Apple iPhone 13 Pro vs iPhone 13 mini
71
out of 100
VS
64
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.1-inch Apple iPhone 13 Pro (with Apple A15 Bionic) that was released on September 14, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 13 mini, which is powered by the same chip. 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 Apple iPhone 13 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 15% longer battery life (23:32 vs 20:29 hours)
- Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
- Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1054 against 844 nits)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 mini
- 17% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1427K versus 1222K)
- Better grip in hands – the body is 7.3 mm narrower
- Weighs 63 grams less
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 | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.1 inches | 5.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1170 x 2532 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 476 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 | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.1% | 84.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.7% |
| PWM | 510 Hz | 510 Hz |
| Response time | 4.8 ms | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 13 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
iPhone 13 mini
5.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 11.1 in2
~27% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) | 131.5 mm (5.18 inches) |
| Width | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) | 64.2 mm (2.53 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 204 g (7.2 oz) | 141 g (4.97 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Apple A15 Bionic | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3230 MHz | 3200 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 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Apple GPU (5 cores) | Apple GPU (4 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 640 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1338 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 21903 | 18055 |
| Single-core score | 2450 | 2303 |
| Multi-core score | 6170 | 5725 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 311650 | 457297 |
| GPU | 389528 | 339401 |
| Memory | 136036 | 155401 |
| UX | 385319 | 475752 |
| Total score | 1222533 | 1427851 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 71% | 75% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Section 1 | 19 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | 14 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Section 3 | 9 FPS | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3765 | 3276 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 70% | 68% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2949 | 2500 |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1127460 |
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 21903 |
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2475 / 6154 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1322345 |
| 📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1222533 |
Apple iPhone 13 mini
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-14 (Makkar) | AnTuTu 11 | 1191717 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2168 / 4988 |
| 📘 2026-06-09 -> barout1 | AnTuTu 11 | 1251126 |
| 📘 2026-05-27 (Spaik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1507453 |
| 📘 2026-05-12 (MaximVerni) | AnTuTu 11 | 1470778 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| OS size | 15.2 GB | 12 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 3095 mAh | 2406 mAh |
| Max charge power | 23 W | 20 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 (60% in 30 min) | Yes (61% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:38 hr | 1:24 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:39 hr | 07:46 hr |
| Watching video | 15:16 hr | 12:00 hr |
| Gaming | 05:20 hr | 04:28 hr |
| Standby | 107 hr | 106 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual 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) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.5 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX703 | Sony IMX603 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) | 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.9 micron | 1.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.8 | - |
| Focal length | 77 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX713 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX772 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 75 | 65 |
| Preview | 81 | 76 |
| Zoom | 119 | 65 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 mini 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 | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 128 | 127 |
| Video | 143 | 143 |
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 MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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 | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2021 | September 2021 |
| Release date | September 2021 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1000 | $700 |
| Successor | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | 0.97 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.98 W/kg | 0.98 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 is definitely a better buy.
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