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Apple iPhone 11 Pro Smartphone Review: Triple rear-facing cameras and more power than you could shake a stick at

A compact luxury - The smaller of the two iPhone Pros is also probably the most compact flagship smartphone on the market. Apple equips the 5.8-inch device with triple rear-facing cameras, a larger battery and W-iFi 6 among other changes from last year's model. The iPhone 11 Pro does not include a 5G modem, nor is there a 5G SKU either. Read on in our live review to find out whether this latest iPhone will be crowned the best smartphone of 2019.
Update: Live Review finished.

The iPhone 11 Pro succeeds the iPhone XS, the latter of which has now been withdrawn from sale. We will, of course, discuss what Apple has done to make the iPhone 11 Pro worthy of its "Pro" title. On the face of it, the iPhone 11 Pro represents a fine-tuned iPhone XS, without bringing any major innovations to the party.

The iPhone 11 Pro not only has a 5.8-inch OLED panel like its predecessor it also operates at the same resolution. Apple promises that it has equipped the device with a brighter panel though, which is also more colour accurate. The iPhone 11 Pro comes with an A13 Bionic SoC too that Apple complements with 4 GB of RAM. Apple continues to offer 64, 256 and 512 GB variants, which cost US$999, US$1,149 and US$1,349, respectively.

We shall compare the iPhone 11 Pro not only against its predecessor but also against several other flagship smartphones. Our comparison devices will include, but not exclusively, the LG G8s ThinQ, Huawei P30 Pro, OnePlus 7 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S10+.

  • 09.30.2019: Live Review completed.
  • 09.27.2019: Communication & GPS, Input Devices & Operation and Emissions sections added.
  • 09.26.2019: Update: Display section completed, Performance section expanded, Communication & GPS, Telephone Features & Gaming sections added, initial battery tests added.
  • 09.23.2019: Display measurements and additional photos added.
  • 09.22.2019: Initial benchmarks and photos added.
  • 09.20.2019: Live review started.
Apple iPhone 11 Pro (iPhone Series)
Processor
Apple A13 Bionic 6 x - 2.7 GHz, Lightning and Thunder
Graphics adapter
Memory
4 GB 
Display
5.80 inch 2.16:1, 2436 x 1125 pixel 463 PPI, Capacitive touchscreen, ten-point multitouch, Super Retina XDR Display, OLED, True Tone Display, Oleophobic coating, Haptic Touch, glossy: yes, HDR
Storage
256 GB NVMe, 256 GB 
Connections
1 USB 2.0, Audio Connections: Lightning-Port, NFC, Brightness Sensor, Sensors: Accelerometer, barometer, digital compass, iBeacon micro-locator, 3-axis gyro, proximity sensor, Ultra-wideband chip for spatial awareness
Networking
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/), Bluetooth 5.0, GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850, 900, 1,800, 1,900 MHz. UMTS/HSPA+: 850, 900, 1,700/2,100, 1,900, 2,100 MHz. LTE FDD: Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32 and 66. LTE TDD: Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, Dual SIM, LTE, GPS
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 8.1 x 144 x 71.4 ( = 0.32 x 5.67 x 2.81 in)
Battery
3046 mAh Lithium-Ion
Charging
wireless charging, fast charging / Quickcharge
Operating System
Apple iOS 13
Camera
Primary Camera: 12 MPix (f/1.8, OIS, 6 elements) + 12 MPix (ultra-wide-angle, 120° field of view, f/2.4, 5 elements) + 12 MPix (Telephoto lens, 2x zoom, f/2.0, OIS, 6 elements) UHD videos at up to 60 FPS
Secondary Camera: 12 MPix (TrueDepth, f/2.2), UHD videos at up to 60 FPS
Additional features
Speakers: Stereo speakers, Keyboard: onscreen, Lightning to USB Type-C cable, modular charger, EarPods, documentation, 12 Months Warranty, IP68 certification, head SAR: 0.99 W / kg, display surface ratio: 81%, fanless, waterproof, fanless, waterproof
Weight
188 g ( = 6.63 oz / 0.41 pounds), Power Supply: 74 g ( = 2.61 oz / 0.16 pounds)
Price
1319 Euro
Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications.

 

Case - A matte glass iPhone

iPhone 11 Pro colour variants
iPhone 11 Pro colour variants

The iPhone 11 Pro has grown a bit in all directions, but the difference between it and the iPhone XS is difficult to see even with the two devices next to each other. The additional 11 grams is noticeable, though. The iPhone 11 Pro is a mix of stainless steel and glass like its predecessors, but Apple has given the latter a matte finish that reminds us a little of frosted glass. The new rear-facing camera housing almost immediately caught our eye too.

Our review unit is built excellently and gives us no cause for criticism. The gaps between materials are even and tight, while we cannot twist or deform the device no matter how hard we try to do so. Apple promises that the iPhone 11 Pro is more drop resistant than its predecessor too, although it has not stated the type of glass it uses, except that it strengthens each pane by ionising it multiple times. While the matte back will pick up fewer fingerprints than the glossy back of the iPhone 11 will, its polished stainless steel frame will quickly pick up fingerprint grease.

Apple currently sells the iPhone 11 Pro in Gold, Space Gray, Silver, and a new Midnight Green colour. While the company sells a conventional dual-SIM variant in China, all other regions will come with one nano-SIM card slot and an eSIM built onto the motherboard. The iPhone 11 Pro is IP68-certified against dust and liquids like its predecessor, but Apple claims the device can survive being submerged in up to four metres of water for 30 minutes.

Size Comparison

162.6 mm / 6.4 inch 75.9 mm / 2.99 inch 8.8 mm / 0.3465 inch 206 g0.4542 lbs158.01 mm / 6.22 inch 73.37 mm / 2.89 inch 8.41 mm / 0.3311 inch 192 g0.4233 lbs158 mm / 6.22 inch 77.8 mm / 3.06 inch 8.1 mm / 0.3189 inch 226 g0.4982 lbs157.6 mm / 6.2 inch 74.1 mm / 2.92 inch 7.8 mm / 0.3071 inch 198 g0.4365 lbs155.3 mm / 6.11 inch 76.6 mm / 3.02 inch 7.99 mm / 0.3146 inch 181 g0.399 lbs150.9 mm / 5.94 inch 75.7 mm / 2.98 inch 8.3 mm / 0.3268 inch 194 g0.4277 lbs144 mm / 5.67 inch 71.4 mm / 2.81 inch 8.1 mm / 0.3189 inch 188 g0.4145 lbs143.6 mm / 5.65 inch 70.9 mm / 2.79 inch 7.7 mm / 0.3031 inch 177 g0.3902 lbs148 mm / 5.83 inch 105 mm / 4.13 inch 1 mm / 0.03937 inch 1.5 g0.00331 lbs

Connectivity - iPhone Pro, but no USB Type-C

The iPhone 11 Pro has a Lightning port like its predecessor and many generations of iPhone before it. While Apple persists with using proprietary ports for its iPhones, it has included a USB Type-C to Lightning cable in the box, a move away from the Type-A to Lightning cable it bundled with previous iPhones and the iPhone 11.

The iPhone 11 Pro supports Bluetooth 5.0 too and has an NFC chip on board, although Apple still restricts the latter to read mode, effectively limiting it to only a few uses including Apple Pay. The company has included a new ultra-wideband chip too, abbreviated to the Apple U1, which gives the iPhone 11 Pro spatial awareness of sorts. The device can sense nearby smartphones equipped with this chip and communicate with them, which in practical terms currently just simplifies AirDrop. More applications should integrate this functionality over time too.

