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Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC vs Apple iPhone 11

50 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
VS
56 out of 100
Apple iPhone 11
Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
Apple iPhone 11

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G) that was released on September 7, 2020, against the Apple iPhone 11, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 1 year before. 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 Poco X3 NFC
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 2050 mAh larger battery capacity: 5160 vs 3110 mAh
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (24:00 vs 22:24 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 21% higher pixel density (395 vs 326 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 11
  • 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1101K versus 536K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • 2.3x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1770 and 754 points
  • Weighs 21 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC and Apple iPhone 11 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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
6 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
200.8
(Excellent)
Value Index
107.9
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco X3 NFC
vs
iPhone 11

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 828 x 1792 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 326 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 450 nits 625 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84.6% 79.9%
Display features - - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 99.8%
PWM 2358 Hz Not detected
Response time 35.4 ms 24.8 ms
Contrast - 999:1
Screen space comparison
Poco X3 NFC
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 11
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X3 NFC
630 nits
iPhone 11 +6%
666 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) 150.9 mm (5.94 inches)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 75.7 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 9.4 mm (0.37 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 215 g (7.58 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP68
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Blue White, Black, Green, Red, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco X3 NFC +6%
84.6%
iPhone 11
79.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC and Apple iPhone 11
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G Apple A13 Bionic
Max clock 2300 MHz 2650 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)		 - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder
- 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 8 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 688 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 618 Apple A13 Bionic GPU
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock 800 MHz 1230 MHz
FLOPS ~409.6 GFLOPS ~629.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC and Apple iPhone 11
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco X3 NFC
754
iPhone 11 +135%
1770
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X3 NFC
1876
iPhone 11 +122%
4173
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco X3 NFC
1279
iPhone 11 +967%
13651
Compute Score (GPU) 1279 13651
Single-core score 754 1770
Multi-core score 1876 4173
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X3 NFC
536494
iPhone 11 +105%
1101851
CPU 203232 296803
GPU 53110 301818
Memory 98643 149834
UX 181509 353396
Total score 536494 1101851
Samples [12 tests] [36 tests]
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 10 FPS
Section 1 - 12 FPS
Section 2 - 10 FPS
Section 3 - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 2564
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco X3 NFC
336
iPhone 11 +496%
2001
Stability 99% 70%
Graphics test 2 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 336 2001
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7961 -
Video editing 6640 -
Photo editing 17026 -
Data manipulation 7986 -
Writing score 10347 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-19 (KoKo)AnTuTu 12610548
📘 2026-09-17 (KoKo)AnTuTu 12592191
📘 2026-08-22 (zzkyand__)AnTuTu 11548347
📘 2026-07-13 (dittt)AnTuTu 11544448
📘 2026-05-15 -> PocimarbleAnTuTu 11581996
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Apple iPhone 11
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 GPU13778
📘 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU1788 / 4241
📘 2026-10-05 (Gigant)AnTuTu 111115933
📘 2026-10-03 (Deni)AnTuTu 11824750
📘 2026-09-21 (Евгений :))AnTuTu 111178640
Add View all (51)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz -
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 NVMe
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 256 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM MIUI 14 -
OS size 20.5 GB -

Battery

Capacity 5160 mAh 3110 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (55% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:45 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:56 hr 08:46 hr
Watching video 13:59 hr 13:37 hr
Gaming 05:35 hr 04:58 hr
Standby 116 hr 110 hr
General battery life
Poco X3 NFC +7%
24:00 hr
iPhone 11
22:24 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6920 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Quad LED
Stabilization Digital 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 119° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX682 Apple iSight Camera
Sensor size 1/1.73" (≈ 0.58 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.4 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor size - 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Poco X3 NFC
107
iPhone 11 +17%
125
Video quality
Poco X3 NFC
98
iPhone 11 +28%
125
Generic main camera score
Poco X3 NFC
103
iPhone 11 +13%
116
Bokeh - 55
Preview - 73
Zoom - 63
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 11 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 5963 x 3354 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 114
Video - 135

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5.1 5
Bluetooth features LE, 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, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 15 18
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco X3 NFC +7%
89.2 dB
iPhone 11
83.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2020 September 2019
Release date September 2020 September 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $245 $699
SAR (head) 0.558 W/kg 0.95 W/kg
SAR (body) 0.986 W/kg 0.99 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
*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 Apple iPhone 11 is definitely a better buy.

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