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Xiaomi 17 Max vs OnePlus 15

93 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Max
VS
93 out of 100
OnePlus 15
Xiaomi 17 Max
OnePlus 15

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 OnePlus 15, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 7 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
  • Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 7300 mAh
  • The phone is 7 months newer
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 15
  • Delivers 222% higher peak brightness (3423 against 1063 nits)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4008K versus 3654K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Max and OnePlus 15 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
17 Max
93*
OnePlus 15
91*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
17 Max
100*
OnePlus 15
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*
OnePlus 15
93*
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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
66.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
17 Max
vs
OnePlus 15

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 420 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 330 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.9%
PWM 119 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
17 Max
1063 nits
OnePlus 15 +222%
3423 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 161.42 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 76.67 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.69/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) Β· 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
17 Max +1%
92.4%
OnePlus 15
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Max and OnePlus 15
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4610 MHz 4600 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 OnePlus 15
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Max +4%
3750
OnePlus 15
3607
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Max +9%
11674
OnePlus 15
10732
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Max +15%
28039
OnePlus 15
24461
Compute Score (GPU) 28039 24461
Single-core score 3750 3607
Multi-core score 11674 10732
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Max
3654776
OnePlus 15 +10%
4008294
CPU 1033676 1184036
GPU 1375933 1490867
Memory 520599 402813
UX 724568 930578
Total score 3654776 4008294
Samples Less than 3 [45 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
17 Max
n/a
OnePlus 15
2699
Stability - 78%
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Graphics score - 2699
3DMark Solar Bay
17 Max
n/a
OnePlus 15
12540
Graphics test - 48 FPS
Section 1 - 56 FPS
Section 2 - 47 FPS
Section 3 - 39 FPS
Graphics score - 12540
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
17 Max
n/a
OnePlus 15
15658
Web score - 15531
Video editing - 6678
Photo editing - 26644
Data manipulation - 14971
Writing score - 20874
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (43rd and 24th place)
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Recent User Tests

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OnePlus 15
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 (ASCOπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ώ)AnTuTu 123842868
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 -> aleshkaAnTuTu 123914618
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Mehdi)AnTuTu 113651261
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> Ang3L4DAnTuTu 114057387
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (YurOk)AnTuTu 113870500
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5333 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 OxygenOS 16
OS size 4 GB 26 GB
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 7300 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time - 0:43 hr
Battery cycles - 1100 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 18:32 hr
Watching video - 28:44 hr
Gaming - 10:01 hr
Standby - 139 hr
General battery life
17 Max
n/a
OnePlus 15
39:14 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3.5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 102Β° 116Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 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/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX906
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
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 70 mm 85 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 17 mm 16 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M OmniVision OV50D
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.612 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution - 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX709
Sensor size - 1/2.74" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
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 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
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 +1%
81.1 dB
OnePlus 15
80.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2026 October 2025
Release date May 2026 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $850 $899
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the sound is more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17 Max. But if the connectivity is more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 15.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
13 (31.7%)
28 (68.3%)
Total votes: 41

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