Xiaomi 11T Pro vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro

57 out of 100
Xiaomi 11T Pro
VS
71 out of 100
Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 11T Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888) that was released on September 15, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 11T Pro
  • Comes with 1905 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3095 mAh
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 23W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 22% longer battery life (23:32 vs 19:18 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Delivers 26% higher peak brightness (1054 against 834 nits)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 16% higher pixel density (457 vs 395 PPI)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 11T Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
91.0
(Very good)
Value Index
29.9
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 457 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus -
Screen-to-body ratio 85.1% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.5% 99.8%
PWM 490 Hz 510 Hz
Response time 3.4 ms 4.8 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
11T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 13 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
834 nits
1054 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 164.1 mm (6.46 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 7.65 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 204 g (7.2 oz) 204 g (7.2 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Gray, Blue Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Screen-to-body ratio
85.1%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 11T Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 2840 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 660 Apple GPU (5 cores)
GPU shading units 768 640
GPU clock 840 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~1290.2 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 11T Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1469
2450
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3730
6170
Compute Score (GPU)
4642
21903
Compute Score (GPU) 4642 21903
Single-core score 1469 2450
Multi-core score 3730 6170
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1140220
1222533
CPU 422281 311650
GPU 191899 389528
Memory 210319 136036
UX 315721 385319
Total score 1140220 1222533
Samples [28 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 71%
Graphics test - 14 FPS
Section 1 - 19 FPS
Section 2 - 14 FPS
Section 3 - 9 FPS
Graphics score - 3765
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 70%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2949
Sources: 3DMark [5]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 11T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-16 (Horizon)AnTuTu 121205405
📘 2026-09-02 -> NotezitGeekbench 6 CPU1412 / 3348
📘 2026-08-18 (Soul)AnTuTu 111210861
📘 2026-07-30 (Raffi)CPU Throttle95%
📘 2026-07-26 (hazlanmy)AnTuTu 111192922
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik)AnTuTu 111127460
📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_)Geekbench 6 GPU21903
📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_)Geekbench 6 CPU2475 / 6154
📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj)AnTuTu 111322345
📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi)AnTuTu 111222533

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM HyperOS -
OS size 32 GB 15.2 GB
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3095 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 23 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 (63% in 10 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:20 hr 1:38 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:37 hr 09:39 hr
Watching video 13:08 hr 15:16 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 05:20 hr
Standby 85 hr 107 hr
General battery life
19:18 hr
23:32 hr

Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9204 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.5
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 Sony IMX703
Sensor size 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch) 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.9 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 12 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Focal length - 77 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX713
Sensor size - 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX772
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K5E9 -
Sensor size 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
110
140
Video quality
126
146
Generic main camera score
108
141
Bokeh 50 75
Preview 72 81
Zoom 61 119
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 11T Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A10 Sony IMX514
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
121
134
Photo 111 128
Video 137 143

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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 No No
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
88.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2021 September 2021
Release date September 2021 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $1000
Successor - Xiaomi 15T Pro - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 120 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 13 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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