Xiaomi 12S Pro vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
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Xiaomi 12S Pro Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 12S Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on July 4 2022 against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 10 months before. On this page you will find tests full specs strengths and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
- Differences
- Review
- Specs
- Benchmarks
- Battery life
- Camera
- Comments
Key differences
An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12S Pro
- 38% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1098K versus 798K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 14% higher pixel density (521 vs 458 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Delivers 40% higher peak brightness (1051 against 753 nits)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Xiaomi
- 31% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 1757 and 1340 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness 12S Pro 96 iPhone 13 Pro Max 91 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games 12S Pro 96 iPhone 13 Pro Max 87 Battery Battery life charging type and speed 12S Pro 89 iPhone 13 Pro Max 93 Camera Photo and video recording quality 12S Pro 77 iPhone 13 Pro Max 87 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission 12S Pro 84 iPhone 13 Pro Max 77 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation 12S Pro 87 iPhone 13 Pro Max 87
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: 12S Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro Max
Display
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.73 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1284 x 2778 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 521 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1500 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.6% | 87.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 |
Display tests | RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 364 Hz | 238 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 8.5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) 12S Pro 753 nits iPhone 13 Pro Max +40% 1051 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3] [4]
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.16 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 204 gramm (7.2 oz) | 240 gramm (8.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White Green Purple | Black Silver Gold Blue Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio 12S Pro +3% 89.6% iPhone 13 Pro Max 87.4%
Performance
Tests of Xiaomi 12S Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max. clock | 3190 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 | - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.24 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 900 MHz | 1200 MHz |
Memory | RAM size | 8 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
Storage | Storage size | 128 256 512 GB | 128 256 512 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) 12S Pro 1340 iPhone 13 Pro Max +31% 1757 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) 12S Pro 4174 iPhone 13 Pro Max +14% 4752 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 12S Pro +38% 1098122 iPhone 13 Pro Max 798603
| CPU | 243697 | 213823 |
| GPU | 478120 | 317561 |
| Memory | 191931 | 126792 |
| UX | 184166 | 136444 |
| Total score | 1098122 | 798603 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance 12S Pro +7% 10112 iPhone 13 Pro Max 9483
| Stability | 62% | 82% |
| Graphics test | 60 FPS | 56 FPS |
| Graphics score | 10112 | 9483 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 13471 | - |
AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Android Smartphone Scores Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16) |
| ROM | MIUI 13 | - |
| OS size | 32 GB | 13 GB |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 4600 mAh | 4352 mAh |
| Charge power | 120 W | 27 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 19 min) | Yes (42% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:19 hr | 1:46 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | - | 14:55 hr |
| Watching video | - | 20:14 hr |
| Gaming | - | 07:42 hr |
| Standby | - | 140 hr |
General battery life 12S Pro n/a iPhone 13 Pro Max 43:44 hr Phones With Long Battery Life
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical 2x | Optical 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 120° |
| Lenses | 3 (50 MP + 50 MP + 50 MP) | 4 (12 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP + 0 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/1.28" Sony IMX707 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.5 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.9 micron - Sensor: 1/1.66" Sony IMX703 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 50 mm - Pixel size: 0.64 micron - Sensor: 1/2.76" Samsung S5KJN1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 77 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 0.64 micron - Sensor: 1/2.76" Samsung S5KJN1 (CMOS) | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Phase autofocus |
| Depth lens | - | - Pixel size: 1 micron |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.7 microns | 1 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3" | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality 12S Pro n/a iPhone 13 Pro Max 144 Video quality 12S Pro n/a iPhone 13 Pro Max 119 Generic camera score 12S Pro n/a iPhone 13 Pro Max 137
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | 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 QZSS NAVIC | 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* | 20 | 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 12S Pro +6% 85 dB iPhone 13 Pro Max 80.2 dB
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | July 2022 | September 2021 |
| Release date | July 2022 | September 2021 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - 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
If the display performance and connectivity are more important to you then choose the Xiaomi 12S Pro. But if the software camera and design are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max.
Cast your vote
So which phone would you choose? Xiaomi 12S Pro 15 (75%) Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 5 (25%) Vote Total votes:
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