Xiaomi 11T Pro vs Apple iPhone 15

58 out of 100
Xiaomi 11T Pro
VS
74 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15

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 15, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 2 years after. 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
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1651 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3349 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 20W)
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15
  • Delivers 97% higher peak brightness (1656 against 842 nits)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 32% longer battery life (25:31 vs 19:18 hours)
  • 47% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1672K versus 1140K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 16% higher pixel density (460 vs 395 PPI)
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 11T Pro and Apple iPhone 15 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)

Should I update?
No 75% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi 11T Pro to Apple iPhone 15 makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and camera.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in display.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits 1600 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% 86.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.5% 99.6%
PWM 490 Hz 306 Hz
Response time 3.4 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
11T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 15
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
842 nits
iPhone 15 +97%
1656 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 164.1 mm (6.46 inches) 147.6 mm (5.81 inches)
Width 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) 71.6 mm (2.82 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 204 g (7.2 oz) 171 g (6.03 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Gray, Blue Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Repairability - Average (2.96/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
85.1%
iPhone 15 +2%
86.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 11T Pro and Apple iPhone 15
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Apple A16 Bionic
Max clock 2840 MHz 3460 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: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 660 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 768 640
GPU clock 840 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~1290.2 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 11T Pro and Apple iPhone 15
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1469
iPhone 15 +78%
2612
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3730
iPhone 15 +80%
6705
Compute Score (GPU)
4642
iPhone 15 +390%
22764
Compute Score (GPU) 4642 22764
Single-core score 1469 2612
Multi-core score 3730 6705
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1140220
iPhone 15 +47%
1672293
CPU 422281 462812
GPU 191899 453603
Memory 210319 222511
UX 315721 533367
Total score 1140220 1672293
Samples [28 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Solar Bay
n/a
3979
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 15 FPS
Section 1 - 20 FPS
Section 2 - 15 FPS
Section 3 - 11 FPS
Graphics score - 3979
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
n/a
2868
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2868
Sources: 3DMark [5]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 11T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 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
📘 2026-07-16 (OniSama)AnTuTu 111207839
Apple iPhone 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (Gurudev)AnTuTu 111226584
📘 2026-09-19 (Bear lover)AnTuTu 111714105
📘 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO)AnTuTu 111603687
📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)Geekbench 6 GPU24336
📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)Geekbench 6 CPU2615 / 6477

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
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 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM HyperOS -
OS size 32 GB 18 GB
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 4 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3349 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (63% in 10 min) Yes (58% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:20 hr 1:50 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:37 hr 10:47 hr
Watching video 13:08 hr 16:55 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 05:36 hr
Standby 85 hr 112 hr
General battery life
19:18 hr
iPhone 15 +32%
25:31 hr

Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9204 8064 x 6048
Zoom Digital Digital
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: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 -
Sensor size 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch) 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 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
iPhone 15 +34%
147
Video quality
126
iPhone 15 +21%
153
Generic main camera score
108
iPhone 15 +34%
145
Bokeh 50 80
Preview 72 84
Zoom 61 114
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 11T Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.5 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A10 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
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
n/a
Photo 111 -
Video 137 -

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/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 MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
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
11T Pro +8%
88.4 dB
81.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2021 September 2023
Release date September 2021 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $799
Successor - Xiaomi 15T Pro - Apple iPhone 17
SAR (head) - 0.98 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 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 15 is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 37

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mousefrr September 26, 2026 at 08:02 AM
who the fuck is voting the xiaomi? stop coping lmao
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