realme 12 4G vs Xiaomi 17
realme
12 4G
Xiaomi
17
At a glance
- Brand
- realme
- Xiaomi
- Release date
- June 2024, 2 years 1 months ago
- September 2025, 10 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 347.480 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 63% of devices
- 4.027.702 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 99% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.67"
- 6.31"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2400 px FHD+
- 1200 x 2656 px QHD
- Type
- AMOLED
- AMOLED
- Density
- 395 ppi High Density
- 462 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, 107% NTSC, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Peak brightness - 1200 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 1800 cd/m², 5000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 70% NTSC, 83% NTSC, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, 1-120 Hz refresh rate, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, 2160 Hz PWM, TÜV Low Blue Light, Variable refresh rate 1 Hz, Touch sampling rate 300 Hz, Peak brightness - 3500 cd/m², Always-On Display, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, DC dimming, 12 Bits panel (10-bit +2-bit FRC), Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Dragontrail glass, Xiaomi Longjing Glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 (SM6225)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- CPU
- 4x2.8 GHz Cortex A73 + 4x1.9GHz Cortex A53
- 2x4.61 GHz ARM + 6x3.63 GHz ARM
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 6 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 2.8 GHz
- 4.61 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 610
- Adreno 840 1.2 GHz
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.88
- ƒ/ 1.69
- Sensor
- Sony LYT-600
- Omnivision 950 LightHunter
- Pixel size
- 0.70 µm
- 1.20 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.95"
- 1/1.3"
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- Yes
- Slow motion
- Yes, 120 fps
- Yes, 1920 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Front Flash
- Tracking AF, Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode, RAW 14 bits
Front camera
- Resolution
- 16 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.5
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- —
- Omnivision OV50M
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.61 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 5000 mAh
- 6330 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 67.0W
- Yes , 100.0W
- Features
- Non-removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- Wireless charging 50W
- Charge cycles
- —
- 1000 cycles
- Runtime
- —
- ~ 64h
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 2.2
- UFS Storage 4.1
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.5 mm 162.1 mm 7.9 mm Print 3D Model
- 71.8 mm 151.1 mm 8.1 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 190 g
- 191 g
- Materials
- Plastic , Splash resistant design
- Aluminium alloy , Ceramics , Titanium
- Colors
- Green Cyan
- Black Blue Pink Green
- Water/dust resistance
- IP54
- IP68, IP69
- Usable surface
- 87 %
- 88 %
- Drop resistance
- —
- Class A B C D E 270 drops without defects
- Repairability
- —
- Class A B C D E
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake RealmeUI 5.0 (Android 14)
- Android 16 HyperOS 3.X (Android 16)
- Updates
- OS updates: 2 years, Security updates: 3 years
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 5 years
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM / eSIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC, Apt-x Adaptive
- 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) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- 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), B32 (1500), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), 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)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n71 (600), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n84 (2100)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, in screen
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers
- Dolby Atmos, Hi-Res Audio, Stereo Speakers, 4 microphones
- Barometer
- —
- Yes
