 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 86% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 864 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7502 | 17483 |
| Video editing | 5936 | 6965 |
| Photo editing | 20896 | 30630 |
| Data manipulation | 8037 | 15940 |
| Writing score | 11494 | 20434 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#133rd place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-06 (pakasraka) | AnTuTu 11 | 763477 |
| 📘 2026-07-31 (Valdemiro pega tatu cósmico) | AnTuTu 11 | 862304 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (Fravo) | AnTuTu 11 | 697298 |
| 📘 2026-03-30 (Redmi K20 Pro Premium 12/512GB, AOSP trash - HyperOS on top) | AnTuTu 11 | 896712 |
| 📘 2026-03-27 (kvass1ks) | AnTuTu 11 | 905591 |
Xiaomi 15T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-16 -> la.mih0 | AnTuTu 12 | 2649888 |
| 📘 2026-09-16 -> kannzera | AnTuTu 11 | 2643488 |
| 📘 2026-09-15 (k) | AnTuTu 11 | 2643488 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 -> cyberQbit | AnTuTu 12 | 2600160 |
| 📘 2026-08-25 -> KerimTheBabo31 | AnTuTu 11 | 2759001 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 | HyperOS 3.0 |
| OS size | 19 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 5500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 27 W | 90 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes, Quick Charge 4+ (40% in 20 min) | Yes (87% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:11 hr | 0:36 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1600 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:54 hr | 12:09 hr |
| Watching video | 12:39 hr | 19:35 hr |
| Gaming | 04:50 hr | 07:04 hr |
| Standby | 109 hr | 108 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#98th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 124° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | Omnivision OVX9100 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/3.0 |
| Focal length | 53 mm | 115 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV8856 | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 160 |
| Zoom | - | 127 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 15T Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3880 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T2 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 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 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2019 | September 2025 |
| Release date | June 2019 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $450 | $899 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T Pro | - |
| SAR (head) | 1.3 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.51 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi 15T Pro is definitely a better buy.
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