CAT S42 vs Xiaomi 12S

At a glance

Brand: Cat; Xiaomi
Release date: July 2020, 5 years 10 months ago; July 2022, 3 years 10 months ago
AnTuTu: 50.300 Antutu v8 Overall performance better than 49% of devices; 1.412.647 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 88% of devices

Size: 5.5"; 6.28"
Resolution: 720 x 1440 px HD+; 1080 x 2400 px FHD+
Type: LCD IPS; AMOLED Samsung
Density: 294 ppi Medium Density; 418 ppi Very high density
Aspect ratio: 18:9; 20:9
Features: Without Notch, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, Color LED Notifications, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Capacitive, Multi-touch; Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 480 Hz, Peak brightness - 1100 cd/m², 5000000:1 contrast ratio, HDR10+, DCI-P3, DC dimming, 12 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Dual Edge display, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless

Chipset: MediaTek Helio A20 (MT6761D); Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1
CPU: 4x Cortex A53 1.8 GHz; 1x3.2 GHz Cortex X2 +3x2.8 GHz Cortex A710 + 4x2.0 GHz Cortex A510
CPU type: Quad-Core; Octa-Core
Process: 12 nm; 4 nm
Frequency: 1.8 GHz; 3.2 GHz
GPU: PowerVR GE8300; Qualcomm Adreno 730 875 MHz
RAM: 3 GB; 8 GB
64-bit: Yes; Yes
RAM type: —; RAM LPDDR5

Resolution: 13 Mpx; 50 Mpx
Aperture: ƒ/ 2.0; ƒ/ 1.9
Flash: LED; Dual LED
Optical stabilization: No; Yes
Slow motion: No, 30 fps; Yes, 1920 fps
Features: Digital zoom, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer; Flicker sensor, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
Sensor: —; Sony IMX707
Pixel size: —; 1.22 µm
Sensor size: —; 1/1.28"

Dimensions: 77.2 mm 161.3 mm 12.7 mm Print 3D Model; 69.9 mm 152.7 mm 8.2 mm Print 3D Model
Weight: 220 g; 182 g
Materials: Rugged Smartphone, Aluminium alloy; Aluminium alloy
Colors: Black Orange; Black White Green Purple Ish
Water/dust resistance: IP68, MIL-STD-810G; —
Usable surface: 66 %; 89 %

Operating system: Android 10 Q Android 10; Android 12 Snow Cone MIUI V13 (Android 12)
Google services: With Google Mobile Services; Without Google Mobile services
Updates: —; OS updates: 3 years, Security updates: 4 years

SIM: Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM); Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption; Bluetooth 5.2 LELow energy consumption
Bluetooth profiles: A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy); A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
Wi-Fi: 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac; 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
Wi-Fi features: Wi-Fi Hotspot; Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
USB features: Charging, OTG; Charging, OTG
Navigation: GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo; A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
USB: —; USB Type-C

4G LTE: B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700); B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B18 (800), B19 (800), B26 (850), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500)
3G: B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900); B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
2G: B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900); CDMA BC0 (800), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
5G: —; n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700)