Well, it's up against the iPhone SE, which has the same size, same weight and the same processor. [1]
[1] https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphone13m...
https://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/Apple-iPhone-12-mini,...
I had the previous SE from years back and it's still my preferred size, the current mini is significantly bigger than it.
As an aside, I had to switch to the 12 mini as the old SE started becoming unusable due to its age. I did switch to a Pixel 4a temporarily but that was too big for what I wanted and traded it in as soon as I could.