OnePlus 11 vs Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch OnePlus 11 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on January 4, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 40 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 11
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 18W)
- Comes with 1031 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3969 mAh
- 63% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1490K versus 915K)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Fingerprint scanner
- The phone is 3-years and 4-months newer
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 15% higher pixel density (525 vs 458 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
- Shows 12% longer battery life (36:46 vs 32:53 hours)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than OnePlus
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.5 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3216 pixels | 1242 x 2688 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20.1:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 525 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1300 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.7% | 83.7% |
| Display features |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 96.9% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 361 Hz | 245 Hz |
| Response time | 6 ms | 4.9 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 158 mm (6.22 inches) |
| Width | 74.1 mm (2.92 inches) | 77.8 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.53 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 226 g (7.97 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP64 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green | Silver, Gold, Gray, Dark gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture |
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder
- 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Apple A13 GPU |
| GPU shading units | 2560 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3481.6 GFLOPS | ~629.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 359059 | 244077 |
| GPU | 600633 | 316064 |
| Memory | 257511 | 158637 |
| UX | 266574 | 193080 |
| Total score | 1490204 | 915069 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 48.1 °C | 44.9 °C |
| Stability | 63% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 75 FPS | 44 FPS |
| Graphics score | 12679 | 7461 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8, 12, 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128, 256, 512 GB | 64, 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 | iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 17) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 13 | - |
| OS size | 37 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3969 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 8 min) | Yes (48% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:22 hr | 1:57 hr |
| Web browsing | 11:04 hr | 11:56 hr |
| Watching video | 16:41 hr | 16:42 hr |
| Gaming | 06:02 hr | 07:02 hr |
| Standby | 97 hr | 124 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Quad 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 | 480 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 120° |
| Lenses | 3 (50 MP + 32 MP + 48 MP) | 3 (12 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.56", Sony IMX890 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Apple iSight Camera (CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens |
- 32 MP
- Aperture: f/2.0 - Focal length: 48 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/2.74", Sony IMX709 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.0 - Focal length: 52 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.4" (CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens |
- 48 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/2", Sony IMX581 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 13 mm - Sensor: 1/3.4" (CMOS) |
| Camera features |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of OnePlus 11 from DxOMark | - |
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | - |
| Pixel size | 1 microns | - |
| Sensor type | ISOCELL CMOS | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" | 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 7 (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 Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features |
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC * | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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 * | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
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 | January 2023 | September 2019 |
| Release date | January 2023 | September 2019 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.95 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.99 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 | Yes, 100 W | - |
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 11:
- The 128GB version features UFS 3.1 storage, while the other configurations utilize UFS 4.0 storage.
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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 OnePlus 11 is definitely a better buy.