Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro vs Apple iPhone 11
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.53-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro (with MediaTek Helio G90T) that was released on August 29, 2019, against the Apple iPhone 11, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 1 month after. 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 Redmi Note 8 Pro
- Comes with 1390 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3110 mAh
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Has a 0.43 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 21% higher pixel density (395 vs 326 PPI)
- Thinner bezels – 5% more screen real estate
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 11
- 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1101K versus 495K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Optical image stabilization
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A13 Bionic
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
- 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 | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.53 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 828 x 1792 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 326 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 640 nits | 625 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.9% | 79.9% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 24.8 ms |
| Contrast | - | 999:1 |
Screen space comparison
Redmi Note 8 Pro
6.53″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.2 in2
iPhone 11
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) | 150.9 mm (5.94 inches) |
| Width | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) | 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) | 194 g (6.84 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP52 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Gray, Blue, Green | White, Black, Green, Red, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, rear | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio G90T | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2050 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.05 GHz: Cortex-A76 |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 2.0 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G76MC4 | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| GPU shading units | 96 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 800 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~153.6 GFLOPS | ~629.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 1951 | 13651 |
| Single-core score | 635 | 1770 |
| Multi-core score | 1762 | 4173 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 199526 | 296803 |
| GPU | 52690 | 301818 |
| Memory | 102043 | 149834 |
| UX | 141379 | 353396 |
| Total score | 495638 | 1101851 |
| Samples | [20 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
| Stability | 79% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | 381 | 2001 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7027 | - |
| Video editing | 5648 | - |
| Photo editing | 18399 | - |
| Data manipulation | 6971 | - |
| Writing score | 8199 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-03 (EbE) | AnTuTu 12 | 609510 |
| 📘 2026-08-19 (Ammar) | AnTuTu 11 | 466935 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro) | CPU Throttle | 90% |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (hizuro) | AnTuTu 11 | 498114 |
| 📘 2026-07-01 (Suraj) | AnTuTu 11 | 448487 |
Apple iPhone 11
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 13778 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1788 / 4241 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | AnTuTu 11 | 1115933 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Deni) | AnTuTu 11 | 824750 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Евгений :)) | AnTuTu 11 | 1178640 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 512 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) | iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 | - |
| OS size | 10.3 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 3110 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 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 (30% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 1:45 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:29 hr | 08:46 hr |
| Watching video | 12:01 hr | 13:37 hr |
| Gaming | 05:02 hr | 04:58 hr |
| Standby | 115 hr | 110 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9000 x 7000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | 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 | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 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 |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGW1 | Apple iSight Camera |
| Sensor size | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 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 | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 55 |
| Preview | - | 73 |
| Zoom | - | 63 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 11 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3880 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T1 | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.9 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 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, HID, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | 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* | 12 | 18 |
| 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 | August 2019 | September 2019 |
| Release date | October 2019 | September 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $220 | $699 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.38 W/kg | 0.95 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.8 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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