Face ID returns too, as does eSIM functionality. Effectively, the iPhone 11 Pro is a dual SIM smartphone.

Top side: No connections
Top side: No connections
Left-hand side: volume buttons, mute switch
Left-hand side: volume buttons, mute switch
Right-hand side: power button, SIM tray
Right-hand side: power button, SIM tray
Underside: speaker, Lightning port, microphone
Underside: speaker, Lightning port, microphone

Software - iOS 13, a speedier and darker upgrade

The iPhone 11 ships with iOS 13, just like its more expensive siblings. Apple will bring the software update to every iPhone back to the iPhone SE and iPhone 6S too. The focus of iOS 13 is performance improvements, with Apple reducing the file sizes of its preinstalled apps, among other things, to make the OS feel snappier than iOS 12. iOS 13 includes Face ID improvements too, which Apple promises should allow all compatible devices to be unlocked up to 30% faster than in iOS 12.

The most striking new feature of iOS 13 is undoubtedly the dark mode, which should help relieve tired eyes at night. Apple has done more than replace white areas with black ones though, as iOS 13 darkens the display slightly and reduces the colour intensity of the display at night too. You can toggle this feature manually or set it to run between specific periods of the day. You can even set it to turn on at sunset and turn off at sunrise.

iOS 13 does away with the Friends app, with Apple merging its functionality within the rebranded iPhone search, which it now calls "Where is?" The update introduces several other changes too, which we shall cover in our iPhone 11 Pro series reviews.

Communication & GPS - Modern Wi-Fi 6, but no 5G

The iPhone 11 Pro supports the new Wi-Fi 6 standard like its iPhone 11 siblings, which you may see referred to elsewhere as IEEE 802.11ax. The device can connect to either 2.4 or 5.0 GHz Wi-Fi networks and achieved decent transfer speeds with our Linksys EA8500 reference router, although these are far below the theoretical capabilities of the Wi-Fi 6 modem in the iPhone 11 Pro. However, the bottleneck lies with our reference router, which supports neither Wi-Fi 6 nor the high transfer speeds of which Wi-Fi 6 devices are capable. We experienced some small reception issues during our tests though, but only when connected to busy Wi-Fi networks where the iPhone reported about half signal strength. In this limited case, our review unit would load the App Store slowly or would report there being no internet connection available. We also had to reduce the packet size for our Wi-Fi tests in this instance, as otherwise the iPhone would inexplicably reset the test. We suspect that Apple will rectify this blemish with a software update.

Apple is rather cryptic about the LTE modem with which it has equipped the iPhone 11 Pro. We suspect that the company has chosen the Intel XMM 7660, having used the Intel XMM 7560 for the iPhone XS, but we have had no confirmation on this. Instead, Apple claims that the iPhone 11 Pro has a Gigabit-class LTE modem, which theoretically supports up to 1.6 Gb/s downloads and 150 Mb/s uploads using LTE Cat.19. iFixit has confirmed that Apple has equipped the iPhone 11 Pro with an upgraded modem, which carries the model number Intel X927YD2Q. By contrast, the iPhone XS has an Intel PMB9955, better known as the Intel XMM 7560. Correspondingly, the iPhone 11 Pro maintained slightly better LTE reception during our tests than its predecessor and supports three additional LTE bands too. It is a shame to see no 5G modem or a 5G model this year, though.

Addendum: iOS 13.1 rectifies the issues that we had originally experienced with our review unit.

Networking
iperf3 transmit AX12
Huawei P30 Pro
Mali-G76 MP10, Kirin 980, 256 GB UFS 2.1 Flash
670 (542min - 717max) MBit/s +20%
Huawei P30 Pro
Mali-G76 MP10, Kirin 980, 256 GB UFS 2.1 Flash
541 (129min - 633max) MBit/s -3%
Apple iPhone XS
A12 Bionic GPU, A12 Bionic, Apple 512 GB (iPhone Xs)
587 MBit/s +5%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
A13 Bionic GPU, A13 Bionic, 256 GB NVMe
557 (439min - 614max) MBit/s
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
A13 Bionic GPU, A13 Bionic, 256 GB NVMe
489 (254min - 634max) MBit/s -12%
LG G8s ThinQ
Adreno 640, SD 855, 128 GB UFS 2.1 Flash
502 (465min - 517max) MBit/s -10%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Adreno 640, SD 855, 256 GB UFS 3.0 Flash
471 (438min - 506max) MBit/s -15%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Mali-G76 MP12, Exynos 9820, 512 GB UFS 2.1 Flash
457 (398min - 508max) MBit/s -18%
iperf3 receive AX12
Huawei P30 Pro
Mali-G76 MP10, Kirin 980, 256 GB UFS 2.1 Flash
1014 (944min - 1115max) MBit/s +74%
Huawei P30 Pro
Mali-G76 MP10, Kirin 980, 256 GB UFS 2.1 Flash
661 (624min - 683max) MBit/s +14%
Apple iPhone XS
A12 Bionic GPU, A12 Bionic, Apple 512 GB (iPhone Xs)
650 MBit/s +12%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Mali-G76 MP12, Exynos 9820, 512 GB UFS 2.1 Flash
633 (561min - 684max) MBit/s +9%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
A13 Bionic GPU, A13 Bionic, 256 GB NVMe
582 (414min - 625max) MBit/s
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
A13 Bionic GPU, A13 Bionic, 256 GB NVMe
522 (272min - 554max) MBit/s -10%
LG G8s ThinQ
Adreno 640, SD 855, 128 GB UFS 2.1 Flash
578 (474min - 617max) MBit/s -1%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Adreno 640, SD 855, 256 GB UFS 3.0 Flash
467 (375min - 519max) MBit/s -20%
Average of class Smartphone
  (last 2 years)
376 MBit/s -35%
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Apple iPhone 11 Pro; iperf3 receive AX12; iperf 3.1.3 / AX12: Ø581 (414-625)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro; iperf3 receive AX12; iperf 3.1.3: Ø521 (272-554)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro; iperf3 transmit AX12; iperf 3.1.3: Ø557 (439-614)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro; iperf3 transmit AX12; iperf 3.1.3 / AX12: Ø480 (254-634)

The iPhone 11 Pro utilises GPS including A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo and QZSS for location services, but not BeiDou. Our review unit finds a satellite fix quickly indoors, but it did so even faster when we took it outside.

We also took the iPhone 11 Pro on a bike ride to compare its location accuracy against the Garmin Edge 500, our reference bike computer. The two devices had deviated from each other by about 90 metres by the end of our bike ride, with the iPhone occasionally lacking the accuracy of the Garmin. The former showed no major weaknesses here though and is accurate enough for all general navigation tasks.

GPS test: Apple iPhone 11 Pro - Overview
GPS test: Apple iPhone 11 Pro - Overview
GPS test: Apple iPhone 11 Pro - Cycling around a lake
GPS test: Apple iPhone 11 Pro - Cycling around a lake
GPS test: Apple iPhone 11 Pro - Loop
GPS test: Apple iPhone 11 Pro - Loop
GPS test: Garmin Edge 500 - Overview
GPS test: Garmin Edge 500 - Overview
GPS test: Garmin Edge 500 - Cycling around a lake
GPS test: Garmin Edge 500 - Cycling around a lake
GPS test: Garmin Edge 500 - Loop
GPS test: Garmin Edge 500 - Loop

Telephone Features & Call Quality

Our review unit has excellent call quality. We experienced no issues with the earpiece during our call tests, but we did notice a slight echo when using the loudspeaker. The person to whom we were speaking also complained that our voice sounded a bit tinny when using the loudspeaker, and that our voice sounded overly quiet if we moved away from being right next to the phone.

