Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro 5G vs 12 Pro
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Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro 5G Xiaomi 12 Pro
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695) that was released on February 28 2022 against the Xiaomi 12 Pro which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 2 months before. 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 Poco X4 Pro 5G
- Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
- Shows 22% longer battery life (31:06 vs 25:27 hours)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Comes with 400 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4600 mAh
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12 Pro
- 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1003K versus 388K)
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- 32% higher pixel density (521 vs 395 PPI)
- Delivers 39% higher peak brightness (1051 against 754 nits)
- Supports wireless charging up to 50W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Optical image stabilization
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness Poco X4 Pro 5G 83 12 Pro 95 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games Poco X4 Pro 5G 49 12 Pro 93 Battery Battery life charging type and speed Poco X4 Pro 5G 79 12 Pro 75 Camera Photo and video recording quality Poco X4 Pro 5G 56 12 Pro 79 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission Poco X4 Pro 5G 77 12 Pro 84 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation Poco X4 Pro 5G 68 12 Pro 84
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: Poco X4 Pro 5G vs 12 Pro
Display
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.73 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1440 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 521 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 970 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1500 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86% | 89.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Display tests | RGB color space | 89.4% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 479 Hz | 367 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) Poco X4 Pro 5G 754 nits 12 Pro +39% 1051 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3] [4]
Design and build
| Height | 164.19 mm (6.46 inches) | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 76.1 mm (3 inches) | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.12 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 205 gramm (7.23 oz) | 204 gramm (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black Blue Yellow | Black Blue Green Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in home button | Yes in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio Poco X4 Pro 5G 86% 12 Pro +4% 89.6%
Performance
Tests of Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro 5G and Xiaomi 12 Pro in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max. clock | 2200 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.7 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78) | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | - | 6 MB |
| Lithography process | 6 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 619 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~536 GFLOPS | ~2236 GFLOPS |
Memory | RAM size | 6 8 GB | 8 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
Storage | Storage size | 128 256 GB | 128 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max. size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) Poco X4 Pro 5G 692 12 Pro +80% 1247 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) Poco X4 Pro 5G 2078 12 Pro +88% 3915 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Poco X4 Pro 5G 388314 12 Pro +158% 1003207
| CPU | 120374 | 224894 |
| GPU | 100037 | 435932 |
| Memory | 58771 | 159561 |
| UX | 106756 | 177347 |
| Total score | 388314 | 1003207 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance Poco X4 Pro 5G 1203 12 Pro +675% 9326
| Stability | 99% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 55 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1203 | 9326 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 10064 | 13054 |
AnTuTu Phone Scores Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | Android 12 |
| ROM | MIUI 13 | MIUI 13 |
| OS size | 26 GB | 26.5 GB |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4600 mAh |
| Charge power | 67 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (75% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 8 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:49 hr | 0:21 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | 10:34 hr | 08:48 hr |
| Watching video | 13:33 hr | 10:04 hr |
| Gaming | 06:57 hr | 04:53 hr |
| Standby | 100 hr | 89 hr |
General battery life Poco X4 Pro 5G +22% 31:06 hr 12 Pro 25:27 hr
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 108 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12032 x 9024 | 8700 x 5800 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical 2x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (720p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 118° | 115° |
| Lenses | 3 (108 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP) | 3 (50 MP + 50 MP + 50 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 108 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 0.7 micron - Sensor: 1/1.52" Samsung S5KHM2 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | - 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 |
| 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 |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 1.14 micron - Sensor: 1/2.8" Sony IMX355 (Exmor-RS CMOS) | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 14 mm - Pixel size: 0.64 micron - Sensor: 1/2.76" Samsung JN1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) |
| Macro lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Pixel size: 1.75 micron - Sensor: 1/5" GalaxyCore GC02M1 (CMOS) | - |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 1 microns | 0.7 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" | 1/3.14" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality Poco X4 Pro 5G n/a 12 Pro 141 Video quality Poco X4 Pro 5G n/a 12 Pro 111 Generic camera score Poco X4 Pro 5G n/a 12 Pro 131
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE A2DP | 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 | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo QZSS NAVIC |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
Network | Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test Max. loudness Poco X4 Pro 5G +4% 87.2 dB 12 Pro 84.2 dB
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | December 2021 |
| Release date | March 2022 | December 2021 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
*Disclaimer! NFC GSM network support and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data we think that the Xiaomi 12 Pro is definitely a better buy.
Cast your vote
So which phone would you choose? Xiaomi Poco X4 Pro 5G 8 (66.7%) Xiaomi 12 Pro 4 (33.3%) Vote Total votes:
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