Realme C35 vs Apple iPhone 11
40
out of 100
VS
56
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.6-inch Realme C35 (with Unisoc Tiger T616) that was released on February 10, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 11, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 2 years and 6 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 Realme C35
- Comes with 1890 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3110 mAh
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 23% higher pixel density (400 vs 324 PPI)
- The phone is 2 years and 6 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 11
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 2.7x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1101K versus 402K)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Optical image stabilization
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A13 Bionic
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
- Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (676 against 561 nits)
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 | 6.6 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2408 pixels | 828 x 1792 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 400 ppi | 324 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 450 nits | 625 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 180 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.6% | 79.9% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 96% | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | 37 ms | 24.8 ms |
| Contrast | 975:1 | 999:1 |
Screen space comparison
Realme C35
6.6″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
iPhone 11
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.4 mm (6.47 inches) | 150.9 mm (5.94 inches) |
| Width | 75.6 mm (2.98 inches) | 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 189 g (6.67 oz) | 194 g (6.84 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green | White, Black, Green, Red, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Unisoc Tiger T616 | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2000 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75 |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G57 MP1 | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| GPU shading units | 32 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 750 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~48 GFLOPS | ~629.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 13651 |
| Single-core score | 431 | 1770 |
| Multi-core score | 1433 | 4173 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 156395 | 296803 |
| GPU | 18001 | 301818 |
| Memory | 111246 | 149834 |
| UX | 117212 | 353396 |
| Total score | 402854 | 1101851 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [36 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2564 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 70% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2001 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7283 | - |
| Video editing | 4707 | - |
| Photo editing | 11801 | - |
| Data manipulation | 5757 | - |
| Writing score | 10201 | - |
Recent User Tests
Realme C35
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-24 (Sealme C35) | AnTuTu 11 | 402854 |
| 📘 2024-01-10 (Abarrera7) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 431 / 1433 |
Apple iPhone 11
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 13778 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1788 / 4241 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | AnTuTu 11 | 1115933 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Deni) | AnTuTu 11 | 824750 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Евгений :)) | AnTuTu 11 | 1178640 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | Realme UI T Edition | - |
| OS size | 18 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3110 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 60 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:12 hr | 1:45 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 08:46 hr |
| Watching video | - | 13:37 hr |
| Gaming | - | 04:58 hr |
| Standby | - | 110 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Macro: 2 MP 3) Depth: 0.3 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | - | Apple iSight Camera |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| 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 11 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 720p at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 114 |
| Video | - | 135 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 7 | 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Budget | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | September 2019 |
| Release date | February 2022 | September 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $160 | $699 |
| Successor | - Realme C85 | - |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.95 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 18 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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Total votes: 52