Xiaomi Mi 8 vs Xiaomi 12T Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi Mi 8

Xiaomi Mi 8

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Xiaomi 12T

Xiaomi 12T

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Xiaomi Mi 8 or Xiaomi 12T Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi Mi 8 Xiaomi 12T
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Release date 2018, May 2022, October 04
Dimensions (HxWxD) 154.9 x 74.8 x 7.6 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 2.94 in 163.1 x 75.9 x 8.6 mm | 6.42 x 6.42 x 2.99 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 202 g | 7.13 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame (7000 series) Aluminium alloy
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Colors Black, Blue, White, Gold Black, Silver, Blue
Battery 3400 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh, Li-Polymer, non-removable
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 68B
Screen size 6.21" in 6.67" in
Screen area 97.1 cm2 107.4 cm2
Screen format 19:9 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.8% 86.7%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2248 px 1220 x 2712 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 402 PPI 446 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-DCI-P3
- 120Hz
-HDR10+
-500 nits (typ)
-900 nits (peak)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 108 MP, Triple
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, 4-axis OIS, dual pixel PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.4, 56mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, AF, 2x optical zoom
-108 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.67", 0.64µm, PDAF, OIS
-8 MP, f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/4", 1.12µm
-2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Functions Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/120/240fps, 720p@960fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR
DxOMark Main Score 99 115
DxOMark Photo 105 120
DxOMark Video 88 127
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Single 20 MP, Single
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9µm 20 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/3.47", 0.8µm
Functions HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30/60fps, HDR

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 10.1 Android 12, MIUI 13
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - MediaTek Dimensity 8100-Ultra
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - Octa-core (4x2.85 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Adreno 630 Mali-G610 MC6
External memory No No
Internal memory 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 842580
Antutu 10 CPU 255041
Antutu 10 GPU 203438
Antutu 10 Mem 182148
Antutu 10 UX 255041
Antutu 9 Total 815009
Antutu 8 Total 353884
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 491
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1684
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2045
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1921
GeekBench 5 Single Core 447 753
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1898 2990
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2280
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8242
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13089
GeekBench 4 Battery 3965

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE
-5G - SA/NSA
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC (L5)
NFC Yes Yes (market/region dependent)
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.3, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.09 W/kg (head) 1.09 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No No
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 24-bit/192kHz audio

Other features

Sensors - Infrared face recognition, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 4.0+)

- Fast charging 120W, 100% in 19 min

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