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Xiaomi 13 Lite vs 11 Lite 5G NE

53 out of 100
Xiaomi 13 Lite
VS
52 out of 100
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Xiaomi 13 Lite
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.55-inch Xiaomi 13 Lite (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1) that was released on February 26, 2023, against the Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 1 year 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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  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 13 Lite
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 33W)
  • Delivers 18% higher peak brightness (934 against 793 nits)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 1 year and 6 months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Stereo speakers
  • 17% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1012 and 865 points
  • Weighs 13 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13 Lite and 11 Lite 5G NE 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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8 / 64 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
53.3
(Average)
Value Index
37.6
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 402 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits 800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 85.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97.8% 100%
PWM 120 Hz 373 Hz
Response time 1 ms 3.4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
13 Lite +18%
934 nits
11 Lite 5G NE
793 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 159.2 mm (6.27 inches) 160.5 mm (6.32 inches)
Width 72.7 mm (2.86 inches) 75.7 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 7.23 mm (0.28 inches) 6.8 mm (0.27 inches)
Weight 171 g (6.03 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Pink White, Black, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
13 Lite +5%
89.5%
11 Lite 5G NE
85.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13 Lite and Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 2400 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710		 - 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)
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Adreno 644 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 768 512
GPU clock 443 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13 Lite and Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
13 Lite
865
11 Lite 5G NE +17%
1012
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13 Lite
2423
11 Lite 5G NE +16%
2801
Compute Score (GPU)
13 Lite +3%
2384
11 Lite 5G NE
2311
Compute Score (GPU) 2384 2311
Single-core score 865 1012
Multi-core score 2423 2801
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
13 Lite +9%
859516
11 Lite 5G NE
791030
CPU 108282 322951
GPU 342590 100623
Memory 171953 153686
UX 236691 213770
Total score 859516 791030
Samples [4 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
13 Lite +17%
265
11 Lite 5G NE
226
Stability 97% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 265 226
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
13 Lite +20%
826
11 Lite 5G NE
688
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 4 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 826 688
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 13 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-04 (Amooarman)AnTuTu 11867019
📘 2026-04-18 (Ashnikko)AnTuTu 11859516
📘 2025-12-30 -> Kanat_arsen_1AnTuTu 11829085
📘 2025-10-23 (Zalkar)AnTuTu 11804954
📘 2023-09-05 (unreal3579)Geekbench 6 GPU2384
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Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (tosaino)AnTuTu 12806833
📘 2026-04-17 -> tosainoCPU Throttle88%
📘 2026-04-13 -> tosainoAnTuTu 11792686
📘 2026-03-18 (Vynx)AnTuTu 11738260
📘 2026-03-07 (Shornmino)AnTuTu 11791030
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 2.0
OS size 33.1 GB 14.8 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 4250 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (83% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:04 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:35 hr 07:37 hr
Watching video 12:35 hr 13:17 hr
Gaming 05:01 hr 04:48 hr
Standby 94 hr 100 hr
General battery life
13 Lite
19:44 hr
11 Lite 5G NE +4%
20:31 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 9248 x 6936
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX766 Samsung GW3
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.97" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX376 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length - 50 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 5184 x 3888
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length - 27 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3D2 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE, HID, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C 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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes -
Speakers test
Max loudness
13 Lite +3%
91.6 dB
11 Lite 5G NE
89.3 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced February 2023 September 2021
Release date March 2023 October 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $320
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W -
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, gaming, battery life, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 13 Lite. But if the camera, performance, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE.

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