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Xiaomi 17 Pro Max vs Google Pixel 10 Pro

92 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
VS
79 out of 100
Google Pixel 10 Pro
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
Google Pixel 10 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi 17 Pro Max (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on September 25, 2025, against the Google Pixel 10 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G5 and came out 1 month 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 Pro Max
  • 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3998K versus 1536K)
  • Comes with 2630 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 4870 mAh
  • Shows 60% longer battery life (36:26 vs 22:50 hours)
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Thinner bezels – 5.3% more screen real estate
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 10 Pro
  • Delivers 130% higher peak brightness (2351 against 1021 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 19% higher pixel density (495 vs 416 PPI)
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.6 mm narrower
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Google Pixel 10 Pro crucial features
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 512 GB
VS
16 / 128 GB
14.6
(Bad)
Value Index
51.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
17 Pro Max
vs
Pixel 10 Pro

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1280 x 2856 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 495 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 3300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 2200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Dragon Crystal Glass 3 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 103% 98.1%
PWM 122 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 63 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
17 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Pixel 10 Pro
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~21% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
17 Pro Max
1021 nits
Pixel 10 Pro +130%
2351 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 72 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 207 g (7.3 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.67/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
17 Pro Max +6%
92.4%
Pixel 10 Pro
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Google Pixel 10 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Google Tensor G5
Max clock 4610 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 5 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 5 cores at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.78 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 PowerVR DXT-48-1536
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Google Pixel 10 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Pro Max +62%
3697
Pixel 10 Pro
2285
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Pro Max +78%
11010
Pixel 10 Pro
6201
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Pro Max +113%
27311
Pixel 10 Pro
12809
Compute Score (GPU) 27311 12809
Single-core score 3697 2285
Multi-core score 11010 6201
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Pro Max +160%
3998145
Pixel 10 Pro
1536042
CPU 1196188 723048
GPU 1435952 180786
Memory 526360 253221
UX 839645 378987
Total score 3998145 1536042
Samples [4 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
17 Pro Max +138%
2410
Pixel 10 Pro
1012
Stability 75% 96%
Graphics test 18 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 2410 1012
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 42 FPS -
Section 1 48 FPS -
Section 2 41 FPS -
Section 3 34 FPS -
Graphics score 10958 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 34 FPS -
Graphics score 5808 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
17 Pro Max +29%
19616
Pixel 10 Pro
15238
Web score 17696 17364
Video editing 8079 7207
Photo editing 41496 24668
Data manipulation 18359 13902
Writing score 25803 20520
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 -> PocoF5hyperosAnTuTu 113241083
📘 2026-06-03 (Eterion)AnTuTu 114008895
📘 2025-12-27 (Chan)AnTuTu 113852243
📘 2025-11-02 (Okekdjekei)AnTuTu 113998145
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Google Pixel 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-22 -> PixeluserAnTuTu 111536042
📘 2026-07-11 (anglezz)AnTuTu 111631729
📘 2025-09-26 (Sherik)AnTuTu 111467600
Add View all (3)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 512 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM HyperOS 3 Stock Android
OS size 32 GB 24 GB
OS updates 6 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 4870 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 30 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (12 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (82% in 30 min) Yes (45% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 1:40 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:28 hr 11:03 hr
Watching video 25:18 hr 17:16 hr
Gaming 09:04 hr 04:52 hr
Standby 143 hr 78 hr
General battery life
17 Pro Max +60%
36:26 hr
Pixel 10 Pro
22:50 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 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 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor Omnivision Light Fusion 950L Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.8
Focal length 115 mm 113 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.7
Focal length 17 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 160 -
Zoom 137 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 42 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 17 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 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, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
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 Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
17 Pro Max
85.8 dB
Pixel 10 Pro +4%
89.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 August 2025
Release date September 2025 August 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $999
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Pixel 10 Pro:
    - Supports Bypass Charge.
*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 Xiaomi 17 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
34 (72.3%)
13 (27.7%)
Total votes: 47

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