Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.47-inch Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G) that was released on November 7, 2019, against the Apple iPhone 8 Plus, which is powered by Apple A11 Bionic and came out 26 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro
- Comes with 2569 mAh larger battery capacity: 5260 vs 2691 mAh
- Has 2.7x more RAM: 8GB versus 3GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Thinner bezels – 20.4% more screen real estate
- Has a 0.97 inch larger screen size
- Modern USB Type-C port
- The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR4X 1866 MHz
- Has an ultra-wide angle camera lens
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 8 Plus
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- Supports Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Xiaomi
- 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (402K versus 335K)
- Stereo speakers
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 72% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 950 and 552 points
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.47 inches | 5.5 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 1920 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 16:9 |
| PPI | 398 ppi | 401 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.8% | 67.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
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| RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 32 ms |
| Contrast | - | 1471:1 |
Max. Brightness
Design and build
| Height | 157.8 mm (6.21 inches) | 158.4 mm (6.24 inches) |
| Width | 74.2 mm (2.92 inches) | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.7 mm (0.38 inches) | 7.5 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 208 gramm (7.34 oz) | 202 gramm (7.13 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP67 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in home button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G | Apple A11 Bionic |
| Max. clock | 2200 MHz | 2390 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76) |
- 4 cores at 1.42 GHz: Mistral - 2 cores at 2.39 GHz: Monsoon |
| Lithography process | 8 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 618 | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 825 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | ~422 GFLOPS | ~325 GFLOPS |
| RAM size | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory clock | 1866 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 64, 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 102803 | 124988 |
| GPU | 87461 | 147976 |
| Memory | 54955 | 61076 |
| UX | 87841 | 66430 |
| Total score | 335767 | 402576 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 97% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 736 | 3423 |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10) | iOS 11 (Can be upgraded to iOS 15.5) |
| ROM | MIUI 12 | - |
| OS size | - | 6 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5260 mAh | 2691 mAh |
| Charge power | 30 W | 15 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes, Qi (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:25 hr | 1:25 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 08:56 hr |
| Watching video | - | 11:09 hr |
| Gaming | - | 04:25 hr |
| Standby | - | 102 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12000 x 9000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.7x | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Quad LED | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 117° | - |
| Lenses | 5 (108 MP + 12 MP + 8 MP + 20 MP + 2 MP) | 2 (12 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 108 MP - Aperture: f/1.7 - Focal length: 25 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.33", Samsung S5KHMX (ISOCELL CMOS) - Laser autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 28 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.0 - Focal length: 50 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55" (CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 57 mm - Phase autofocus |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 20 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/2.8", Sony IMX350 (BSI CMOS) |
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| Macro lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.75 micron - Sensor: 1/5" (CMOS) |
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| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 8 Plus from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 7 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 3088 x 2320 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 32 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.8 microns | 1 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" | - |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, HID, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 12 | 16 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max. loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | November 2019 | September 2017 |
| Release date | December 2019 | September 2017 |
| SAR (head) | 1.107 W/kg | 0.94 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.392 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - 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 Note 10 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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