The iPhone 11 Pro supports voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Wi-Fi calls (VoWiFi), but your carrier must provision the device on its network before the technologies will work. Apple has included an eSIM too, which will only work with compatible contracts. However, it worked perfectly during our tests and gives the device dual-SIM functionality.

Cameras - Triple rear-facing cameras with better video capabilities

Taking a selfie with the iPhone 11 Pro
Taking a selfie with the iPhone 11 Pro
The high-key mono effect is certainly a matter of taste
The high-key mono effect is certainly a matter of taste

Apple has equipped the iPhone 11 Pro with a 12 MP front-facing camera, which improves upon the bokeh and depth of field controls that the iPhone XS can utilise. Accordingly, another effect is added in portrait mode, the so-called high-key mono. The manufacturer has also added a new feature in portrait mode, which it calls High-Key mono. The default camera app also supports Smart HDR, Retina flash and electronic image stabilisation. You can even record videos in up to Ultra HD at 60 FPS with the front-facing camera too.

The iPhone 11 Pro also has triple rear-facing cameras, just like the iPhone 11 Pro Max. All are 12 MP sensors, the main of which has an f/1.8 aperture, a 1/2.55-inch sensor size and is optically stabilised (OIS). By contrast, the new ultra-wide-angle sensor has a narrower f/2.4 aperture and does not support OIS, but it does have a 120° field of view. The final sensor is a telephoto lens that not only supports OIS and has an f/2.0 aperture but also 2x optical zoom. Apple has improved its Smart HDR algorithm too, which delivers sharper-looking pictures, and it has finally integrated a dedicated night mode within its camera app. The mode only becomes active in pre-determined lighting conditions though, so you will not always be able to see it. The mode icon appears in the top left of the camera app when you can use it. The night mode recommends an extended exposure time too, but you can adjust this manually to up to five seconds, should you wish to do so.

Apple has paid special attention to the video capabilities of the iPhone 11 Pro too, which were already mighty impressive in last year's iPhones. The iPhone 11 Pro promises to shoot better low-light video than its predecessors, among other improvements.

Apple has paid attention to improve the videography of its latest iPhones, despite last year's models already being comparatively strong in this regard. The iPhone 11 Pro should perform well in low-light scenarios, but it reaches its limits at 60 FPS and even drops to 24 FPS when set to 30 FPS. However, our review unit takes the most homogenous-looking video of our comparison devices, in our opinion. The P30 Pro exposes low-light scenes as well as the iPhone 11 Pro can, but it struggles with eliminating striking colour artefacts. By contrast, the Samsung Galaxy Fold produces a slightly darker, cooler and noisier-looking video. Incidentally, the iPhone 11 should offer equally as good video performance thanks to its identical main rear-facing camera sensor.

Unsurprisingly, the iPhone 11 Pro delivers excellent videos in daylight too, which look best when shot in UHD at 60 FPS. The standard sensor and telephoto lens can fall back on OIS for image stabilisation, but it is a shame that it is currently impossible to switch between sensors while recording in UHD at 60 FPS. It is only possible to switch to the two sensors at other resolutions, though. However, you can only make use of the six-fold digital zoom when doing this, which is worth keeping in mind. Our review unit captures detailed and rich-sounding audio too.

Video clips

iPhone 11 Pro (UHD, 60 FPS)
iPhone 11 Pro (UHD, 60 FPS)
iPhone XS (UHD, 60 FPS)
iPhone XS (UHD, 60 FPS)
iPhone 11 Pro (UHD, 24/30 FPS)
iPhone XS (UHD, 24/30 FPS)
Huawei P30 Pro (UHD, 30 FPS)
Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G (UHD, 60 FPS)
Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G (UHD, 30 FPS)
iPhone 11 (UHD, 60 FPS)
iPhone 11 (UHD, 24/30 FPS)

Image Comparison

Choose a scene and navigate within the first image. One click changes the position on touchscreens. One click on the zoomed-in image opens the original in a new window. The first image shows the scaled photograph of the test device.

Scene 1Scene 2Scene 3
Telephoto lens
Main rear-facing camera
ColorChecker
18.9 ∆E
10.6 ∆E
15.3 ∆E
23.4 ∆E
12.1 ∆E
8.1 ∆E
5.9 ∆E
9.9 ∆E
10.4 ∆E
7.1 ∆E
9.7 ∆E
8.7 ∆E
6.9 ∆E
12.4 ∆E
10.9 ∆E
6.2 ∆E
9 ∆E
12.7 ∆E
5.4 ∆E
3.4 ∆E
9.4 ∆E
12.7 ∆E
9.9 ∆E
4.4 ∆E
ColorChecker Apple iPhone 11 Pro: 10.15 ∆E min: 3.4 - max: 23.43 ∆E
ColorChecker
25.7 ∆E
40.4 ∆E
29.3 ∆E
24 ∆E
32.6 ∆E
46.4 ∆E
39 ∆E
24.1 ∆E
30.4 ∆E
24.2 ∆E
44 ∆E
46.3 ∆E
20.7 ∆E
33.4 ∆E
26.9 ∆E
43.2 ∆E
31.7 ∆E
32.8 ∆E
46.6 ∆E
45.4 ∆E
39.8 ∆E
30.9 ∆E
22.2 ∆E
13.5 ∆E
ColorChecker Apple iPhone 11 Pro: 33.05 ∆E min: 13.46 - max: 46.57 ∆E
A photograph of our test chart (2,500 lux)
A photograph of our test chart (2,500 lux)
Our test chart in detail (2,500 lux)
A photograph of our test chart (1 lux)
A photograph of our test chart (1 lux, night mode, 3-second exposure)
A photograph of our test chart (1 lux, night mode, 9-second exposure)
A photograph of our test chart using optical zoom (2,500 lux)
Our test chart shot with the ultra-wide-angle lens (2,500 lux)

Accessories & Warranty - Still only one-year's warranty

The iPhone 11 Pro and its bundled accessories

The iPhone 11 Pro comes with a fast charger, a Lightning to USB Type-C cable, a pair of Lightning headphones, a SIM tool, a quick-start guide and a set of stickers. Apple sells numerous covers, cases and third-party wireless chargers separately too.

The iPhone 11 Pro comes with a one-year limited manufacturer's warranty. However, you may receive up to two years' coverage if you live in the EU, for example. Please see our Guarantees, Return Policies & Warranties FAQ for country-specific information.

Apple continues to offer its AppleCare+ service too, which still costs €229 and covers two accidental damage repairs. Even with AppleCare+, Apple charges a €29 service fee for a display replacement and €99 to repair any other damage to the device. In theory, the latter should also cover a total loss of the device too. AppleCare+ is valid for two years from the date of purchase and can be purchased up to 60 days after purchase.

Input Devices & Operation - Apple improves Face ID

The capacitive touchscreen with which Apple has equipped the iPhone 11 Pro is the same as the one that it used in the iPhone XS. This is no bad thing though, as it reproduces inputs reliably quickly and accurately onscreen. The volume and power buttons have not changed much since the iPhone X, apart from them now being a little thicker than they were previously. We have no issues with these, either.

