Xiaomi 12 Pro vs OnePlus 10T 5G
79
out of 100
VS
79
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 12 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on December 28, 2021, against the OnePlus 10T 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12 Pro
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- 32% higher pixel density (521 vs 394 PPI)
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Delivers 28% higher peak brightness (1055 against 826 nits)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Reverse charging feature
- 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1642 and 1385 points
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 10T 5G
- Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
- Shows 29% longer battery life (33:09 vs 25:40 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (150W versus 120W)
- 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1283K versus 1162K)
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
- The phone is 7-months newer
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
Value for money
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1080 x 2412 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20.1:9 |
| PPI | 521 ppi | 394 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 970 nits | 600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1500 nits | 950 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.6% | 87.9% |
| Display features |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 367 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 163 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 75.4 mm (2.97 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 204 g (7.2 oz) | 203.5 g (7.18 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP54 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green, Pink | Black, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 3190 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 900 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2512.8 GFLOPS | ~2764.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 310850 | 361831 |
| GPU | 404697 | 492051 |
| Memory | 206389 | 180840 |
| UX | 238519 | 239560 |
| Total score | 1162829 | 1283297 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 41.2 °C | 48.6 °C |
| Stability | 68% | 95% |
| Graphics test | 55 FPS | 62 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9302 | 10407 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11824 | - |
| Video editing | 7637 | - |
| Photo editing | 29183 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9393 | - |
| Writing score | 14790 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 8, 12 GB | 8, 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128, 256 GB | 128, 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | MIUI 13 | OxygenOS 13 |
| OS size | 26.5 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | 4800 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 150 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 8 min) | Yes (68% in 13 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:21 hr | 0:19 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:57 hr | 11:17 hr |
| Watching video | 10:04 hr | 16:57 hr |
| Gaming | 05:05 hr | 05:37 hr |
| Standby | 89 hr | 97 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | - |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | 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) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 119° |
| Lenses | 3 (50 MP + 50 MP + 50 MP) | 3 (50 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/1.28", Sony IMX707 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.56", Sony IMX766 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 48 mm - Pixel size: 0.64 micron - Sensor: 1/2.76", Samsung JN1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
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| Ultra-wide lens |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 14 mm - Pixel size: 0.64 micron - Sensor: 1/2.76", Samsung JN1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) |
- 8 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 1.12 micron |
| Macro lens | - |
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 |
| Camera features |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark | - |
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4920 x 3264 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.7 microns | 1 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | ISOCELL CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" | 1/3.1" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
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 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC * | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM * | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support * | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat * | 20 | 20 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2021 | August 2022 |
| Release date | December 2021 | August 2022 |
| Sensors |
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 150 W |
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Disclaimer!
NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display and camera are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 12 Pro . But if the gaming, battery life, software, and design are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 10T 5G .
