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Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max vs iPhone 11 Pro Max

73 out of 100
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
VS
61 out of 100
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max (with Apple A15 Bionic) that was released on September 14, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 2 years before. 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 (6)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 20% longer battery life (28:08 vs 23:30 hours)
  • Delivers 32% higher peak brightness (1053 against 797 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A15 Bionic
  • 39% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2427 and 1748 points

Review

Evaluation of Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 11 Pro Max 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 78% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max to Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: display, battery life, and camera.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
iPhone 13 Pro Max
vs
iPhone 11 Pro Max

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1284 x 2778 pixels 1242 x 2688 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 458 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection - Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 87.7% 84.4%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 99.6%
PWM 238 Hz 245 Hz
Response time 8.5 ms 4.9 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
iPhone 13 Pro Max +32%
1053 nits
iPhone 11 Pro Max
797 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) 158 mm (6.22 inches)
Width 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) 77.8 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 240 g (8.47 oz) 226 g (7.97 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green Silver, Gold, Gray, Dark gray
Fingerprint scanner No No
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max and Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Apple A15 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic
Max clock 3230 MHz 2650 MHz
CPU cores 6 (2 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche		 - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder
- 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Apple GPU (5 cores) Apple A13 Bionic GPU
GPU shading units 640 256
GPU clock 1338 MHz 1230 MHz
FLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS ~629.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max and Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 21357 14182
Single-core score 2427 1748
Multi-core score 6142 4187
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iPhone 13 Pro Max
1153673
iPhone 11 Pro Max +3%
1182914
CPU 276639 353295
GPU 369897 306685
Memory 116764 131245
UX 390373 391689
Total score 1153673 1182914
Samples [3 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 75% 79%
Graphics test 14 FPS 10 FPS
Section 1 19 FPS 12 FPS
Section 2 14 FPS 10 FPS
Section 3 9 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 3785 2646
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 73% 76%
Graphics test 17 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 2960 2068
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 -> HotPowerGeekbench 7 CPU2155 / 5548
📘 2026-09-23 -> HotPowerAnTuTu 111184759
📘 2026-09-19 -> HotPowerGeekbench 6 GPU21284
📘 2026-09-19 -> HotPowerGeekbench 6 CPU2423 / 5985
📘 2026-09-12 (Simon)AnTuTu 111146332
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Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-03 (Phzinho)AnTuTu 111190389
📘 2026-04-26 -> RaxxxyAnTuTu 111182914
📘 2026-04-26 (RAXXXY)AnTuTu 111182914
📘 2026-02-12 (Absl)AnTuTu 111174939
📘 2024-11-28 (Nehul Tyagi)Geekbench 6 GPU14182
Add View all (6)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
OS size 13 GB -

Battery

Capacity 4352 mAh 3969 mAh
Max charge power 23 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (7.5 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (42% in 30 min) Yes (48% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:46 hr 1:57 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:16 hr 08:51 hr
Watching video 17:03 hr 14:18 hr
Gaming 06:41 hr 05:41 hr
Standby 136 hr 117 hr
General battery life
iPhone 13 Pro Max +20%
28:08 hr
iPhone 11 Pro Max
23:30 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Quad LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No 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 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX703 Apple iSight Camera
Sensor size 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.9 micron 1.4 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/2.0
Focal length 77 mm 52 mm
Sensor Sony IMX713 -
Sensor size 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.4
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX772 -
Sensor size 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 75 65
Preview 81 76
Zoom 119 88
Samples Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX514 BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
DxOMark front camera
Photo 128 115
Video 143 134

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type - No
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
iPhone 13 Pro Max
80.2 dB
iPhone 11 Pro Max +7%
85.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2021 September 2019
Release date September 2021 September 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $1100 $1099
Successor - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg 0.95 W/kg
SAR (body) 0.98 W/kg 0.99 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor		 - 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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Booger October 30, 2021 at 12:46 PM
How is 4gb tab to 6 go ram 50% boost? It would have to be 3 to 6 or 4 to 8 to be 50%. I suck at math but even my feeble brain knows your numbers are off.
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root October 30, 2021 at 09:51 PM
We calculating how bigger value is, not how smaller. 4GB is 100%. Then 6 would be 150%, because it's 1.5 time bigger. 150%-100%=50%. 4 and 8 would be 100% bigger, because "100% bigger" = "2 times bigger".
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Corners November 27, 2021 at 09:19 AM
50% of 4 is 2, giving you 6 total. Or a 50% increase
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JD< December 30, 2021 at 07:42 PM
Sorry but you are off with your calculation. A boost of 50% is 1,5 x anything. So 1,5 x 4 is indeed 6… If you were going from 4 to 8 it would be a 100% boost. What you are probably doing wrong is calculating from the top number. If you look at 8 minus 50% (or 50% of 8) it gives you indeed 4. But this is the wrong way to look at it. It is the same consideration as if you were looking at a markup vs. a margin. One is calculated from the starting number the other one from the ending number. A boost starts from the starting number therefore the one that needs to be boosted.
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DP! April 19, 2022 at 12:24 AM
You are correct. You Suck at math
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Deeze June 29, 2022 at 04:40 AM
Buddy, you need to learn math a little better. From 3g to 6g would be a 100% increase in ram. Bc 3+3=6. So if u have 4g and take 50% off of the g’s then u have 2g. So add 4g to 2g and you have 6g. So in turn a 50% increase.
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