Apple has finally brought swiping to its preinstalled keyboard, but you can still switch to alternate keyboards found on the App Store should you prefer. Apple no longer offers 3D Touch on any of its current iPhones, having replaced the pressure-sensitive technology with Haptic Touch. In practice little separates the two technologies, but 3D Touch required dedicated hardware, whereas Haptic Touch is merely a software-level solution. Effectively, Apple has replaced pressure-sensitive touches with long ones to bring up submenus.

Face ID returns too, and with increased recognition speeds according to Apple. The G8S ThinQ continues to have the fastest 3D facial recognition of any device that we have tested, though. Face ID now has a wider field of view too, which proved a practical upgrade in everyday use.

Display - An improved OLED panel

Sub-pixel array
Sub-pixel array

Apple has equipped the iPhone 11 Pro with a 5.8-inch OLED panel, which it continues to market as Super Retina XDR. The display resolves to 2436x1125, which yields a pixel density of 463 PPI. Above all, Apple promises to have equipped the iPhone 11 Pro with a brighter panel than it used in the iPhone XS, which should reach 800 cd/m² in general use and even up to 1,200 cd/m² when displaying HDR content. Apple's True Tone functionality returns too, which automatically adjusts the white balance of the display according to the ambient light in which it is situated.

Our review unit gets impressively bright, considering that it has an OLED panel. The display achieved an average maximum luminosity of 793 cd/m² according to X-Rite i1Pro 2, which puts it close to the 800 cd/m² of which Apple claims the display is capable. Our review unit does achieve this threshold, but only at one point of the display. Conversely, the more practical APL tests have the display peaking at even higher values. APL50, for instance, judged the display as averaging 844 cd/m², while APL10 recorded an even better value of 861 cd/m². We could not find a way to replicate Apple's 1,200 cd/m² claim with HDR enabled, but we suspect this brightness boost will only be available to custom apps. Unusually, Apple also allows the display to reach peak luminosity manually, rather than only with the brightness sensor enabled as is the case with many modern smartphones.

OLED panels can switch off pixels individually, so blacks are represented by deactivated pixels, rather than by dimming the screen as LCDs do. Hence, the OLED panel in the iPhone 11 Pro theoretically displays absolute blacks and an infinitely high contrast ratio. As expected, the iPhone 11 Pro uses pulse width modulation (PWM) to control display brightness. The panel in our review unit flickers at between 60 and 290.7 Hz, which is rather unusual. By contrast, most OLED panels flicker at one frequency.

790
cd/m²
790
cd/m²
800
cd/m²
793
cd/m²
787
cd/m²
798
cd/m²
796
cd/m²
787
cd/m²
799
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
Super Retina XDR Display tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2
Maximum: 800 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 793.3 cd/m² Minimum: 1.92 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 98 %
Center on Battery: 787 cd/m²
Contrast: ∞:1 (Black: 0 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 1.2 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5
ΔE Greyscale 1.5 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
99.4% sRGB (Calman 2D)
Gamma: 2.2
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
OLED, 2436x1125, 5.80
Apple iPhone XS
OLED, 2436x1125, 5.80
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
OLED, 3040x1440, 6.40
Huawei P30 Pro
OLED, 2340x1080, 6.47
OnePlus 7 Pro
AMOLED, 3120x1440, 6.67
LG G8s ThinQ
P-OLED, 2248x1080, 6.20
Screen
-10%
-87%
-31%
-13%
-84%
Brightness middle
787
639
-19%
710
-10%
597
-24%
586
-26%
539
-32%
Brightness
793
637
-20%
721
-9%
608
-23%
584
-26%
556
-30%
Brightness Distribution
98
94
-4%
97
-1%
89
-9%
97
-1%
88
-10%
Black Level *
Colorchecker dE 2000 *
1.2
1
17%
3.7
-208%
2.2
-83%
1.39
-16%
3.78
-215%
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. *
2.6
2.2
15%
10.3
-296%
3.6
-38%
2.7
-4%
6.95
-167%
Greyscale dE 2000 *
1.5
2.2
-47%
1.5
-0%
1.6
-7%
1.6
-7%
2.2
-47%
Gamma
2.2 100%
1.9 116%
2.1 105%
2.23 99%
2.243 98%
2.274 97%
CCT
6339 103%
6364 102%
6611 98%
6268 104%
6672 97%
6013 108%

* ... smaller is better

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession - a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.
Screen flickering / PWM detected 290.7 Hz ≤ 99 % brightness setting

The display backlight flickers at 290.7 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 99 % and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting.

The frequency of 290.7 Hz is relatively high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. However, there are reports that some users are still sensitive to PWM at 500 Hz and above, so be aware.

In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 18110 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured.

We also analysed the display using a photo spectrometer and CalMAN software, screenshots of which we have provided below. The iPhone 11 Pro, like its predecessors, cannot fully cover the DCI-P3 colour space, so we moved to the narrower sRGB colour space for further tests. Deactivating True Tone results in hardly any colour deviations from the sRGB colour space, although the white point is slightly warmer than ideal values. Activating True Tone will result in a warmer-looking image, but without any colour distortion.

CalMAN: Grayscale (True Tone deactivated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Grayscale (True Tone deactivated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Mixed colours (True Tone deactivated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Mixed colours (True Tone deactivated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Saturation (True Tone deactivated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Saturation (True Tone deactivated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Colour space (True Tone deactivated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Colour space (True Tone deactivated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Grayscale (True Tone activated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Grayscale (True Tone activated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Mixed colours (True Tone activated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Mixed colours (True Tone activated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Saturation (True Tone activated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Saturation (True Tone activated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Colour space (True Tone activated, sRGB target colour space)
CalMAN: Colour space (True Tone activated, sRGB target colour space)

Display Response Times

Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.
       Response Time Black to White
3.2 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined↗ 2 ms rise
↘ 1.2 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming.
In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 9 % of all devices are better.
This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (21.6 ms).
       Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
11.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined↗ 3.6 ms rise
↘ 8 ms fall
The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers.
In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 20 % of all devices are better.
This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (33.9 ms).

Unsurprisingly, the iPhone 11 Pro is easy to use outdoors thanks to its bright and contrast-rich display. The glass is not that reflective either, so you should have no issues with reading the display in bright sunlight. Additionally, the ambient light sensor quickly changes the screen brightness, so you should never be left waiting for the display to brighten when you step outside. We cannot confirm so far whether the device dims the display if it gets hot, but we shall keep this in mind during our tests.

Using the iPhone 11 Pro in the sun
Using the iPhone 11 Pro in the sun
Using the iPhone 11 Pro in the shade
Using the iPhone 11 Pro in the shade

The OLED panel also has excellent viewing angles. We noticed no colour or brightness distortions during our tests, although the screen looks a little cooler from acute viewing angles. This does not impact readability, though.

Viewing angles
Viewing angles

Performance - The Apple A13 Bionic blows away the competition

The iPhone 11 Pro comes with an A13 Bionic SoC, just like every other device in the iPhone 11 series does. The hexa-core SoC features two performance cores and four power-saving cores, which Apple complements with 4 GB of RAM. The SoC also integrates an A13 Bionic GPU and has 8.5 billion transistors on a 7 nm EUV process that TSMC manufactures.

