Xiaomi 12 vs Apple iPhone SE3 (2022) Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi 12

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Apple iPhone SE3 (2022)

Apple iPhone SE3 (2022)

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Xiaomi 12 or Apple iPhone SE3 (2022) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi 12 Apple iPhone SE3 (2022)
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Release date December, 2021 2022, March 08
Dimensions (HxWxD) 152.7 x 69.9 x 8.2 mm | 6.01 x 6.01 x 2.75 in 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm | 5.45 x 5.45 x 2.65 in
Weight 179 g | 6.31 oz 144 g | 5.08 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5) Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame
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Colors Gray, Blue, Purple, Green Black, White, Red
Battery 4500 mAh, Li-Po 2018 mAh, Li-Ion , non-removable
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Screen

Technology AMOLED Retina IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 68B 16M
Screen size 6.28" in 4.7" in
Screen area 95.2 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 20:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 89.2% 65.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2400 px 750 x 1334 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 419 PPI 326 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7 Victus Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - 120Hz
-Dolby Vision
-HDR10+
-1100 nits (peak)
- Wide color gamut
-True-tone
-625 nits (typ)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 50 MP, Triple 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -50 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/1.56", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS
-13 MP, f/2.4, 12mm, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/3.06", 1.12µm
-5 MP, f/2.4, 50mm (telephoto macro), AF
-12 MP, f/1.8 (wide), PDAF, OIS
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 8K@24fps (HDR), 4K@30/60fps (HDR10+), 1080p@30/120/240/960fps, 720p@1920fps, gyro-EIS 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, OIS, stereo sound rec.
DxOMark Main Score 123 118
DxOMark Photo 131 128
DxOMark Video 95 109
Front camera, selfie 32 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 32 MP, f/2.5, 26mm (wide), 0.7µm 7 MP, f/2.2
Functions HDR, panorama HDR
Video 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR 1080p@30/120fps; gyro-EIS

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 11 Red Velvet Cake iOS 15.4, upgradable to iOS 15.4.1
Chipset - Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm) - Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (1x3.00 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.50 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510) - Hexa-core (2x3.22 GHz Avalanche + 4x1.82 GHz Blizzard)
GPU Adreno 730 Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
External memory No No
Internal memory 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 1163966 1153857
Antutu 10 CPU 304568 271012
Antutu 10 GPU 413638 356598
Antutu 10 Mem 212719 213381
Antutu 10 UX 304568 271012
Antutu 9 Total 1030008 723852
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1231 1718
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 4092 4564

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM, dual stand-by (Nano SIM + Nano SIM) Nano-SIM and/or eSIM
Network 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
-3G - B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
-4G - B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B29 (700), B32 (1500), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
-5G - n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66 - A2783, A2784, A2785
-5G - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 66, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A2783, A2784, A2785, A2782
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS. Up to tri-band: GLONASS (1), BDS (3), GALILEO (2), QZSS (2), NavIC Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
NFC Yes (market/region dependent) Yes
USB USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go Lightning, USB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.98 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 1.20 W/kg (head) 1.19 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No No
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Tuned by Harman Kardon

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, proximity, gyro, compass, color spectrum , Infrared port - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, gyro, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast charging 67W, 100% in 39 min
-Fast wireless charging 50W, 100% in 53 min
-Reverse wireless charging 10W
-Power Delivery 3.0
-Quick Charge 4+

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast charging 20W, 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging 7.5W
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Also known as Apple iPhone SE3, Apple iPhone SE (3rd generation)

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