Home Phone comparison Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo - Which is better?

Xiaomi 14 Ultra vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo

87 out 100
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
VS
66 out 100
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo

Compared 2 smartphones : Xiaomi 14 Ultra Manufactured in February, 2024, with display 6.73 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo, Manufactured in March, 2023with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery Life
  6. Cameras
  7. Comments (0)

Key Differences

Device key advantages
Reasons to choose Xiaomi 14 Ultra
  • Larger display: 6.73in
  • Higher pixel density: 522ppi
  • Newer Bluetooth version: 5.4 vs 5.3
  • Supports newer USB: 3.2 vs 2
  • Supports DisplayPort
Reasons to choose Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
  • Lighter design: 181g vs 219.8g

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Memory Options - 12/256 GB
- 16/512 GB
- 16/1024 GB		 - 8/256 GB
- 12/256 GB
- 12/512 GB
- 16/256 GB
- 16/1024 GB

Review

Key Specs Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
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
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview
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Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Smartphones:
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
vs
Redmi Note 12 Turbo

Display

Display quality comparison
Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.73 in 6.67 in
Resolution 1440x3200 pixels 1080x2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
Pixel density 522 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max brightness 3000 nits 500 nits
HDR support Yes Dolby Vision Yes Dolby Vision
Touch Sampling Rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9 % 88.9 %
Features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming
Display test
Peak brightness (auto)
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
1269 nits
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
961 nits
sRGB gamut98.9 %n/a
PWM (Flicker)120 Hzn/a
Response time1 msn/a
Contrast∞ Infiniten/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [Xiaomi 14 Ultra]

Design & Build

Design and ergonomics comparison
Height 161.4 mm (6.35 in) 161.11 mm (6.34 in)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 in) 74.95 mm (2.95 in)
Thickness 9.2 mm (0.36 in) 7.9 mm (0.31 in)
Weight 219.8 g (7.75 oz) 181 g (6.38 oz)
Water resistance IP68 IP53
Cooling system Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Back panel Glass Plastic
Frame Metal Plastic
Colors - White
- Black		 - White
- Black
- Blue
Fingerprint sensor Yes In-Display Yes In-Button
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
89.9 %
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
88.9 %

Performance

Testing Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo In benchmarks
Processor
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Max Frequency 3300 MHz 2910 MHz
CPU Cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 2/2.27 (Cortex-A520)
- 2/2.96 (Cortex-A720)
- 3/3.15 (Cortex-A720)
- 1/3.3 (Cortex-X4)		 - 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
- 3/2.49 (Cortex-A710)
- 1/2.91 (Cortex-X2)
Process TSMC TSMC
Transistor Size 4 nm 4 nm
Neural Processor Hexagon Yes
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 725
GPU Cores 1536 1024
GPU Frequency 903-1000 MHz 580 MHz
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 1187.8 GFLOPS
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
2197
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
1668
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
7058
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
4480
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)21971668
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)70584480
Geekbench Compute (GPU)16435n/a
Sources: Geekbench v6 [Xiaomi 14 Ultra]
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
2019519
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
1136856
CPU436541345102
GPU840663352921
Memory431435206543
UX328880232290
NanoReview Score20195191136856
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
15437
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
7657
Max Surface Temp.47.7 °Cn/a
Stability86 %97 %
Graphics Test92 fps45 fps
Graphics Score154377657
Sources: 3DMark [Xiaomi 14 Ultra], [Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo]
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
16417
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
n/a
Writing score19642n/a
Web score14876n/a
Video editing7929n/a
Data manipulation15903n/a
NanoReview Score16417n/a

Memory

RAM
RAM Size - 12 GB
- 16 GB		 - 8 GB
- 12 GB
- 16 GB
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage Capacity- 256 GB
- 512 GB
- 1024 GB		- 256 GB
- 512 GB
- 1024 GB
Storage TypeUFS 4.0UFS 3.1
Memory CardNoNo

Software

OS Android 14 (Upgradeable to Android 15) Android 13
OS Size 31 GB n/a
UI Skin HyperOS 2.0 MIUI 14

