Xiaomi 12S vs Oppo Find X9
Compared 2 smartphones : Xiaomi 12S Manufactured in July, 2022, with display 6.28 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, vs Oppo Find X9, Manufactured in October, 2025 with chipsetMediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Key Differences
Reasons to choose Xiaomi 12S
- Lighter design: 182g vs 203g
Reasons to choose Oppo Find X9
- Larger display: 6.59in
- Higher pixel density: 460ppi
- Higher battery capacity: 7025mAh vs 4500mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version: 6.0 vs 5.2
- Built-in eSIM
Versions
| Memory Options | - 8/128 GB - 8/256 GB - 12/256 GB - 12/512 GB |
- 12/256 GB - 12/512 GB - 16/256 GB - 16/512 GB - 16/1024 GB |
Review
Display
Color accuracy, sharpness & brightness
Camera
Main & front camera tests
Performance
App & system performance
Games
3D gaming performance
Battery
Battery life, charging speed & type
Connectivity
Connectivity features
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Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.28 in | 6.59 in |
| Resolution | 1080x2400 pixels | 1256x2760 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| Pixel density | 419 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max brightness | 500 nits | 1800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch Sampling Rate | 480 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.3 % | 90.4 % |
| Features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC dimming |
Design & Build
| Height | 152.7 mm (6.01 in) | 157 mm (6.18 in) |
| Width | 69.9 mm (2.75 in) | 73.9 mm (2.91 in) |
| Thickness | 8.16 mm (0.32 in) | 8 mm (0.31 in) |
| Weight | 182 g (6.42 oz) | 203 g (7.16 oz) |
| Water resistance | No | IP69 |
| Cooling system | n/a | Vapor chamber |
| Back panel | Glass | Glass |
| Frame | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | - White - Green - Purple |
- White - Black - Gray - Red |
| Fingerprint sensor | Yes In-Display | Yes, In-Display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | MediaTek Dimensity 9500 |
| Max Frequency | 3190 MHz | 4210 MHz |
| CPU Cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4/2 (Cortex-A510) - 3/2.75 (Cortex-A710) - 1/3.2 (Cortex-X2) |
- 4/2.7 (C1-Pro) - 3/3.5 (C1-Premium) - 1/4.21 (C1-Ultra) |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Transistor Size | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Neural Processor | Hexagon | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| GPU Cores | 1024 | 1536 |
| GPU Frequency | 900 MHz | 1716 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1843.2 GFLOPS | 5271.5 GFLOPS |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 1836 | 3291 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 4622 | 9664 |
| CPU | 326540 | 1017782 |
| GPU | 470277 | 1439021 |
| Memory | 191951 | 681095 |
| UX | 236618 | 763877 |
| NanoReview Score | 1225350 | 3901775 |
| Stability | 65 % | n/a |
| Graphics Test | 61 fps | n/a |
| Graphics Score | 10272 | n/a |
| Writing score | 16026 | n/a |
| Web score | 11897 | n/a |
| Video editing | 7465 | n/a |
| Data manipulation | 9954 | n/a |
| NanoReview Score | 13652 | n/a |
Memory
| RAM Size | - 8 GB - 12 GB |
12 GB |
| Memory Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 3200 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage Capacity | - 128 GB - 256 GB - 512 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory Card | No | No |
Software
| OS | Android 12 | Android 16 |
| UI Skin | MIUI 13 | ColorOS 16 |
Battery
| Volume | 4500 mAh | 7025 mAh |
| Max Charging Power | 67 W | 80 W |
| Battery Type | Li-Po | Silicon Carbon (Si/C) |
| Removable | No | No |
| Wireless Charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse Charging | Yes (Wireless) | Yes, (Wireless) |
| Fast Charging | Yes (33% in 10 min) | Yes |
| Full Charge Time | 0:50 h | n/a |
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Photo resolution | 8192x6144 pixels | 8192x6144 pixels |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K Recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K Recording | Yes (Up to 60 fps) | Yes (Up to 120 fps) |
| 1080p Recording | Yes (Up to 60 fps) | Yes (Up to 60 fps) |
| Slow Motion | 1920 fps (720p) | 480 fps (720p) |
| Wide-angle lens | 123 ° | 120 ° |
| Lenses count | Standard: 50 MP Ultra-wide: 13 MP Macro: 5 MP |
Standard: 50 MP Telephoto: 50 MP Ultra-wide: 50 MP |
| Features | - Bokeh effect - Pro mode |
- Bokeh effect - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Matrix | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.65 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX707 | Sony LYT-808 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28 | 1/1.4 |
| Pixel size | 1.22 μm | 1.12 μm |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Matrix | n/a | 50 MP |
| Aperture | n/a | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | n/a | 73 mm |
| Sensor | n/a | Sony LYT-600 |
| Sensor size | n/a | 1/1.95 |
| Pixel size | n/a | 0.5 μm |
| Stabilization | n/a | Optical |
| Matrix | 13 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06 | 1/2.76 |
| Pixel size | 1.12 μm | 0.64 μm |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Front camera
| Matrix | 32 MP | 32 MP |
| Photo resolution | 6528x4896 pixels | n/a |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/3 | 1/2.74 |
| Pixel size | 0.7 μm | 0.8 μm |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 fps | 2160p (4K) at 60 fps |
| TOF 3D sensor | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi version | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 6.0 |
| 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 - NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared Port | Yes | Yes |
| SIM Count* | 2 | 2 |
| SIM Type | Nano | Nano |
| SIM Mode | Dual SIM Standby | Dual SIM Standby |
| eSIM Support * | No | Yes |
| Hybrid Slot | No | No |
| 2G Bands | GSM B2 / B3 / B5 / B8 | GSM 850/900/1800MHz |
| 3G Bands | WCDMA B1 / B2 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B8 / B19 | WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 |
| LTE Bands* | LTE (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B18/B19/B26/B34/B38/B39/B40/B41/B42) | LTE (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B66) |
| LTE category | 20 | n/a |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | n/a |
| 3.5 mm Jack | No | No |
| FM Radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Other
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | July, 2022 yr | October, 2025 yr |
| Release Date | July, 2022 yr | October, 2025 yr |
| Launch Price ($) | 600 | n/a |
| MSRP ($) | n/a | 999 |
| Sensors | - Proximity Sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor - Compass - Fingerprint sensor |
- Proximity Sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor - Compass - Fingerprint sensor |
| Charger Included | Yes 67 W | Yes, 80 W |
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Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Oppo Find X9 the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 9