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Xiaomi Mi 11 vs Xiaomi 11T

60 out of 100
Xiaomi Mi 11
VS
54 out of 100
Xiaomi 11T
Xiaomi Mi 11
Xiaomi 11T

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.81-inch Xiaomi Mi 11 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G) that was released on December 28, 2020, against the Xiaomi 11T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1200 and came out 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
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • 30% higher pixel density (515 vs 395 PPI)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
  • 22% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1102K versus 904K)
  • Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (918 against 797 nits)
  • Thinner bezels – 6.3% more screen real estate
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 58% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1705 and 1076 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 11T
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Shows 27% longer battery life (22:44 vs 17:51 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 55W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • The phone is 8 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Mi 11 and Xiaomi 11T 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
6 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
26.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
65.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.81 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 515 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 900 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 91.4% 85.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 2.8 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Mi 11 +15%
918 nits
Xiaomi 11T
797 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 164.3 mm (6.47 inches) 164.1 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) 76.9 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 203 g (7.16 oz)
Waterproof No IP53
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple White, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Mi 11 +7%
91.4%
Xiaomi 11T
85.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Mi 11 and Xiaomi 11T
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Max clock 2840 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 MediaTek APU 3.0
GPU
Graphics Adreno 660 Mali-G77 MC9
GPU shading units 768 288
GPU clock 840 MHz 886 MHz
FLOPS ~1290.2 GFLOPS ~510.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Mi 11 and Xiaomi 11T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Mi 11 +58%
1705
Xiaomi 11T
1076
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Mi 11 +44%
4383
Xiaomi 11T
3051
Compute Score (GPU)
Mi 11
6113
Xiaomi 11T
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 6113 -
Single-core score 1705 1076
Multi-core score 4383 3051
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Mi 11 +22%
1102627
Xiaomi 11T
904519
CPU 394288 346820
GPU 190657 148373
Memory 214745 187659
UX 302937 221667
Total score 1102627 904519
Samples [8 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Mi 11 +8%
476
Xiaomi 11T
442
Stability 88% 96%
Graphics test 4 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 476 442
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Mi 11
1194
Xiaomi 11T +10%
1311
Stability 89% 79%
Graphics test 7 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1194 1311
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Mi 11 +13%
13255
Xiaomi 11T
11728
Web score 12575 9284
Video editing 7614 6385
Photo editing 28730 25491
Data manipulation 9914 10275
Writing score 14770 14338
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Mi 11
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-10 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
📘 2026-09-09 (Aladdin)AnTuTu 121326171
📘 2026-06-21 (Abil)AnTuTu 111230004
📘 2026-05-07 (Goku)AnTuTu 111098795
📘 2026-03-01 (John Paul)AnTuTu 111069806
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Xiaomi 11T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-04 (Варфоломей Игоревич)AnTuTu 11773735
📘 2026-03-23 (Mario)AnTuTu 11904519
📘 2026-02-10 (Gofer)AnTuTu 111017918
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 1.0
OS size - 26 GB
OS updates - 3 years
Security updates - 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4600 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 55 W 67 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Fast charging Yes (83% in 30 min) Yes (86% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:50 hr 0:41 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:56 hr 08:33 hr
Watching video 10:13 hr 14:58 hr
Gaming 04:26 hr 05:23 hr
Standby 99 hr 108 hr
General battery life
Mi 11
17:51 hr
Xiaomi 11T +27%
22:44 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9204 12032 x 9024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung Bright S5KHMX Samsung S5KHM2
Sensor size 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV13B10 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length - 50 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K5E9 Samsung S5K5E9
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Mi 11 +32%
127
Xiaomi 11T
96
Video quality
Mi 11 +1%
107
Xiaomi 11T
106
Generic main camera score
Mi 11 +29%
120
Xiaomi 11T
93
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 11 from DxOMark Photo samples of Xiaomi 11T from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 5380 x 3620 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.5
Focal length 27 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3T2 Omnivision OV16A10
Sensor size 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 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
Mi 11
112
Xiaomi 11T +3%
115
Photo 100 110
Video 133 124

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Bluetooth features LE, 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, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 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
Mi 11
n/a
Xiaomi 11T
88.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2020 September 2021
Release date January 2021 October 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $750 $500
Successor - Xiaomi 17 - Xiaomi 15T
SAR (head) - 0.55 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.95 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
*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 Mi 11 is definitely a better buy.

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