Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro vs Apple iPhone 11 Pro
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 860) that was released on March 22, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 11 Pro, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 1 year and 6 months before. 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 Poco X3 Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 2114 mAh larger battery capacity: 5160 vs 3046 mAh
- Has a 0.87 inch larger screen size
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Shows 13% longer battery life (22:40 vs 20:02 hours)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
- The phone is 1 year and 6 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 11 Pro
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Delivers 49% higher peak brightness (787 against 529 nits)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Optical image stabilization
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 33% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1096K versus 822K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- 16% higher pixel density (458 vs 395 PPI)
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 5.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1125 x 2436 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 450 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.6% | 80.3% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 95.1% | 99.4% |
| PWM | 2404 Hz | 290 Hz |
| Response time | 37.4 ms | 7.4 ms |
| Contrast | 995:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Poco X3 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 11 Pro
5.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 12.8 in2
~30% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) | 144 mm (5.67 inches) |
| Width | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) | 71.4 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.4 mm (0.37 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 215 g (7.58 oz) | 188 g (6.63 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gold, Blue | Silver, Gold, Gray, Dark gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2960 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) - 1 core at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 640 | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 675 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1036.8 GFLOPS | ~629.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2985 | - |
| Single-core score | 1004 | 1543 |
| Multi-core score | 2653 | 4009 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 299294 | 337985 |
| GPU | 119740 | 307714 |
| Memory | 162141 | 152781 |
| UX | 241258 | 298378 |
| Total score | 822433 | 1096858 |
| Samples | [45 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 78% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2622 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 91% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 979 | 2053 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8774 | - |
| Video editing | 6020 | - |
| Photo editing | 22475 | - |
| Data manipulation | 8724 | - |
| Writing score | 13390 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-10 (Tanat) | CPU Throttle | 94% |
| 📘 2026-10-10 (Tanat) | AnTuTu 11 | 826051 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 -> Bifoth | AnTuTu 12 | 963448 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Bifoth) | AnTuTu 12 | 963448 |
| 📘 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali) | AnTuTu 12 | 932069 |
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-09 (iza1na) | AnTuTu 11 | 924067 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Rodik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1096858 |
| 📘 2026-01-16 (Dshroneson) | AnTuTu 11 | 1234094 |
| 📘 2026-01-10 (Krish) | AnTuTu 11 | 1043428 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 125 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | MIUI 14 | - |
| OS size | 13 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5160 mAh | 3046 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 | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 1:42 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:43 hr | 07:38 hr |
| Watching video | 12:45 hr | 12:11 hr |
| Gaming | 05:20 hr | 04:50 hr |
| Standby | 117 hr | 99 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Dual 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 (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX582 | Apple iSight Camera |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 52 mm |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV8856 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | Hynix HI-259 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 11 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5480 x 3648 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | 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 |
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 | 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 | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| 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* | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2021 | September 2019 |
| Release date | April 2021 | September 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $250 | $999 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - 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 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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