Infinix Note 60 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.78-inch Infinix Note 60 Ultra (with MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultimate) that was released on March 4, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 5 years and 6 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 Infinix Note 60 Ultra
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Comes with 3313 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 3687 mAh
  • Delivers 174% higher peak brightness (2387 against 871 nits)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 20W)
  • 48% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1989K versus 1342K)
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • Shows 22% longer battery life (27:57 vs 22:52 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • The phone is 5 years and 6 months newer
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology

Review

Evaluation of Infinix Note 60 Ultra and Apple iPhone 12 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
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)

Should I update?
No 77% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max to Infinix Note 60 Ultra makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: display, battery life, and connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1208 x 2644 pixels 1284 x 2778 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 429 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i -
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 87.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.4%
PWM - 238 Hz
Response time - 8 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
2387 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.37 mm (6.39 inches) 160.8 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 77.17 mm (3.04 inches) 78.1 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.4 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 220 g (7.76 oz) 226 g (7.97 oz)
Waterproof IP64 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Metal Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Red Silver, Gold, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Infinix Note 60 Ultra and Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultimate Apple A14 Bionic
Max clock 3250 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm
- 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm
L3 cache 6 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MP7 Apple GPU
GPU shading units 896 256
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1278 MHz
FLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS ~654.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Infinix Note 60 Ultra and Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
16481
Compute Score (GPU) 12192 16481
Single-core score 1624 1551
Multi-core score 6706 4870
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1989585
CPU 614651 385467
GPU 651828 320972
Memory 301044 167663
UX 422062 468241
Total score 1989585 1342343
Samples Less than 3 [5 tests]
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 11 FPS
Section 1 - 14 FPS
Section 2 - 11 FPS
Section 3 - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 2861
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 71%
Graphics test - 13 FPS
Graphics score - 2317
Sources: 3DMark [5]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Infinix Note 60 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 (kudryash)AnTuTu 111196958
📘 2026-06-15 (hungph)AnTuTu 111342343
📘 2026-06-09 (Khang)Geekbench 6 CPU1159 / 3300
📘 2026-03-13 (DNHK)AnTuTu 111376823
📘 2026-03-13 (Naw)AnTuTu 111279989

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 14.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM XOS 16 -
OS size - 16 GB
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 7000 mAh 3687 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 20 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 18 min) Yes (55% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 1:32 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:13 hr 08:35 hr
Watching video 20:00 hr 13:38 hr
Gaming 08:26 hr 05:29 hr
Standby 99 hr 116 hr
General battery life
27:57 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 2.5x
Flash 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 112° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung Sony IMX603
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.9 f/2.2
Focal length 80 mm 65 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX613
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC08A8 Sony IMX372
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 80
Zoom - 115
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4290 x 2800
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX514
Sensor size - 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 127
Video - 140

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 5.4 5
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C No
USB version 2 -
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced March 2026 October 2020
Release date April 2026 November 2020
Launch price (MSRP) - $1100
Successor - - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.99 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 100 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 Infinix Note 60 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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Favi12 March 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The infinix have optical 3.5x correct this And 4k 30 fps front camera . Source: GSMArena
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Serhii March 16, 2026 at 09:24 AM
Thank you for a useful comment.
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