As expected, the A13 Bionic delivers excellent performance and excelled in synthetic benchmarks. The system occasionally downclocks the SoC to prevent overheating though, which results in fluctuating benchmark scores. Our review unit always ran smoothly and loaded apps quickly too.

Geekbench 5.0
5.0 Single-Core (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
1343 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
1118 Points -17%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
1343 Points 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
1344 Points 0%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
836 Points -38%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
698 Points -48%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
740 Points -45%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
1114 Points -17%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (1343 - 1344, n=3)
1343 Points 0%
Average of class Smartphone
  (703 - 1668, n=12, last 2 years)
963 Points -28%
5.0 Multi-Core (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
3575 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
2910 Points -19%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
3463 Points -3%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
3242 Points -9%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
2306 Points -35%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
2544 Points -29%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
2608 Points -27%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
4661 Points +30%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (3242 - 3575, n=3)
3427 Points -4%
Average of class Smartphone
  (1908 - 4353, n=12, last 2 years)
3139 Points -12%
OpenCL Score 5.0 (sort by value)
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
4274 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
3494 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
2229 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (498 - 9123, n=7, last 2 years)
3975 Points
Vulkan Score 5.0 (sort by value)
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
2507 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
2204 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
1963 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (261 - 7988, n=6, last 2 years)
3373 Points
Metal Score 5.0 (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
6292 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
4469 Points -29%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
6297 Points 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
6448 Points +2%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
9229 Points +47%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (6292 - 6448, n=3)
6346 Points +1%
3DMark
1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Score (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
97216 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
77128 Points -21%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
97276 Points 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
96826 Points 0%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
55740 Points -43%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
51779 Points -47%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
64389 Points -34%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
65945 Points -32%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (96826 - 97290, n=4)
97152 Points 0%
1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
208190 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
160199 Points -23%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
209204 Points 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
206190 Points -1%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
70318 Points -66%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
63469 Points -70%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
106829 Points -49%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
97354 Points -53%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (206190 - 209431, n=4)
208254 Points 0%
1280x720 offscreen Ice Storm Unlimited Physics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
33925 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
27400 Points -19%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
33864 Points 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
33898 Points 0%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
32302 Points -5%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
31483 Points -7%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
26936 Points -21%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
30972 Points -9%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (33851 - 33925, n=4)
33885 Points 0%
2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
7893 Points
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
4465 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
4969 Points
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
7501 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
5251 Points
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (6168 - 7893, n=2)
7031 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (712 - 7285, n=52, last 2 years)
3495 Points
2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Graphics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
11302 Points
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
5303 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
5431 Points
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
9845 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
6122 Points
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (9218 - 11302, n=2)
10260 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (618 - 9451, n=52, last 2 years)
3845 Points
2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Physics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
3839 Points
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
2875 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
3828 Points
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
4091 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
3505 Points
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (2857 - 3839, n=2)
3348 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (1093 - 4525, n=52, last 2 years)
2989 Points
2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
10427 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
7856 Points -25%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
9199 Points -12%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points -100%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
4052 Points -61%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
5313 Points -49%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
7955 Points -24%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
5268 Points -49%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (9199 - 10699, n=3)
10108 Points -3%
Average of class Smartphone
  (704 - 23024, n=115, last 2 years)
9014 Points -14%
2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Graphics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
20154 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
14951 Points -26%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
17853 Points -11%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points -100%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
4449 Points -78%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
5767 Points -71%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
10420 Points -48%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
6358 Points -68%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (17853 - 20154, n=3)
19381 Points -4%
Average of class Smartphone
  (607 - 45492, n=114, last 2 years)
15728 Points -22%
2560x1440 Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Physics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
3877 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
2952 Points -24%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
3411 Points -12%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points -100%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
3087 Points -20%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
4164 Points +7%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
4352 Points +12%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
3293 Points -15%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (3411 - 4052, n=3)
3780 Points -3%
Average of class Smartphone
  (1075 - 8749, n=114, last 2 years)
4327 Points +12%
2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
4901 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
3514 Points -28%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
4400 Points -10%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
5471 Points +12%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
4452 Points -9%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
4264 Points -13%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
5581 Points +14%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
5068 Points +3%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (4050 - 5471, n=4)
4706 Points -4%
Average of class Smartphone
  (286 - 7890, n=102, last 2 years)
2665 Points -46%
2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
5761 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
3712 Points -36%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
5726 Points -1%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
6088 Points +6%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
5186 Points -10%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
4400 Points -24%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
6248 Points +8%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
6040 Points +5%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (4573 - 6088, n=4)
5537 Points -4%
Average of class Smartphone
  (240 - 9814, n=102, last 2 years)
2655 Points -54%
2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Physics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
3218 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
2960 Points -8%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
2429 Points -25%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
4038 Points +25%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
2977 Points -7%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
3849 Points +20%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
4063 Points +26%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
3242 Points +1%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (2429 - 4038, n=4)
3144 Points -2%
Average of class Smartphone
  (858 - 4679, n=102, last 2 years)
3119 Points -3%
2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
6006 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
4436 Points -26%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
6067 Points +1%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points -100%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
4529 Points -25%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
4317 Points -28%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
6270 Points +4%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
4604 Points -23%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (5362 - 6067, n=4)
5781 Points -4%
Average of class Smartphone
  (317 - 20131, n=175, last 2 years)
6514 Points +8%
2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
8374 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
5139 Points -39%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
8119 Points -3%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points -100%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
5371 Points -36%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
4361 Points -48%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
7115 Points -15%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
5184 Points -38%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (7847 - 9773, n=4)
8528 Points +2%
Average of class Smartphone
  (267 - 33376, n=174, last 2 years)
9281 Points +11%
2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
3018 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
2998 Points -1%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
3219 Points +7%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points -100%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
2925 Points -3%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
4171 Points +38%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
4429 Points +47%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
3309 Points +10%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (2078 - 3219, n=4)
2803 Points -7%
Average of class Smartphone
  (938 - 8480, n=174, last 2 years)
4150 Points +38%
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
T-Rex Onscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps 0%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
59 fps -2%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
58 fps -3%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
60 fps 0%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
60 fps 0%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
60 fps 0%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
120 fps +100%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (59 - 60, n=5)
59.8 fps 0%
Average of class Smartphone
  (22 - 165, n=179, last 2 years)
83.2 fps +39%
1920x1080 T-Rex Offscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
309 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
251 fps -19%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
322 fps +4%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
287 fps -7%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
96 fps -69%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
138 fps -55%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
166 fps -46%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
85 fps -72%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
451 fps +46%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (250 - 322, n=5)
295 fps -5%
Average of class Smartphone
  (19 - 791, n=179, last 2 years)
243 fps -21%
GFXBench 3.0
on screen Manhattan Onscreen OGL (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps 0%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps 0%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
53 fps -12%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
59 fps -2%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
55 fps -8%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
51 fps -15%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
110 fps +83%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (60 - 60, n=5)
60 fps 0%
Average of class Smartphone
  (6.8 - 165, n=180, last 2 years)
71 fps +18%
1920x1080 1080p Manhattan Offscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
168 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
115 fps -32%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
175 fps +4%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
157 fps -7%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
67 fps -60%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
91 fps -46%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
101 fps -40%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
50 fps -70%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
202 fps +20%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (149 - 175, n=5)
163.2 fps -3%
Average of class Smartphone
  (9.2 - 363, n=180, last 2 years)
137.5 fps -18%
GFXBench 3.1
on screen Manhattan ES 3.1 Onscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
48 fps -20%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps 0%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
37 fps -38%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
47 fps -22%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
36 fps -40%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
36 fps -40%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
95 fps +58%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (57 - 60, n=5)
59.4 fps -1%
Average of class Smartphone
  (3.7 - 158, n=180, last 2 years)
59.9 fps 0%
1920x1080 Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
112 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
62 fps -45%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
117 fps +4%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
100 fps -11%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
67 fps -40%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
56 fps -50%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
71 fps -37%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
35 fps -69%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
169 fps +51%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (93 - 117, n=5)
106.4 fps -5%
Average of class Smartphone
  (6.2 - 279, n=180, last 2 years)
96.3 fps -14%
GFXBench
on screen Car Chase Onscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
49 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
31 fps -37%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps +22%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
48 fps -2%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
23 fps -53%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
27 fps -45%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
21 fps -57%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
21 fps -57%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
47 fps -4%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (43 - 60, n=5)
52 fps +6%
Average of class Smartphone
  (5 - 117, n=180, last 2 years)
42.9 fps -12%
1920x1080 Car Chase Offscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
63 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
38 fps -40%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
73 fps +16%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
63 fps 0%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
43 fps -32%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
33 fps -48%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
42 fps -33%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
22 fps -65%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
101 fps +60%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (59 - 73, n=5)
65.4 fps +4%
Average of class Smartphone
  (2.9 - 166, n=180, last 2 years)
58.4 fps -7%
on screen Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
57 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
41 fps -28%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps +5%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
58 fps +2%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
26 fps -54%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
32 fps -44%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
23 fps -60%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
22 fps -61%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
58 fps +2%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (50 - 60, n=5)
57 fps 0%
Average of class Smartphone
  (3.6 - 123, n=220, last 2 years)
43.2 fps -24%
1920x1080 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
74 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
48 fps -35%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
87 fps +18%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
75 fps +1%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
46 fps -38%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
36 fps -51%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
42 fps -43%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
22 fps -70%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
127 fps +72%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (72 - 87, n=5)
78 fps +5%
Average of class Smartphone
  (2.3 - 229, n=220, last 2 years)
62.8 fps -15%
on screen Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
45 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
35 fps -22%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
60 fps +33%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
46 fps +2%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
16 fps -64%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
20 fps -56%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
15 fps -67%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
14 fps -69%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
49 fps +9%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (35 - 60, n=5)
49.2 fps +9%
Average of class Smartphone
  (2.8 - 105, n=220, last 2 years)
32.2 fps -28%
2560x1440 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
29 fps
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
22 fps -24%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
33 fps +14%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
29 fps 0%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
17 fps -41%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
14 fps -52%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
16 fps -45%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
8.5 fps -71%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
48 fps +66%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (29 - 33, n=5)
30.6 fps +6%
Average of class Smartphone
  (0.85 - 94, n=220, last 2 years)
25 fps -14%
AnTuTu v7 - Total Score (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
459850 Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
348178 Points -24%
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
456891 Points -1%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
462516 Points +1%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
333277 Points -28%
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
316199 Points -31%
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
369294 Points -20%
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
321145 Points -30%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
566378 Points +23%
Average Apple A13 Bionic
  (456891 - 462516, n=3)
459752 Points 0%
BaseMark OS II
Overall (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
6097 Points
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
5607 Points
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
4520 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
4701 Points
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
4982 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
4389 Points
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
7526 Points
Average Apple A13 Bionic
 
