Xiaomi Mi 11 vs Xiaomi 12
60
out of 100
VS
58
out of 100
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 12, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year 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 Mi 11
- Has a 0.53 inch larger screen size
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 12% longer battery life (17:51 vs 15:58 hours)
- 23% higher pixel density (515 vs 419 PPI)
- 71% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1705 and 998 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1322K versus 1102K)
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 55W)
- The phone is 1 year newer
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 16 grams less
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 | 6.81 inches | 6.28 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 515 ppi | 419 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 900 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1100 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% | 89.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Screen space comparison
Mi 11
6.81″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.4 in2
Xiaomi 12
6.28″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.8 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.3 mm (6.47 inches) | 152.7 mm (6.01 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 69.9 mm (2.75 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.16 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 196 g (6.91 oz) | 180 g (6.35 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple | Black, Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 660 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1290.2 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 6113 | 7989 |
| Single-core score | 1705 | 998 |
| Multi-core score | 4383 | 3638 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 394288 | 501164 |
| GPU | 190657 | 224623 |
| Memory | 214745 | 208718 |
| UX | 302937 | 387671 |
| Total score | 1102627 | 1322176 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 88% | 92% |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | 476 | 590 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 89% | 63% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1194 | 2255 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12575 | 12213 |
| Video editing | 7614 | 7422 |
| Photo editing | 28730 | 28303 |
| Data manipulation | 9914 | 10164 |
| Writing score | 14770 | 14805 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 11
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-10 (Aladdin) | AnTuTu 12 | 1326171 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Aladdin) | AnTuTu 12 | 1326171 |
| 📘 2026-06-21 (Abil) | AnTuTu 11 | 1230004 |
| 📘 2026-05-07 (Goku) | AnTuTu 11 | 1098795 |
| 📘 2026-03-01 (John Paul) | AnTuTu 11 | 1069806 |
Xiaomi 12
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Wan) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1653 / 4280 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Wan) | AnTuTu 11 | 1334925 |
| 📘 2026-09-17 (xiaomi 12) | AnTuTu 12 | 1426511 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 -> Aura_Test_King | Geekbench 6 GPU | 3761 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 -> Aura_Test_King | Geekbench 6 CPU | 839 / 2424 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| 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 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 1.0 | HyperOS 3 |
Battery
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 55 W | 67 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (83% in 30 min) | Yes (87% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:50 hr | 0:46 hr |
| Web browsing | 05:56 hr | 06:17 hr |
| Watching video | 10:13 hr | 10:46 hr |
| Gaming | 04:26 hr | 04:42 hr |
| Standby | 99 hr | 71 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12032 x 9204 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung Bright S5KHMX | Sony IMX766 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B10 | OmniVision OV13B10 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 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) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 55 |
| Preview | - | 69 |
| Zoom | - | 72 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 11 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 12 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5380 x 3620 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.3 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T2 | OmniVision OV32B40 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 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 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 100 | - |
| Video | 133 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 5.2 |
| 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, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2020 | December 2021 |
| Release date | January 2021 | December 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $750 | $580 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 | - Xiaomi 17 |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - 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
If the display and performance are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Mi 11. But if the gaming, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12.
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