Xiaomi 12 vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro
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Xiaomi 12 Apple iPhone 13 Pro Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.28-inch Xiaomi 12 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on December 28 2021 against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 3 months before. On this page you will find tests full specs strengths and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
- Differences
- Review
- Specs
- Benchmarks
- Battery life
- Camera
- Comments
Key differences
An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12- Comes with 1405 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3095 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (966K versus 805K)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Shows 44% longer battery life (36:56 vs 25:34 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Xiaomi
- Delivers 18% higher peak brightness (1066 against 904 nits)
- 10% higher pixel density (460 vs 419 PPI)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness Xiaomi 12 90 iPhone 13 Pro 91 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games Xiaomi 12 93 iPhone 13 Pro 88 Battery Battery life charging type and speed Xiaomi 12 74 iPhone 13 Pro 81 Camera Photo and video recording quality Xiaomi 12 76 iPhone 13 Pro 87 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission Xiaomi 12 84 iPhone 13 Pro 77 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation Xiaomi 12 82 iPhone 13 Pro 86Value for money
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Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: Xiaomi 12 vs iPhone 13 ProDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.28 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 419 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1100 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.2% | 86% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 510 Hz |
| Response time | - | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Design and build
| Height | 152.7 mm (6.01 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 69.9 mm (2.75 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.16 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 180 gramm (6.35 oz) | 204 gramm (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black Blue Pink | Black Silver Gold Blue Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | No |
Performance
Tests of Xiaomi 12 and Apple iPhone 13 Pro in the benchmarks| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max. clock | 3000 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 | - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.24 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2236 GFLOPS | - |
| RAM size | 8 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 256 GB | 128 256 512 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) Xiaomi 12 1252 iPhone 13 Pro +37% 1716 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) Xiaomi 12 3850 iPhone 13 Pro +23% 4728 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Xiaomi 12 +20% 966255 iPhone 13 Pro 805098| CPU | 218182 | 208246 |
| GPU | 399246 | 322246 |
| Memory | 171958 | 131426 |
| UX | 170121 | 135941 |
| Total score | 966255 | 805098 |
| Stability | 57% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | 56 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9069 | 9515 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 13099 | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16) |
| ROM | MIUI 13 | - |
| OS size | - | 15.2 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 3095 mAh |
| Charge power | 67 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (87% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:46 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:04 hr | 13:06 hr |
| Watching video | 13:03 hr | 16:46 hr |
| Gaming | 04:49 hr | 05:51 hr |
| Standby | 70 hr | 117 hr |
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 3 (50 MP + 13 MP + 5 MP) | 4 (12 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP + 0 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.56" Sony IMX766 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.5 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.9 micron - Sensor: 1/1.66" Sony IMX703 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 77 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 13 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/3.06" OmniVision OV13B10 (CMOS) | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Phase autofocus |
| Macro lens | - 5 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 50 mm - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization | - |
| Depth lens | - | Yes |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.7 microns | - |
| Sensor type | CMOS | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality Xiaomi 12 131 iPhone 13 Pro +10% 144 Video quality Xiaomi 12 95 iPhone 13 Pro +25% 119 Generic camera score Xiaomi 12 123 iPhone 13 Pro +11% 137Connectivity
| 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 | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo NAVIC | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo QZSS |
| 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* | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2021 | September 2021 |
| Release date | December 2021 | September 2021 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
Conclusion
If the software battery life camera design and sound are more important to you then choose the Apple iPhone 13 Pro. But if the performance and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12.
Cast your vote
So which phone would you choose? Xiaomi 12 35 (72.9%) Apple iPhone 13 Pro 13 (27.1%) Vote Total votes: 48Related comparisons
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