5607 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (411 - 11438, n=158, last 2 years)
5704 Points
System (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
12202 Points
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
14189 Points
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
8344 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
8572 Points
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
9143 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
8718 Points
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
16298 Points
Average Apple A13 Bionic
 
14189 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (2376 - 16475, n=158, last 2 years)
9621 Points
Memory (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
4169 Points
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
2350 Points
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
4306 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
5210 Points
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
5243 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
4324 Points
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
3390 Points
Average Apple A13 Bionic
 
2350 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (670 - 12306, n=158, last 2 years)
6230 Points
Graphics (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
15875 Points
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
16996 Points
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
8401 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
7758 Points
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
9421 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
8414 Points
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
28547 Points
Average Apple A13 Bionic
 
16996 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (697 - 58651, n=158, last 2 years)
13900 Points
Web (sort by value)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone XS
Apple A12 Bionic, A12 Bionic GPU, 4096
1711 Points
Apple iPhone 11
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
Points
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
Apple A13 Bionic, A13 Bionic GPU, 4096
1745 Points
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Samsung Exynos 9820, Mali-G76 MP12, 8192
1383 Points
Huawei P30 Pro
HiSilicon Kirin 980, Mali-G76 MP10, 8192
1409 Points
OnePlus 7 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 12288
1364 Points
LG G8s ThinQ
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Adreno 640, 6144
1171 Points
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018
Apple A12X Bionic, A12X Bionic GPU, 4096
2034 Points
Average Apple A13 Bionic
 
1745 Points
Average of class Smartphone
  (10 - 2145, n=158, last 2 years)
1487 Points

Similarly, the iPhone 11 Pro dominates in browser benchmark using the preinstalled Safari browser. Incidentally, iOS 13 introduces the option of downloading any file type and storing it on the device, which is a nice but long overdue change.

