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Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE vs Apple iPhone 11

52 out of 100
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
VS
57 out of 100
Apple iPhone 11
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Apple iPhone 11

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.55-inch Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G) that was released on September 15, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 11, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 2 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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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
  • Comes with 1140 mAh larger battery capacity: 4250 vs 3110 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • Delivers 19% higher peak brightness (802 against 675 nits)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 23% higher pixel density (402 vs 326 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 11
  • 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1101K versus 791K)
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (22:24 vs 20:31 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 75% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1770 and 1012 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE and Apple iPhone 11 crucial features
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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6 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
37.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
113.2
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
11 Lite 5G NE
vs
iPhone 11

Display

Type AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 6.55 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 828 x 1792 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 402 ppi 326 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 625 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 800 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.3% 79.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.8%
PWM 373 Hz Not detected
Response time 3.4 ms 24.8 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 999:1
Screen space comparison
11 Lite 5G NE
6.55″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
iPhone 11
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
11 Lite 5G NE +19%
802 nits
iPhone 11
675 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) 150.9 mm (5.94 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 75.7 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 6.8 mm (0.27 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 158 g (5.57 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Pink White, Black, Green, Red, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Screen-to-body ratio
11 Lite 5G NE +7%
85.3%
iPhone 11
79.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE and Apple iPhone 11
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Apple A13 Bionic
Max clock 2400 MHz 2650 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)		 - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder
- 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 642L Apple A13 Bionic GPU
GPU shading units 512 256
GPU clock 550 MHz 1230 MHz
FLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS ~629.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE and Apple iPhone 11
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
11 Lite 5G NE
1012
iPhone 11 +75%
1770
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11 Lite 5G NE
2801
iPhone 11 +49%
4173
Compute Score (GPU)
11 Lite 5G NE
2311
iPhone 11 +491%
13651
Compute Score (GPU) 2311 13651
Single-core score 1012 1770
Multi-core score 2801 4173
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
11 Lite 5G NE
791030
iPhone 11 +39%
1101851
CPU 322951 296803
GPU 100623 301818
Memory 153686 149834
UX 213770 353396
Total score 791030 1101851
Samples [12 tests] [36 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Graphics score 226 -
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
11 Lite 5G NE
688
iPhone 11 +191%
2001
Stability 99% 70%
Graphics test 4 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 688 2001
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8806 -
Video editing 6423 -
Photo editing 22314 -
Data manipulation 8898 -
Writing score 13001 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-17 -> tosainoCPU Throttle88%
📘 2026-04-13 -> tosainoAnTuTu792686
📘 2026-03-18 (Vynx)AnTuTu738260
📘 2026-03-07 (Shornmino)AnTuTu791030
📘 2026-02-08 (Romakalus)AnTuTu807764
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Apple iPhone 11
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-07 (nuri)AnTuTu1133524
📘 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu1090244
📘 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu1090244
📘 2026-08-04 (Feonton)AnTuTu915377
📘 2026-07-16 (Slarpunk)AnTuTu1109501
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 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 14) iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 -
OS size 14.8 GB -
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 4250 mAh 3110 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (60% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:04 hr 1:45 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:37 hr 08:46 hr
Watching video 13:17 hr 13:37 hr
Gaming 04:48 hr 04:58 hr
Standby 100 hr 110 hr
General battery life
11 Lite 5G NE
20:31 hr
iPhone 11 +9%
22:24 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6936 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Quad LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung GW3 Apple iSight Camera
Sensor size 1/1.97" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.4 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
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 20 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 27 mm 23 mm
Sensor CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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 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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5.2 5
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C No
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 20 18
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
11 Lite 5G NE +7%
89.3 dB
iPhone 11
83.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2021 September 2019
Release date October 2021 September 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $320 $699
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
*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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