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Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra vs Xiaomi 13

64 out of 100
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
VS
70 out of 100
Xiaomi 13
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
Xiaomi 13

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 Xiaomi 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 1 year and 8 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 Ultra
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 24% higher pixel density (515 vs 414 PPI)
  • Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13
  • Shows 39% longer battery life (24:59 vs 17:59 hours)
  • 58% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1743K versus 1100K)
  • Delivers 33% higher peak brightness (1261 against 946 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra and Xiaomi 13 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
64.7
(Average)
Value Index
5.8
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Mi 11 Ultra
vs
Xiaomi 13

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.81 inches 6.36 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 515 ppi 414 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 900 nits 1900 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1500 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 91.4% 89.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 98.6%
PWM 510 Hz 488 Hz
Response time 2.8 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Mi 11 Ultra
6.81″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.4 in2
Xiaomi 13
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Mi 11 Ultra
946 nits
Xiaomi 13 +33%
1261 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 164.3 mm (6.47 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 7.98 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 234 g (8.25 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Ceramic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Mi 11 Ultra +2%
91.4%
Xiaomi 13
89.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra and Xiaomi 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 2840 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
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)		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 660 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 840 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~1290.2 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra and Xiaomi 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Mi 11 Ultra
1523
Xiaomi 13 +32%
2004
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Mi 11 Ultra
3979
Xiaomi 13 +33%
5311
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 8801
Single-core score 1523 2004
Multi-core score 3979 5311
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Mi 11 Ultra
1100336
Xiaomi 13 +58%
1743949
CPU 398735 579791
GPU 180832 433528
Memory 194748 291203
UX 326051 439427
Total score 1100336 1743949
Samples [13 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 89%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1090
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Section 1 - 23 FPS
Section 2 - 20 FPS
Section 3 - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 5308
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Mi 11 Ultra
1314
Xiaomi 13 +179%
3665
Stability 91% 89%
Graphics test 7 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 1314 3665
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11865 -
Video editing 7582 -
Photo editing 28098 -
Data manipulation 9632 -
Writing score 14688 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-07 (Gordon)Geekbench 6 CPU1523 / 3979
📘 2026-07-07 (Gordon)AnTuTu 111225128
📘 2026-07-07 (Gordon)AnTuTu 111204573
📘 2026-04-10 -> LORIXAnTuTu 111004194
📘 2026-02-24 (N00b1k_x)AnTuTu 111028590
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Xiaomi 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-04 (ArJasonStathem)AnTuTu 121979341
📘 2026-09-05 (Andrewei)AnTuTu 111830711
📘 2026-08-29 (Pat)AnTuTu 111793929
📘 2026-08-24 (Simon)AnTuTu 111845042
📘 2026-05-28 (vrostyy)AnTuTu 111728936
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2750 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 31 GB 31.5 GB
OS updates - 3 years
Security updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (67 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (90% in 30 min) Yes (83% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:37 hr 0:42 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:28 hr 09:47 hr
Watching video 11:22 hr 14:15 hr
Gaming 04:38 hr 05:57 hr
Standby 90 hr 127 hr
General battery life
Mi 11 Ultra
17:59 hr
Xiaomi 13 +39%
24:59 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8700 x 5800 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3.2x
Flash Dual LED Dual 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 (1080p) 1920 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 128° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung GN2 Sony IMX800
Sensor size 1/1.12" (≈ 0.89 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/4.1 f/2.0
Focal length 120 mm 75 mm
Sensor Sony IMX586 Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/3.75" (≈ 0.27 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm 15 mm
Sensor Sony IMX586 Omnivision OV13B10
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Mi 11 Ultra +6%
139
Xiaomi 13
131
Video quality
Mi 11 Ultra +14%
138
Xiaomi 13
121
Generic main camera score
Mi 11 Ultra +8%
141
Xiaomi 13
130
Bokeh 75 55
Preview 72 68
Zoom 142 131
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 13 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 5380 x 3620 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.0
Focal length 27 mm 22 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3T2 Omnivision OV32C
Sensor size 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo 117 -
Video 139 -

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE
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, 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 Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 24 20
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
Mi 11 Ultra
89.5 dB
Xiaomi 13 +2%
91.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2021 December 2022
Release date April 2021 December 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $999
Successor - Xiaomi 12S Ultra - Xiaomi 17
SAR (head) - 0.998 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.997 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
- 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 13 is definitely a better buy.

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So, which phone would you choose?
168 (54.4%)
141 (45.6%)
Total votes: 309

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