Jetstream 2 - Total Score
Average Apple A13 Bionic (128.5 - 142.2, n=5)
134.5 Points +5%
Apple iPhone 11 (Safari Mobile 13.0)
132.9 Points +3%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max (Safari Mobile 13.1)
129.1 Points 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro (Safari Mobile 13.0)
128.5 Points
Apple iPhone XS
108.4 Points -16%
Average of class Smartphone (13.8 - 351, n=168, last 2 years)
104.5 Points -19%
OnePlus 7 Pro (Chrome 74)
62.5 Points -51%
Huawei P30 Pro (Chrome 73)
60.5 Points -53%
Asus ZenFone 6 ZS630KL (Chrome 75)
59.7 Points -54%
LG G8s ThinQ (Chrome 75)
53.8 Points -58%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus (Samung Browser 9.0)
44.13 Points -66%
JetStream 1.1 - Total Score
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max (Safari Mobile 13.1)
301.9 Points +1%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro (Safari Mobile 13.0)
300 Points
Apple iPhone 11 (Safari Mobile 13.0)
293.4 Points -2%
Average Apple A13 Bionic (279 - 302, n=5)
293 Points -2%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018 (Safari 13)
277.7 Points -7%
Apple iPhone XS (Safari Mobile 12.0)
272.3 Points -9%
Average of class Smartphone (66.1 - 414, n=3, last 2 years)
194.9 Points -35%
Asus ZenFone 6 ZS630KL (Chrome 75)
112.2 Points -63%
LG G8s ThinQ (Chrome 75)
94.1 Points -69%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus (Samsung Browser 9.0)
91.8 Points -69%
Speedometer 2.0 - Result
Average Apple A13 Bionic (153 - 171, n=5)
158.4 runs/min +4%
Apple iPhone 11 (Safari Mobile 13.0)
157 runs/min +3%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max (Safari Mobile 13.1)
153 runs/min 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro (Safari Mobile 13.0)
153 runs/min
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018 (IOS 12.1.1)
131.9 (131min - 133max) runs/min -14%
Apple iPhone XS (Safari Mobile 12)
123 runs/min -20%
Average of class Smartphone (14.9 - 445, n=152, last 2 years)
105.5 runs/min -31%
Huawei P30 Pro (Chrome 73)
67.8 runs/min -56%
Asus ZenFone 6 ZS630KL (Chrome 75)
66.7 runs/min -56%
LG G8s ThinQ (Chome 75)
64.1 runs/min -58%
OnePlus 7 Pro (Chome 74)
61.5 runs/min -60%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus (Samsung Browser 9.0)
56 runs/min -63%
WebXPRT 3 - Overall
Apple iPhone 11 (Safari Mobile 13.0)
184 Points +1%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro (Safari Mobile 13.0)
183 Points
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max (Safari Mobile 13.1)
181 Points -1%
Average Apple A13 Bionic (146 - 202, n=5)
179.2 Points -2%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018 (Safari 13)
172 Points -6%
Apple iPhone XS (Safari Mobile 12.0)
159 Points -13%
Average of class Smartphone (37 - 304, n=119, last 2 years)
131.8 Points -28%
Huawei P30 Pro (Chrome 73)
122 Points -33%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus (Samsung Browser 9.0)
115 Points -37%
OnePlus 7 Pro (Chrome 74)
111 Points -39%
Asus ZenFone 6 ZS630KL (Chrome 75)
108 Points -41%
LG G8s ThinQ (Chrome 75)
107 Points -42%
Octane V2 - Total Score
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max (Safari Mobile 13.1)
49388 Points 0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro (Safari Mobile 13.0)
49151 Points
Apple iPhone 11 (Safari Mobile 13.0)
48819 Points -1%
Average Apple A13 Bionic (47288 - 49388, n=5)
48727 Points -1%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018 (Safari 13)
44425 Points -10%
Apple iPhone XS (Safari Mobile 12.0)
43280 Points -12%
Average of class Smartphone (4633 - 89112, n=202, last 2 years)
33525 Points -32%
OnePlus 7 Pro (Chrome 74)
24730 Points -50%
Asus ZenFone 6 ZS630KL (Chrome 75)
24313 Points -51%
LG G8s ThinQ (Chrome 75)
23830 Points -52%
Huawei P30 Pro (Chrome 73)
22447 Points -54%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus (Samsung Browser 9.0)
20849 Points -58%
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total
LG G8s ThinQ (Chrome 75)
2036 ms * -256%
Asus ZenFone 6 ZS630KL (Chrome 75)
2030 ms * -255%
Huawei P30 Pro (Chrome 73)
2009 ms * -251%
OnePlus 7 Pro (Chrome 74)
1965 ms * -244%
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus (Samsung Browser 9.0)
1857 ms * -225%
Average of class Smartphone (388 - 9999, n=165, last 2 years)
1653 ms * -189%
Apple iPhone XS (Safari Mobile 12.0)
609 ms * -6%
Apple iPad Pro 11 2018 (Safari 13)
603 ms * -5%
Apple iPhone 11 (Safari Mobile 13.0)
573 ms * -0%
Apple iPhone 11 Pro (Safari Mobile 13.0)
572 ms *
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max (Safari Mobile 13.1)
571 ms * -0%
Average Apple A13 Bionic (545 - 573, n=5)
562 ms * +2%

* ... smaller is better

Games - High FPS but with a small caveat

Theoretically, the iPhone 11 Pro should be an ideal gaming smartphone not least because of its powerful hardware. Our review unit fits well in our hands, is not too heavy, has a fast touchscreen and it has punchy-sounding speakers.

Likewise, our review unit maintained stable and high frame rates during our tests, as demonstrated by the GameBench tables below. However, we noticed some minor graphics glitches when playing PUBG Mobile, just as we originally did when testing the iPhone XS. This problem was eventually patched, which we suspect will be the case with the iPhone 11 Pro too.

Asphalt 9: Legends
Battle Bay
PUBG Mobile
PUBG Mobile
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Apple iPhone 11 Pro; 0.14.0: Ø41.6 (39-60)
Battle Bay
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Apple iPhone 11 Pro; 4.5.22485: Ø59.5 (58-60)
Asphalt 9: Legends
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Apple iPhone 11 Pro; 1.7.3: Ø33.6 (28-60)

Emissions - High temperatures and weak audio features

Temperature

T-Rex
Manhattan

The iPhone 11 Pro runs rather hot even when idling and gets even hotter under continuous load. However, our review unit never reached critical levels, so it should still be safe to put in your pocket after a prolonged gaming session.

We also ran GFXBench battery tests on a loop to see how the A13 Bionic performed under sustained load. While the iPhone 11 Pro had no issues when running the older T-Rex benchmark, it throttles by around 8% in the more demanding Manhattan test. It only does so relatively late on into the loop though, so this should not be an issue in daily use.

Max. Load
 36.8 °C
98 F
38.8 °C
102 F
37.4 °C
99 F
 
 35.6 °C
96 F
37 °C
99 F
36 °C
97 F
 
 33.7 °C
93 F
35.7 °C
96 F
35.3 °C
96 F
 
Maximum: 38.8 °C = 102 F
Average: 36.3 °C = 97 F
36.5 °C
98 F
41.2 °C
106 F
42.2 °C
108 F
35.3 °C
96 F
38.7 °C
102 F
37.8 °C
100 F
34.4 °C
94 F
36.8 °C
98 F
37.5 °C
100 F
Maximum: 42.2 °C = 108 F
Average: 37.8 °C = 100 F
Power Supply (max.)  29.5 °C = 85 F | Room Temperature 22 °C = 72 F | Voltcraft IR-260
(±) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 36.3 °C / 97 F, compared to the average of 32.7 °C / 91 F for the devices in the class Smartphone.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 38.8 °C / 102 F, compared to the average of 35 °C / 95 F, ranging from 21.9 to 56 °C for the class Smartphone.
(±) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 42.2 °C / 108 F, compared to the average of 33.8 °C / 93 F
(±) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 33.4 °C / 92 F, compared to the device average of 32.7 °C / 91 F.
Heat map of the front of the device under load
Heat map of the front of the device under load
Heat map of the back of the device under load
Heat map of the back of the device under load

Speakers

Pink Noise speaker test
Pink Noise speaker test

Apple equips the iPhone 11 Pro with stereo speakers, which proved something of a disappointment during our tests. While they sound decent, the ones in our review unit start to distort at high volumes, which only gets worse at maximum volume. Apple has equipped previous iPhones with much better speakers than the ones it has included in the iPhone 11 Pro, which is a shame. Our measurements confirm our subjective impressions too.

Hence, we would recommend using external audio equipment where possible. The included headphones are solid companions at best, but they will not blow anyone away. Sadly, Apple continues to fail to include a Lightning to headphone jack adapter in the box.

