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Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite vs 12 Lite

47 out of 100
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite
VS
53 out of 100
Xiaomi 12 Lite
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite
Xiaomi 12 Lite

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.55-inch Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G) that was released on March 23, 2021, against the Xiaomi 12 Lite, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 1 year and 3 months after. 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 Mi 11 Lite
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
  • Weighs 16 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12 Lite
  • 48% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (781K versus 526K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 33W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
  • The phone is 1 year and 3 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite and 12 Lite 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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4 / 64 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
57.3
(Average)
Value Index
74.5
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Mi 11 Lite
vs
12 Lite

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 90 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 800 nits 950 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 85.3% 88.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 95.4% 98.8%
PWM 373 Hz 119 Hz
Response time 2.6 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Mi 11 Lite
825 nits
12 Lite
823 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) 159.3 mm (6.27 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 73.7 mm (2.9 inches)
Thickness 6.8 mm (0.27 inches) 7.29 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 157 g (5.54 oz) 173 g (6.1 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Pink Black, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Mi 11 Lite
85.3%
12 Lite +4%
88.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite and Xiaomi 12 Lite
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 2300 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)		 - 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 8 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 688 Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Adreno 618 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 800 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~409.6 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite and Xiaomi 12 Lite
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Mi 11 Lite
721
12 Lite +42%
1024
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Mi 11 Lite
1875
12 Lite +60%
3006
Single-core score 721 1024
Multi-core score 1875 3006
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Mi 11 Lite
526647
12 Lite +48%
781542
CPU 221926 322058
GPU 52657 100636
Memory 99819 152301
UX 152245 206547
Total score 526647 781542
Samples [5 tests] [13 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Graphics score 335 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Mi 11 Lite
8890
12 Lite
n/a
Web score 8156 -
Video editing 6079 -
Photo editing 15414 -
Data manipulation 7408 -
Writing score 10006 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-03 (Yuu)AnTuTu 11526647
📘 2025-12-03 (Yuu)AnTuTu 11531974
📘 2025-10-25 (MarkG10)AnTuTu 11529639
📘 2025-10-21 (Sephaa)AnTuTu 11507602
📘 2025-10-03 (MaCc)AnTuTu 11469426
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Xiaomi 12 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-29 (Alexandru)AnTuTu 11790704
📘 2026-03-25 (Dyl)AnTuTu 11814723
📘 2026-03-10 (ggy11)AnTuTu 11810403
📘 2026-02-04 (pegger)AnTuTu 11776925
📘 2026-01-20 (Orrala542)AnTuTu 11773806
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM MIUI 14 HyperOS 2.0
OS size - 24.7 GB
OS updates - 3 years
Security updates - 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4250 mAh 4300 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (57% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:08 hr 0:50 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:36 hr 07:27 hr
Watching video 11:27 hr 11:49 hr
Gaming 04:29 hr 05:00 hr
Standby 101 hr 89 hr
General battery life
Mi 11 Lite +1%
19:06 hr
12 Lite
18:55 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6936 12000 x 9000
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 120 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung GW3 Samsung S5KHM2
Sensor size 1/1.97" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 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 13 mm
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length - 50 mm
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 40
Preview - 66
Zoom - 72
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 Lite from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Focal length 25 mm 27 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) 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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.2
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP 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, NAVIC 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* No No
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 15 18
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Mi 11 Lite
86.7 dB
12 Lite +3%
89.7 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2021 July 2022
Release date April 2021 July 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $300 $450
Successor - - Xiaomi 13 Lite
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi 12 Lite is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
49 (20.9%)
185 (79.1%)
Total votes: 234

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