Xiaomi Redmi 8 vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.22-inch Xiaomi Redmi 8 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 439) that was released on October 8, 2019, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 23 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi 8
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
- Fingerprint scanner
- Comes with 648 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4352 mAh
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 52 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 7.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1229K versus 161K)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 104% higher peak brightness (1053 against 517 nits)
- 70% higher pixel density (458 vs 270 PPI)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Optical image stabilization
- Has a 0.48 inch larger screen size
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Xiaomi
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR4X 2133 MHz
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 6.22 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 720 x 1520 pixels | 1284 x 2778 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 270 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 400 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.8% | 87.4% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 95.7% | 99.9% |
| PWM | Not detected | 238 Hz |
| Response time | 55.2 ms | 8.5 ms |
| Contrast | 2308:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 156.5 mm (6.16 inches) | 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 75.4 mm (2.97 inches) | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.4 mm (0.37 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 188 g (6.63 oz) | 240 g (8.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | Yes | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Red | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, rear | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2000 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.45 GHz: Cortex-A53 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A53 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 505 | Apple A15 GPU |
| GPU shading units | 48 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 450 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~43.2 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 57316 | 274447 |
| GPU | 18982 | 390073 |
| Memory | 51820 | 190761 |
| UX | 32591 | 363150 |
| Total score | 161161 | 1229661 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 34.1 °C | 45.8 °C |
| Stability | - | 82% |
| Graphics test | - | 56 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 9446 |
Memory
| RAM size | 3, 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 933 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 1 | 2 |
| Storage size | 32, 64 GB | 128, 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 256 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 10) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 17) |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 | - |
| OS size | 15 GB | 13 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4352 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 27 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes, Quick Charge 3.0 (50% in 85 min) | Yes (42% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 3:20 hr | 1:46 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 14:55 hr |
| Watching video | - | 20:14 hr |
| Gaming | - | 07:34 hr |
| Standby | - | 140 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 113° | 120° |
| Lenses | 2 (12 MP + 2 MP) | 4 (12 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Sony IMX363 (BSI CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.5 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.9 micron - Sensor: 1/1.66", Sony IMX703 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 77 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Phase autofocus |
| Depth lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
- Pixel size: 1 micron |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2190 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | 1.12 microns | 1 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - 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 | 4.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | No | 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 | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 4 | 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Budget | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2019 | September 2021 |
| Release date | October 2019 | September 2021 |
| SAR (head) | 0.231 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.48 W/kg | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - 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 13 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 12