Xiaomi 14T Pro vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
77
out of 100
VS
93
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 14T Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 1 year after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14T Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 40W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Delivers 22% higher peak brightness (1229 against 1009 nits)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 24 grams less
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
- Shows 47% longer battery life (33:14 vs 22:36 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2590K versus 2283K)
- The phone is 1 year newer
- Reverse charging feature
- 80% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3940 and 2189 points
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1320 x 2868 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-144 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.1% | 91.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 17 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
14T Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) | 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) | 78 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 209 g (7.37 oz) | 233 g (8.22 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue | Silver, Blue, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.04/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus | Apple A19 Pro |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 790 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~2488.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15328 | 46450 |
| Single-core score | 2189 | 3940 |
| Multi-core score | 7225 | 10434 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 673218 | 788283 |
| GPU | 736798 | 922741 |
| Memory | 356904 | 226010 |
| UX | 516975 | 653533 |
| Total score | 2283895 | 2590567 |
| Samples | [33 tests] | [14 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 73% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1444 | 2487 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 24 FPS | 42 FPS |
| Section 1 | 26 FPS | 47 FPS |
| Section 2 | 25 FPS | 42 FPS |
| Section 3 | 22 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Graphics score | 6407 | 10999 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 16838 | - |
| Video editing | 6565 | - |
| Photo editing | 26141 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15968 | - |
| Writing score | 18342 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 14T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-24 -> NFS6410 | AnTuTu 12 | 2626976 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Thành) | AnTuTu 12 | 2400294 |
| 📘 2026-08-09 (Mouh_ch) | AnTuTu 11 | 2262635 |
| 📘 2026-07-27 (Phil) | AnTuTu 11 | 2119407 |
| 📘 2026-06-23 -> AGZL | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2200 / 7243 |
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Md.Imran Shafiq) | AnTuTu 11 | 2602137 |
| 📘 2026-07-31 (xon1005) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4028 / 10579 |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Domi) | AnTuTu 11 | 2427596 |
| 📘 2026-06-09 (Cristiano) | AnTuTu 11 | 2258714 |
| 📘 2026-05-29 (Joker) | AnTuTu 11 | 2433128 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS size | 50 GB | 20 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5088 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (74% in 15 min) | Yes (65% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 1:12 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:46 hr | 12:36 hr |
| Watching video | 14:07 hr | 22:25 hr |
| Gaming | 05:33 hr | 08:17 hr |
| Standby | 92 hr | 154 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#23rd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2.6x | Optical, 4x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.78 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision Light Fusion 900 | Sony IMX903 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 60 mm | 100 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX973 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV13B | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | - |
| Preview | 67 | - |
| Zoom | 144 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 14T Pro from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KKD1 | Sony IMX914 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2024 | September 2025 |
| Release date | September 2024 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $579 | $1199 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T Pro | - |
| 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 | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro Max:
- Battery is 5,088 mAh on the eSIM-only model (vs 4,832 mAh on the Nano SIM + eSIM version).
- The Chinese model alone includes dual Nano SIM slots and 15 W wireless charging.
*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 17 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.
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