Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G vs Apple iPhone 13

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695) that was released on January 26, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 13, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 4 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1773 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3227 mAh
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 20W)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13
  • 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1413K versus 593K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (837 against 746 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
  • 16% higher pixel density (460 vs 395 PPI)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G and Apple iPhone 13 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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4 / 128 GB
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4 / 128 GB
95.8
(Very good)
Value Index
108.4
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 700 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 -
Screen-to-body ratio 85.9% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 90.2% 129%
PWM 521 Hz 609 Hz
Response time 1 ms 7.5 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 13
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
iPhone 13 +12%
837 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 164.2 mm (6.46 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 76.1 mm (3 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.12 mm (0.32 inches) 7.65 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 202 g (7.13 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors White, Gray, Blue White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G and Apple iPhone 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 2200 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 619 Apple GPU (4 cores)
GPU shading units 256 640
GPU clock 840 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~430.1 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G and Apple iPhone 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 18447
Single-core score 894 2241
Multi-core score 2030 5317
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iPhone 13 +138%
1413275
CPU 244614 410975
GPU 52776 370837
Memory 117908 164151
UX 177739 467312
Total score 593037 1413275
Samples [4 tests] [26 tests]
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 12 FPS
Section 1 - 16 FPS
Section 2 - 12 FPS
Section 3 - 9 FPS
Graphics score - 3225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 98% 74%
Graphics test 2 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 358 2445
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8210 -
Video editing 4089 -
Photo editing 17969 -
Data manipulation 7924 -
Writing score 11067 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-08 (Prodexos1)AnTuTu593037
📘 2025-11-22 (Volodymyr)AnTuTu610290
📘 2025-11-06 (Said)AnTuTu538229
📘 2025-09-27 -> MidoriiyyyaaaaAnTuTu582398
📘 2024-04-04 (dannym420)GeekBench CPU894 / 2030
Apple iPhone 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh)GeekBench GPU18864
📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh)GeekBench CPU2327 / 5604
📘 2026-09-03 (Yulik🇺🇦)AnTuTu1289105
📘 2026-09-03 (Yuk)AnTuTu1289105
📘 2026-08-02 (kubasik)AnTuTu1366731

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 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 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 -
OS size 31 GB 18 GB

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3227 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 20 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 (74% in 30 min) Yes (54% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 1:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:57 hr 09:29 hr
Watching video 12:43 hr 13:58 hr
Gaming 05:33 hr 05:12 hr
Standby 119 hr 114 hr
General battery life
iPhone 13 +5%
23:23 hr

Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9024 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
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 118° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.6
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 Sony IMX603
Sensor size 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch) 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length - 14 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX372
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV12A10 -
Sensor size 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) -
Pixel size 1.25 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 76
Zoom - 65
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Sony IMX514
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 128
Video - 143

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.1 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region 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* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio - No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
87.6 dB
83.2 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2022 September 2021
Release date February 2022 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $800
Successor - - Apple iPhone 17
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W -
*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 is definitely a better buy.

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