You can always use Bluetooth audio equipment instead, with the iPhone 11 Pro supporting the modern 5.0 standard. However, its audio codec support is rather thin, as Apple only includes AAC by way of high-resolution codecs. While this is good enough for streaming music from Apple Music, AAC cannot output as much data as codecs like aptX HD or LDAC can.

dB(A) 0102030405060708090Deep BassMiddle BassHigh BassLower RangeMidsHigher MidsLower HighsMid HighsUpper HighsSuper Highs2035.735.12527.625.23130.621.84024.821.85032.7346324.627.98023.227.510019.235.412517.942.316016.556.120015.253.525017.352.631517.253.340016.855.650014.660.46301464.780014.761100014.765.1125014.868.816001572.2200014.973.925001576.5315014.676.340001474.8500015.174.3630014.673.8800014.873.41000015.168.81250015.161.61600015.555.5SPL2785N0.958.7median 15median 64.7Delta0.49.434.832.622.424.922.724.923.820.930.930.920.422.42320.821.123.416.936.317.853.315.650.614.855.616.262.714.364.513.865.913.769.814.869.814.673.414.974.713.975.414.276.313.875.714.678.515.578.314.478.814.277.215.174.415.271.515.167.614.863.526.787.80.872.7median 14.8median 71.50.78.4hearing rangehide median Pink NoiseApple iPhone 11 ProSamsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Frequency diagram (checkboxes can be checked and unchecked to compare devices)
Apple iPhone 11 Pro audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (85 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 15.9% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (11% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.8% away from median
(±) | linearity of mids is average (7% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | higher highs - on average 9.3% higher than median
(+) | highs are linear (2.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (19.1% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 18% of all tested devices in this class were better, 9% similar, 73% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 38%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 40% of all tested devices were better, 7% similar, 53% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (87.8 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 24.6% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (13.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3.7% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4.8% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (2.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (16.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 6% of all tested devices in this class were better, 5% similar, 89% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 38%, worst was 134%
Compared to all devices tested
» 25% of all tested devices were better, 7% similar, 68% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%

Power Management - A larger battery and excellent runtimes

Power Consumption

The iPhone 11 Pro has comparatively good power consumption, even if it sips a bit too much ​​when idling at maximum brightness. Our review unit consumes more than its predecessor in this regard, but only because it can reach full luminosity in manual mode, which the iPhone XS cannot.

The included 18 W quick charger can recharge the iPhone 11 Pro fully in around 100 minutes, so you need not spend too long tethered to an outlet. The iPhone 11 Pro supports wireless charging too.

Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0.01 / 0.14 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 0.58 / 1.99 / 2.03 Watt
Load midlight 3.13 / 5.43 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Metrahit Energy
Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
3046 mAh
Apple iPhone XS
2658 mAh
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
4100 mAh
Huawei P30 Pro
4200 mAh
OnePlus 7 Pro
4000 mAh
LG G8s ThinQ
3550 mAh
Average Apple A13 Bionic
 
Average of class Smartphone
 
Power Consumption
-5%
-33%
-26%
-43%
-46%
-47%
-27%
Idle Minimum *
0.58
0.95
-64%
0.73
-26%
0.68
-17%
0.9
-55%
1.2
-107%
0.76 ?(0.44 - 1.3, n=5)
-31%
0.892 ?(0.42 - 2.37, n=158, last 2 years)
-54%
Idle Average *
1.99
1.34
33%
1.53
23%
2.6
-31%
1.8
10%
1.6
20%
3.39 ?(1.56 - 7.5, n=5)
-70%
1.448 ?(0.69 - 4.26, n=158, last 2 years)
27%
Idle Maximum *
2.03
1.48
27%
2.07
-2%
2.77
-36%
2.9
-43%
2
1%
3.44 ?(1.63 - 7.58, n=5)
-69%
1.631 ?(0.79 - 4.45, n=158, last 2 years)
20%
Load Average *
3.13
4
-28%
6.03
-93%
3.74
-19%
5.5
-76%
5
-60%
4.66 ?(2.32 - 10, n=5)
-49%
5.56 ?(2.4 - 16.5, n=158, last 2 years)
-78%
Load Maximum *
5.43
5.13
6%
9.18
-69%
6.82
-26%
8.2
-51%
10
-84%
6.42 ?(4.12 - 10.9, n=5)
-18%
8.25 ?(4.32 - 20.8, n=158, last 2 years)
-52%

* ... smaller is better

Battery Life

Apple has equipped the iPhone 11 Pro with a 388-mAh larger battery than its predecessor, which Apple promises will deliver up to four hours more battery life than the iPhone XS can manage. Our tests support this claim, which is impressive.

The iPhone 11 Pro achieved better runtimes than most of our comparison devices too. Only the P30 Pro and ZenFone 6 lasted longer, but they also have much larger batteries than the one that Apple has included in the iPhone 11 Pro.

Battery Runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
34h 44min
WiFi Websurfing (Safari Mobile 13.0)
13h 11min
Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p
17h 26min
Load (maximum brightness)
5h 36min
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
3046 mAh
Apple iPhone XS
2658 mAh
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
4100 mAh
Huawei P30 Pro
4200 mAh
OnePlus 7 Pro
4000 mAh
LG G8s ThinQ
3550 mAh
Asus ZenFone 6 ZS630KL
5000 mAh
Battery Runtime
-29%
-30%
4%
-18%
-25%
32%
Reader / Idle
2084
1442
-31%
1560
-25%
1966
-6%
1745
-16%
1689
-19%
2114
1%
H.264
1046
745
-29%
921
-12%
1193
14%
802
-23%
753
-28%
2138
104%
WiFi v1.3
791
570
-28%
483
-39%
838
6%
768
-3%
693
-12%
801
1%
Load
336
245
-27%
187
-44%
344
2%
236
-30%
203
-40%
409
22%

Pros

+ powerful SoC
+ bright OLED display with HDR10
+ long battery life
+ Wi-Fi 6
+ wide LTE frequency support
+ great triple rear-facing cameras with excellent video options
+ dust and waterproof

Cons

- no expandable storage
- weak audio performance
- restricted NFC
- only 12 months warranty
- no 5G
- lame wired data transmission speeds

Verdict - A good upgrade, but also with weaknesses

The Apple iPhone 11 Pro smartphone review.
The Apple iPhone 11 Pro smartphone review.

The iPhone 11 Pro is one of the best smaller smartphones currently on the market, with few OEMs currently offering a 5.8-inch flagship. Apple has equipped the device with a larger battery than its predecessor too, which helps it achieve excellent runtimes.

Apple has made strides with cameras too, having finally released an iPhone with triple rear-facing sensors. These particularly impress with their fantastic video capabilities, although the limited ability to switch between lenses while filming is a shame.

The Apple iPhone 11 Pro scores highly with its great battery life and its improved cameras. However, its underwhelming speakers may put off some people.

One area that Apple has neglected is audio. The speakers in our review unit distort at maximum volume and reverberate too much for our liking, while the lack of truly high-resolution Bluetooth audio codecs baffles us. The lack of a headphone jack adapter stings as well. Overall, we expect more from smartphones at this price range in this regard.

Moreover, the inclusion of a 64 GB model seems at odds with being able to shoot UHD and 60 FPS videos, which will have hefty file sizes. Likewise, the lack of even optional 5G makes the iPhone 11 series feel slightly outdated, even if the new technology is yet to reach maturity. In short, the iPhone 11 Pro is a fantastic flagship, but it has its drawbacks.

Apple iPhone 11 Pro - 08/31/2022 v7
Daniel Schmidt

Chassis
91%
Keyboard
66 / 75 → 88%
Pointing Device
97%
Connectivity
52 / 70 → 74%
Weight
89%
Battery
90%
Display
93%
Games Performance
61 / 64 → 96%
Application Performance
89 / 86 → 100%
Temperature
89%
Noise
100%
Audio
57 / 90 → 63%
Camera
76%
Average
81%
88%
Smartphone - Weighted Average

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> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > Reviews > Apple iPhone 11 Pro Smartphone Review: Triple rear-facing cameras and more power than you could shake a stick at
Daniel Schmidt, 2019-09-21 (Update: 2019-10- 2)