Xiaomi 14 vs Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 14 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on October 26, 2023, against the Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra, which is powered by the same chip and came out 5 months after. 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 14
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 65W)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 19% higher pixel density (460 vs 388 PPI)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra
- Comes with 890 mAh larger battery capacity: 5500 vs 4610 mAh
- Delivers 52% higher peak brightness (1766 against 1165 nits)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Shows 8% longer battery life (27:39 vs 25:30 hours)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Has a 0.42 inch larger screen size
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.36 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2670 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 388 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 2500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3000 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.4% | 88.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 96.5% |
| PWM | 429 Hz | 486 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Zenfone 11 Ultra
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
Xiaomi 14
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) | 163.8 mm (6.45 inches) |
| Width | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 193 g (6.81 oz) | 225 g (7.94 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Green, Pink | Black, Gray, Blue, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Adreno 750 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 903-1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15039 | - |
| Single-core score | 2206 | 2281 |
| Multi-core score | 6701 | 7143 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 735611 | 723554 |
| GPU | 746981 | 817731 |
| Memory | 344459 | 359552 |
| UX | 536675 | 543295 |
| Total score | 2363726 | 2444132 |
| Samples | [27 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 83% | 91% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1511 | 1710 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 80% | - |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 1 | 32 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | 33 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7582 | 8684 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 87% | - |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4551 | 5073 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15681 | 24368 |
| Video editing | 7814 | 8184 |
| Photo editing | 31599 | 42829 |
| Data manipulation | 14650 | 17642 |
| Writing score | 17307 | 25259 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (177th and 151st place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 14
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | AnTuTu 11 | 2286235 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (neko_rhythm) | AnTuTu 11 | 2406819 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Yanu Ptr) | AnTuTu 11 | 2357325 |
| 📘 2026-07-17 (Anonymous) | AnTuTu 11 | 2450173 |
| 📘 2026-05-24 (Fes4ik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1918734 |
Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-04 -> Jhonnathan2082 | AnTuTu 11 | 2444132 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Jhonnathan) | AnTuTu 11 | 2444132 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS size | 28 GB | 21 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 2 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4610 mAh | 5500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 65 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 15 min) | Yes (80% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 0:41 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:59 hr | 11:18 hr |
| Watching video | 17:04 hr | 19:20 hr |
| Gaming | 05:15 hr | 07:08 hr |
| Standby | 111 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#96th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 32 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OVX9000 Light Fusion 900 | Sony IMX890 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 32 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 65 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | 70 |
| Preview | 73 | 68 |
| Zoom | 134 | 107 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 22 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2023 | March 2024 |
| Release date | November 2023 | April 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $899 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 | - Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 90 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 14. But if the performance, gaming, and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra.
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