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Xiaomi 17 Max vs Honor Win

93 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Max
VS
91 out of 100
Honor Win
Xiaomi 17 Max
Honor Win

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi 17 Max (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on May 21, 2026, against the Honor Win, which is powered by the same chip and came out 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17 Max
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Honor Win
  • Comes with 2000 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 8000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (1151 against 1063 nits)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Max and Honor Win crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
17 Max
93*
Honor Win
86*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
17 Max
100*
Honor Win
100*
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
17 Max
93*
Honor Win
91*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
62.8
(Average)
Value Index
52.7
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
17 Max
vs
Honor Win

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1272 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 420 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 185 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 480 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 100%
PWM 119 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
17 Max
1063 nits
Honor Win +8%
1151 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 229 g (8.08 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Active fan
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
17 Max +2%
92.4%
Honor Win
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Max and Honor Win
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4610 MHz 4610 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Max and Honor Win
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Max +2%
3750
Honor Win
3663
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Max +7%
11674
Honor Win
10928
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Max
28039
Honor Win +4%
29142
Compute Score (GPU) 28039 29142
Single-core score 3750 3663
Multi-core score 11674 10928
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Max
3654776
Honor Win +9%
3991174
CPU 1033676 1105325
GPU 1375933 1579293
Memory 520599 469071
UX 724568 837485
Total score 3654776 3991174
Samples Less than 3 [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
17 Max
n/a
Honor Win
2741
Stability - 70%
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Graphics score - 2741
3DMark Solar Bay
17 Max
n/a
Honor Win
11768
Graphics test - 45 FPS
Section 1 - 53 FPS
Section 2 - 45 FPS
Section 3 - 38 FPS
Graphics score - 11768
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
17 Max
n/a
Honor Win
19952
Web score - 23048
Video editing - 9158
Photo editing - 40165
Data manipulation - 18912
Writing score - 25912
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (43rd and 26th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17 Max
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Honor Win
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Pyro)AnTuTu 113918165
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Ilya)AnTuTu 114007911
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-10 (SmileSoul)AnTuTu 114260414
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (SmileSoul)AnTuTu 114119462
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (Ilya)AnTuTu 113927863
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM HyperOS 3 MagicOS 10
OS size 4 GB 25 GB
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 10000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 27 min)
Full charging time - 1:05 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/2.0
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50M -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 22 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

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 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - No
Speakers test
Max loudness
17 Max
81.1 dB
Honor Win +9%
88.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2026 December 2025
Release date May 2026 January 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $850 $699
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 17 Max.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
7 (53.8%)
6 (46.2%)
Total votes: 13

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