Xiaomi 12 Pro vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro
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Xiaomi 12 Pro Apple iPhone 14 Pro
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 Apple iPhone 14 Pro which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 9 months after. 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 Pro
- Has a 0.63 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1400 mAh larger battery capacity: 4600 vs 3200 mAh
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 13% higher pixel density (521 vs 460 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Shows 42% longer battery life (36:11 vs 25:27 hours)
- Delivers 71% higher peak brightness (1800 against 1051 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Xiaomi
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness 12 Pro 95 iPhone 14 Pro 94 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games 12 Pro 93 iPhone 14 Pro 91 Battery Battery life charging type and speed 12 Pro 75 iPhone 14 Pro 81 Camera Photo and video recording quality 12 Pro 79 iPhone 14 Pro 87 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission 12 Pro 84 iPhone 14 Pro 81 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation 12 Pro 84 iPhone 14 Pro 88
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: 12 Pro vs iPhone 14 Pro
Display
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 521 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 970 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1500 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.6% | 87% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Display tests | RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 367 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) 12 Pro 1051 nits iPhone 14 Pro +71% 1800 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3] [4]
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 147.5 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) | 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 204 gramm (7.2 oz) | 206 gramm (7.27 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black Blue Green Pink | Black Silver Gold Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio 12 Pro +3% 89.6% iPhone 14 Pro 87%
Performance
Tests of Xiaomi 12 Pro and Apple iPhone 14 Pro in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max. clock | 3000 MHz | 3460 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: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | ~2236 GFLOPS | - |
Memory | RAM size | 8 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
Storage | 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) 12 Pro 1247 iPhone 14 Pro +49% 1863 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) 12 Pro 3915 iPhone 14 Pro +37% 5355 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 12 Pro 1003207 iPhone 14 Pro 1000693
| CPU | 224894 | 244651 |
| GPU | 435932 | 425909 |
| Memory | 159561 | 181638 |
| UX | 177347 | 146169 |
| Total score | 1003207 | 1000693 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance 12 Pro 9326 iPhone 14 Pro +6% 9856
| Stability | 67% | 78% |
| Graphics test | 55 FPS | 59 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9326 | 9856 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 13054 | - |
AnTuTu 9 Ranking List Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.0.3) |
| ROM | MIUI 13 | - |
| OS size | 26.5 GB | - |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 4600 mAh | 3200 mAh |
| Charge power | 120 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 (50% in 8 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:21 hr | 1:41 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | 08:48 hr | 12:35 hr |
| Watching video | 10:04 hr | 15:45 hr |
| Gaming | 04:53 hr | 06:02 hr |
| Standby | 89 hr | 120 hr |
General battery life 12 Pro 25:27 hr iPhone 14 Pro +42% 36:11 hr Mobile Phone Battery Life Ranking
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical 2x | 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 | 115° | 120° |
| Lenses | 3 (50 MP + 50 MP + 50 MP) | 4 (48 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP + 0 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 | - 48 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/1.28" - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - 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 | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 77 mm - Sensor: 1/3.5" - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| 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) | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55" - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Depth lens | - | Yes |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.7 microns | - |
| Sensor type | CMOS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality 12 Pro 141 iPhone 14 Pro +1% 143 Video quality 12 Pro 111 iPhone 14 Pro +34% 149 Generic camera score 12 Pro 131 iPhone 14 Pro +11% 146
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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| 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 QZSS NAVIC | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
Network | 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 | 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 12 Pro 84.2 dB iPhone 14 Pro +6% 89.5 dB
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2021 | September 2022 |
| Release date | December 2021 | September 2022 |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
*Disclaimer! NFC GSM network support and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
These smartphones have a lot in common but we would recommend the Apple iPhone 14 Pro. It has a better software battery life camera design and sound.
Cast your vote
So which phone would you choose? Xiaomi 12 Pro 15 (50%) Apple iPhone 14 Pro 15 (50%) Vote Total votes:
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