Apple iPhone SE (2020) vs iPhone 11
49
out of 100
VS
56
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 4.7-inch Apple iPhone SE (2020) (with Apple A13 Bionic) that was released on April 15, 2020, against the Apple iPhone 11, which is powered by the same chip and came out 7 months 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 SE (2020)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Better grip in hands – the body is 8.4 mm narrower
- Weighs 46 grams less
- The phone is 7 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 11
- Comes with 1289 mAh larger battery capacity: 3110 vs 1821 mAh
- Has a 1.4 inches larger screen size
- Shows 34% longer battery life (22:24 vs 16:40 hours)
- Thinner bezels – 14.6% more screen real estate
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Has 33% more RAM: 4GB versus 3GB
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 4.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 750 x 1334 pixels | 828 x 1792 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 326 ppi | 326 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 625 nits | 625 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 65.3% | 79.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.9% | 99.8% |
| PWM | Not detected | Not detected |
| Response time | 29 ms | 24.8 ms |
| Contrast | 2457:1 | 999:1 |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 11
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
iPhone SE (2020)
4.7″ (16:9 ratio) = 9.4 in2
~49% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 138.4 mm (5.45 inches) | 150.9 mm (5.94 inches) |
| Width | 67.3 mm (2.65 inches) | 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 148 g (5.22 oz) | 194 g (6.84 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Red | White, Black, Green, Red, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Apple A13 Bionic | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2650 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| CPU cores | 6 (2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Apple A13 Bionic GPU | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1230 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~629.8 GFLOPS | ~629.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 13772 | 13651 |
| Single-core score | 1680 | 1770 |
| Multi-core score | 3671 | 4173 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 292054 | 296803 |
| GPU | 222419 | 301818 |
| Memory | 149701 | 149834 |
| UX | 369183 | 353396 |
| Total score | 1033357 | 1101851 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [36 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 67% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | 12 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Section 2 | 9 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | 6 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2275 | 2564 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 65% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1768 | 2001 |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPhone SE (2020)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-02 (runrey) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 833 / 1454 |
| 📘 2023-11-13 (Guest #1) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 13772 |
| 📘 2023-11-13 (Guest #2) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1738 / 3119 |
| 📘 2023-10-05 (Antonio) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1680 / 3671 |
Apple iPhone 11
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Евгений :)) | AnTuTu 11 | 1178640 |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (nuri) | AnTuTu 11 | 1133524 |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1090244 |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1090244 |
| 📘 2026-08-04 (Feonton) | AnTuTu 11 | 915377 |
Memory
| RAM size | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) | iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| OS size | 8.4 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 1821 mAh | 3110 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes, Qi (7.5 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 60 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:32 hr | 1:45 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:52 hr | 08:46 hr |
| Watching video | 10:09 hr | 13:37 hr |
| Gaming | 03:33 hr | 04:58 hr |
| Standby | 79 hr | 110 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Quad LED | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 28 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Apple iSight Camera | Apple iSight Camera |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 55 |
| Preview | - | 73 |
| Zoom | - | 63 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Apple iPhone SE (2020) from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 11 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 7 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3088 x 2320 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 32 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 103 | 114 |
| Video | 122 | 135 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | No | No |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 16 | 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | April 2020 | September 2019 |
| Release date | April 2020 | September 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | $699 |
| Successor | - Apple iPhone 16e | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.98 W/kg | 0.95 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 5 W | - |
*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 11 is definitely a better buy.
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