Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max vs iPhone 11 Pro Max
96
out of 100
VS
61
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max (with Apple A20 Pro) that was released on September 9, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 7 years and 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
- 3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3532K versus 1182K)
- Delivers 245% higher peak brightness (2706 against 785 nits)
- Has 3x more RAM: 12GB versus 4GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 1598 mAh larger battery capacity: 5567 vs 3969 mAh
- Shows 44% longer battery life (33:56 vs 23:30 hours)
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (60W versus 18W)
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- The phone is 7 years and 1 month newer
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A20 Pro
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
- Weighs 23 grams less
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.5 inches |
| Resolution | 1320 x 2868 pixels | 1242 x 2688 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 458 ppi | 456 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 3000 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Ceramic Shield 2 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.6% | 84.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.6% |
| PWM | - | 245 Hz |
| Response time | - | 4.9 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 18 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
iPhone 11 Pro Max
6.5″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) | 158 mm (6.22 inches) |
| Width | 78 mm (3.07 inches) | 77.8 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 249 g (8.78 oz) | 226 g (7.97 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue, Burgundy | Silver, Gold, Gray, Dark gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Apple A20 Pro | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Max clock | 4930 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| CPU cores | 6 (2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.64 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.93 GHz: |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 2 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | 7 core Apple GPU | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| GPU shading units | 896 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1620 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2903 GFLOPS | ~629.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 64226 | 14182 |
| Single-core score | 4725 | 1748 |
| Multi-core score | 12575 | 4187 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 965645 | 353295 |
| GPU | 1391269 | 306685 |
| Memory | 418826 | 131245 |
| UX | 756464 | 391689 |
| Total score | 3532204 | 1182914 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [4 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 79% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2646 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2068 |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-19 (Bears lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 3651257 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (zsc) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 4047 / 11701 |
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-11-09 (Quankun) | AnTuTu 11 | 1110601 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (Phzinho) | AnTuTu 11 | 1190389 |
| 📘 2026-04-26 -> Raxxxy | AnTuTu 11 | 1182914 |
| 📘 2026-04-26 (RAXXXY) | AnTuTu 11 | 1182914 |
| 📘 2026-02-12 (Absl) | AnTuTu 11 | 1174939 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | - |
| Channels | 3 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iOS 27 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27.2) | iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27.2) |
| OS updates | 7 years | - |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5567 mAh | 3969 mAh |
| Max charge power | 60 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (25 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (81% in 30 min) | Yes (48% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:55 hr | 1:57 hr |
| Web browsing | 14:13 hr | 08:51 hr |
| Watching video | 22:52 hr | 14:18 hr |
| Gaming | 08:36 hr | 05:41 hr |
| Standby | 146 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#24th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8064 x 6048 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 4x | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.5 - 4.0 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX905 | Apple iSight Camera |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.8 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 100 mm | 52 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX973 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX972 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 65 |
| Preview | - | 76 |
| Zoom | - | 88 |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 18 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4896 x 3672 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 20 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX914 | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 115 |
| Video | - | 134 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 6.0 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| DisplayPort | Yes | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | - | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | eSIM | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2026 | September 2019 |
| Release date | September 2026 | September 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $1099 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.95 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | - |
*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 Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.
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