Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 93.2 | 80.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Xiaomi |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-11-13 | 2018-04-20 |
| 6.33 x 3.07 x 0.29 inches | 6.36 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches |
| 8.03 ounces | 6.70 ounces |
| Gold, Graphite, Pacific blue and Silver | Black, Blue and Gray |
| Glass and Stainless steel | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 1100.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 6 inches |
| 2778 x 1284 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 457 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | 550 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| -- | 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.01 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3687mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 5.68 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max is better than Xiaomi Black Shark, having a score of 93.2 against 80.4. Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max comes with iOS 15.x OS, while Xiaomi Black Shark works with Android 9.0 Pie OS. The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max body is newer and somewhat thinner than the Xiaomi Black Shark's, but it's heavier.
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max features a brighter screen than Xiaomi Black Shark, because it has a little bit better pixels quantity in each inch of screen, much more brightness, a bit larger display and a better resolution of 1284 x 2778 pixels. IPhone 12 Pro Max has a quite better processing power than Xiaomi Black Shark, because although it has an inferior number of cores and 2 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU.
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max takes a little bit better photographs and videos than Xiaomi Black Shark, and although they both have the same (4K) video resolution and a 12 megapixels resolution camera in the back, the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max also has higher video frame rate and a bigger camera aperture to capture better low light captures and video.
The Xiaomi Black Shark features as much memory to install applications and games as iPhone 12 Pro Max, they have the same 128 GB internal storage. Xiaomi Black Shark counts with just a little bit longer battery performance than iPhone 12 Pro Max, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity instead of 3687mAh.
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