Xiaomi 12 Pro vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
62
out of 100
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73
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 12 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on December 28, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 3 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 Xiaomi 12 Pro
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 23W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- 17% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1349K versus 1153K)
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 14% higher pixel density (521 vs 458 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Shows 67% longer battery life (28:08 vs 16:53 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- 2.5x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2427 and 968 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1284 x 2778 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 521 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 970 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1500 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 | 89.5% | 87.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 367 Hz | 238 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 8.5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.66 mm (0.34 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 204 g (7.2 oz) | 240 g (8.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green, Pink | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Apple GPU (5 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3743 | 21357 |
| Single-core score | 968 | 2427 |
| Multi-core score | 3605 | 6142 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 500024 | 276639 |
| GPU | 223043 | 369897 |
| Memory | 243998 | 116764 |
| UX | 382743 | 390373 |
| Total score | 1349808 | 1153673 |
| Samples | [6 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 75% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3785 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 88% | 73% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2479 | 2960 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8304 | - |
| Video editing | 6949 | - |
| Photo editing | 25400 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9541 | - |
| Writing score | 13100 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Tema) | CPU Throttle | 86% |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Tema) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603387 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 (Max) | AnTuTu 11 | 1349808 |
| 📘 2026-04-03 (12 pro) | AnTuTu 11 | 1555919 |
| 📘 2026-03-29 (thxthelow) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297778 |
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-23 -> HotPower | AnTuTu 11 | 1184759 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 -> HotPower | Geekbench 6 GPU | 21284 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 -> HotPower | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2423 / 5985 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Simon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1146332 |
| 📘 2026-08-11 (encore) | AnTuTu 11 | 1335140 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS size | 26.5 GB | 13 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | 4352 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 8 min) | Yes (42% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:21 hr | 1:46 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:40 hr | 11:16 hr |
| Watching video | 10:08 hr | 17:03 hr |
| Gaming | 04:44 hr | 06:41 hr |
| Standby | 81 hr | 136 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#89th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX707 | Sony IMX703 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) | 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.9 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 48 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung JN1 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung JN1 | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 75 |
| Preview | 70 | 81 |
| Zoom | 102 | 119 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32b40 | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 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
| Photo | - | 128 |
| Video | - | 143 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 MiMO - 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 | 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, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | 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* | 20 | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2021 | September 2021 |
| Release date | December 2021 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $1100 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15 Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| 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 Max is definitely a better buy.
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