Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 12
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60
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.81-inch Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888) that was released on March 29, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 12, which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 6 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 Mi 11 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Comes with 2185 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 2815 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 0.71 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Delivers 45% higher peak brightness (945 against 651 nits)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 18W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 12
- Shows 18% longer battery life (21:15 vs 17:59 hours)
- 22% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1341K versus 1100K)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 70 grams less
- 31% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1997 and 1523 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 | 6.81 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 515 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 900 nits | 625 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1500 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.4% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.4% |
| PWM | 510 Hz | 226 Hz |
| Response time | 2.8 ms | 16 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Mi 11 Ultra
6.81″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.4 in2
iPhone 12
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.3 mm (6.47 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 234 g (8.25 oz) | 164 g (5.78 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Ceramic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 | Apple A14 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 3100 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 1.8 GHz: Icestorm - 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 660 | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1290.2 GFLOPS | ~654.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 17099 |
| Single-core score | 1523 | 1997 |
| Multi-core score | 3979 | 4665 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 398735 | 402035 |
| GPU | 180832 | 336490 |
| Memory | 194748 | 153915 |
| UX | 326051 | 449135 |
| Total score | 1100336 | 1341575 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 13 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2651 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 91% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1314 | 2155 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11865 | - |
| Video editing | 7582 | - |
| Photo editing | 28098 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9632 | - |
| Writing score | 14688 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Gordon) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1523 / 3979 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Gordon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1225128 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Gordon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1204573 |
| 📘 2026-04-10 -> LORIX | AnTuTu 11 | 1004194 |
| 📘 2026-02-24 (N00b1k_x) | AnTuTu 11 | 1028590 |
Apple iPhone 12
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-26 (Hellomt) | AnTuTu 11 | 1334721 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (🇷🇺010) | AnTuTu 11 | 1384982 |
| 📘 2026-03-23 (Roma) | AnTuTu 11 | 1326030 |
| 📘 2026-03-06 (RuL) | AnTuTu 11 | 1365684 |
| 📘 2026-02-16 (hypothetic nuisance) | AnTuTu 11 | 1341575 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | iOS 14.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 1.0 | - |
| OS size | 31 GB | 7 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 2815 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (67 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (90% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:37 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:28 hr | 08:00 hr |
| Watching video | 11:22 hr | 12:09 hr |
| Gaming | 04:38 hr | 04:35 hr |
| Standby | 90 hr | 112 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Quad 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 (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 128° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN2 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.12" (≈ 0.89 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/4.1 | - |
| Focal length | 120 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 75 | 55 |
| Preview | 72 | 74 |
| Zoom | 142 | 60 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 12 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5380 x 3620 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.3 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T2 | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| 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 | 117 | 127 |
| Video | 139 | 140 |
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, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 2 | - |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, 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* | 24 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2021 | October 2020 |
| Release date | April 2021 | October 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $800 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 12S Ultra | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, battery life, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. But if the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 12.
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