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ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro vs Google Pixel 11

89 out of 100
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro
VS
81 out of 100
Google Pixel 11
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro
Google Pixel 11

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on May 18, 2026, against the Google Pixel 11, which is powered by Google Tensor G6 and came out 3 months after. 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 ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro
  • Comes with 2515 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 4985 mAh
  • Has a 0.55 inch larger screen size
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 30W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 11
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • Weighs 33 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro and Google Pixel 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
61.7
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Value Index
42.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro
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Pixel 11

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2688 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 431 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 2000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 960 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.4% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Screen space comparison
Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro
6.85″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
Pixel 11
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)

Design and build

Height 163.8 mm (6.45 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 72 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 230 g (8.11 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IPX8 IP68
Advanced cooling Active fan Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver Black, Green, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro and Google Pixel 11
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Google Tensor G6
Max clock 4740 MHz 4110 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 7 (1 + 4 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: C1-Pro
- 4 cores at 3.38 GHz: C1-Pro
- 1 core at 4.11 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 PowerVR DXT-48-1536
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1286 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1975.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro and Google Pixel 11
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 29783 6048
Single-core score 3777 2575
Multi-core score 11522 6027
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 1580346 848037
GPU 1573646 271374
Memory 587926 297105
UX 936551 455981
Total score 4678468 -
Samples [3 tests] Less than 3
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-24 (q_l8)AnTuTu 114202139
📘 2026-08-17 (Hüseyn Alizade)AnTuTu 114678468
📘 2026-08-16 (Hüseyn Alizade)AnTuTu 114678468
📘 2026-08-16 (Hüseyn Alizade)CPU Throttle99%
📘 2026-07-25 (Thuong)Geekbench 6 GPU28675
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 17
ROM Redmagic OS 11.5 Stock Android
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 4985 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 30 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 1:19 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:46 hr
Watching video - 22:05 hr
Gaming - 06:38 hr
Standby - 86 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 -
Zoom Digital Optical, 5x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 122° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 10.8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50A -
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 10.8 MP
Aperture - f/3.1
Focal length - 112 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size - 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size - 0.31 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV50E40 Sony IMX712
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.32 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Stabilization No -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 160
Zoom - 137
Samples - Photo samples of Google Pixel 11 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 10.5 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length - 20 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- 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 5.4 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2026 August 2026
Release date June 2026 August 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $899
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Not included
*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 ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro is definitely a better buy.

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