Battery

Volume 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max Charging Power 90 W 67 W
Battery Type Li-Po Li-Po
Removable No No
Wireless Charging Yes (80 W) No
Reverse Charging Yes (Wireless) No
Fast Charging Yes (52% in 15 min) Yes (83% in 30 min)
Full Charge Time 0:34 h 0:47 h
Battery Life Test
Battery Life
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
22:08
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
21:06
Web Browsing09:23 h08:02 h
Video Playback12:26 h12:53 h
Games04:35 h05:35 h
Standby Mode109 h104 h

Main camera

Matrix 50 MP 64 MP
Photo resolution 8192x6144 pixels 9248x6936 pixels
Zoom Optical, 5x Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K Recording Yes (Up to 30 fps) No
4K Recording Yes (Up to 120 fps) Yes (Up to 30 fps)
1080p Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
Slow Motion 1920 fps (1080p) 240 fps (720p)
Wide-angle lens 122 ° 120 °
Lenses count Standard: 50 MP
Telephoto: 50 MP
Telephoto: 50 MP
Ultra-wide: 50 MP
Depth		 Standard: 64 MP
Ultra-wide: 8 MP
Macro: 2 MP
Features - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
Main lens
Matrix50 MP64 MP
Aperturef/1.6 - 4.0f/1.8
Focal length23 mmn/a
SensorSony LYT-900OmniVision OV64B40
Sensor size1/1.01/2
Pixel size1.6 μm0.7 μm
AutofocusLaser autofocusPhase autofocus
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Telephoto
Matrix50 MPn/a
Aperturef/1.8n/a
Focal length120 mmn/a
SensorSony IMX858n/a
Sensor size1/2.51n/a
Pixel size0.7 μmn/a
StabilizationOpticaln/a
Ultra-wide lens
Matrix50 MP8 MP
Aperturef/1.8f/2.2
Focal length12 mmn/a
SensorSony IMX858Sony IMX355
Sensor size1/2.511/4
Pixel size0.7 μm1.12 μm
StabilizationDigitalDigital
Main camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
144
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
n/a
Video quality
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
150
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
n/a
Overall camera score
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
149
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
n/a
Bokeh75n/a
Preview83n/a
Zoom160n/a
Sources: DxOMark [Xiaomi 14 Ultra]

Front camera

Matrix 32 MP 16 MP
Photo resolution 6528x4896 pixels 4608x3456 pixels
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.5
Focal length 22 mm n/a
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.14 1/3.1
Pixel size 0.7 μm 1.12 μm
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 fps 1080p (Full HD) at 60 fps
TOF 3D sensor No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes DP 1.2 n/a
GPS - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC		 - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared Port Yes Yes
Connectivity
SIM Count*22
SIM TypeNanoNano
SIM ModeDual SIM StandbyDual SIM Standby
eSIM Support *NoNo
Hybrid SlotNoNo
2G BandsGSM 2/3/5/8GSM B3/B5/B8
3G BandsWCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19WCDMA B1/B5/B6/B8/B19
LTE Bands*LTE (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B18/B19/B20/B26/B28/B38/B40/B41/B42/B48/B66)LTE (B1/B3/B5/B8/B19/B34/B38/B39/B40/B41/B42)
LTE category2020
5G SupportYesYes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
3.5 mm Jack No Yes
FM Radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speaker Test
Max Volume
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
90.3 dB
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
n/a

Other

Class Flagship Mid-range
Announced February, 2024 yr March, 2023 yr
Release Date February, 2024 yr March, 2023 yr
Launch Price ($) 1499 400
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor		 - Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
Charger Included Yes 90 W Yes 67 W

Note

Xiaomi 14 Ultra:

The rear cover is available in glass or eco-leather, while the frame can be aluminum or titanium. The front glass is either Xiaomi Shield Glass or Xiaomi Longjing Glass.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo:

This is the Chinese version of the Poco F5.

* Attention! Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Xiaomi 14 Ultra the clear winner in this comparison.

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