Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G) that was released on September 7, 2020, against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 24 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
- Comes with 1960 mAh larger battery capacity: 5160 vs 3200 mAh
- Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 23W)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro
- 3.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1362K versus 399K)
- Delivers 184% higher peak brightness (1798 against 633 nits)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Optical image stabilization
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Xiaomi
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A16 Bionic
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- The phone is 2-years newer
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
Value for money
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 450 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.6% | 87% |
| Display features | - |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.7% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 2358 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 35.4 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) | 147.5 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.4 mm (0.37 inches) | 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 215 g (7.58 oz) | 206 g (7.27 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue | Black, Silver, Gold, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2300 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture |
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76) |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| Lithography process | 8 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 618 | Apple A16 GPU |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 825 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~422.4 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 129962 | 320177 |
| GPU | 96729 | 462876 |
| Memory | 63272 | 251434 |
| UX | 108170 | 323335 |
| Total score | 399182 | 1362268 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 42.6 °C | 41.2 °C |
| Stability | 99% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 59 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1108 | 9874 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 6776 | - |
| Video editing | 6098 | - |
| Photo editing | 16804 | - |
| Data manipulation | 7582 | - |
| Writing score | 9783 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 1866 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 64, 128 GB | 128, 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 256 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 17) |
| ROM | MIUI 14 | - |
| OS size | 20.5 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5160 mAh | 3200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 1:41 hr |
| Web browsing | 13:21 hr | 12:35 hr |
| Watching video | 13:01 hr | 15:45 hr |
| Gaming | 05:07 hr | 05:56 hr |
| Standby | 119 hr | 120 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9248 x 6920 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 120° |
| Lenses | 4 (64 MP + 13 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) | 4 (48 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens |
- 64 MP
- Aperture: f/1.9 - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.73", Sony IMX682 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 48 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/1.28", Sony IMX803 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 77 mm - Sensor: 1/3.5" (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens |
- 13 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 1 micron |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55" (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Macro lens |
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 - Pixel size: 1.75 micron |
- |
| Depth lens |
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 - Pixel size: 1.75 micron |
Yes |
| Camera features |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5963 x 3354 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.8 microns | - |
| Sensor type | CMOS | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | 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 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features |
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC * | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM * | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support * | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat * | 15 | 20 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2020 | September 2022 |
| Release date | September 2020 | September 2022 |
| SAR (head) | 0.558 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.986 W/kg | - |
| Sensors |
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
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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 14 Pro is definitely a better buy.