Xiaomi 11T Pro vs Apple iPhone 13

57 out of 100
Xiaomi 11T Pro
VS
65 out of 100
Apple iPhone 13

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 11T Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888) that was released on September 15, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 13, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

Select the amount of RAM to evaluate performance and value for money more precisely
Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 11T Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1773 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3227 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 20W)
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 21% longer battery life (23:23 vs 19:18 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 24% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1413K versus 1140K)
  • 16% higher pixel density (460 vs 395 PPI)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 11T Pro and Apple iPhone 13 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
DeviceFacts Score
Final comparison evaluation
Select your primary usage scenario to get a more accurate DeviceFacts Score
📱 Primary usage:

Value for money (Beta)

To get an accurate value-for-money index, update the default prices with actual prices from your country’s retailers (for the selected memory configs) and press the "Calculate" button.
Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 128 GB
91.0
(Very good)
Value Index
108.4
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
vs

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus -
Screen-to-body ratio 85.1% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.5% 129%
PWM 490 Hz 609 Hz
Response time 3.4 ms 7.5 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
11T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 13
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
11T Pro +1%
834 nits
828 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 164.1 mm (6.46 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 7.65 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 204 g (7.2 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Gray, Blue White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Screen-to-body ratio
85.1%
iPhone 13 +2%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 11T Pro and Apple iPhone 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 2840 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 660 Apple GPU (4 cores)
GPU shading units 768 640
GPU clock 840 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~1290.2 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 11T Pro and Apple iPhone 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1469
iPhone 13 +53%
2241
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3730
iPhone 13 +43%
5317
Compute Score (GPU)
4642
iPhone 13 +297%
18447
Compute Score (GPU) 4642 18447
Single-core score 1469 2241
Multi-core score 3730 5317
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1140220
iPhone 13 +24%
1413275
CPU 422281 410975
GPU 191899 370837
Memory 210319 164151
UX 315721 467312
Total score 1140220 1413275
Samples [28 tests] [26 tests]
3DMark Solar Bay
n/a
3225
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 12 FPS
Section 1 - 16 FPS
Section 2 - 12 FPS
Section 3 - 9 FPS
Graphics score - 3225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
n/a
2445
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 14 FPS
Graphics score - 2445
Sources: 3DMark [5]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 11T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-02 -> NotezitGeekbench 6 CPU1412 / 3348
📘 2026-08-18 (Soul)AnTuTu 111210861
📘 2026-07-30 (Raffi)CPU Throttle95%
📘 2026-07-26 (hazlanmy)AnTuTu 111192922
📘 2026-07-16 (OniSama)AnTuTu 111207839
Apple iPhone 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-19 (Vova)AnTuTu 111297615
📘 2026-09-18 (charlesddd)AnTuTu 111461749
📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh)Geekbench 6 GPU18864
📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh)Geekbench 6 CPU2327 / 5604
📘 2026-09-03 (Yulik🇺🇦)AnTuTu 111289105

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM HyperOS -
OS size 32 GB 18 GB
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3227 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 20 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 (63% in 10 min) Yes (54% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:20 hr 1:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:37 hr 09:29 hr
Watching video 13:08 hr 13:58 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 05:12 hr
Standby 85 hr 114 hr
General battery life
19:18 hr
iPhone 13 +21%
23:23 hr

Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9204 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital 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 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 Sony IMX603
Sensor size 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch) 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length - 14 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX372
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K5E9 -
Sensor size 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
110
iPhone 13 +21%
133
Video quality
126
iPhone 13 +14%
144
Generic main camera score
108
iPhone 13 +16%
125
Bokeh 50 65
Preview 72 76
Zoom 61 65
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 11T Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A10 Sony IMX514
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
121
iPhone 13 +11%
134
Photo 111 128
Video 137 143

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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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* No 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
11T Pro +6%
88.4 dB
83.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2021 September 2021
Release date September 2021 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $800
Successor - Xiaomi 15T Pro - Apple iPhone 17
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 120 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 Apple iPhone 13 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
602 (82.7%)
126 (17.3%)
Total votes: 728

User opinions

You can share your opinion or ask a question in the comments below
🌐 Register your profile and become part of DeviceFacts community!