Xiaomi 17 Pro Max vs Google Pixel 11 Pro

92 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
VS
84 out of 100
Google Pixel 11 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 11 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G6 and came out 11 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
  • 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3998K versus 1925K)
  • Comes with 2650 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 4850 mAh
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Shows 42% longer battery life (36:26 vs 25:44 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Thinner bezels – 5.1% more screen real estate
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 11 Pro
  • Delivers 218% higher peak brightness (3260 against 1026 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 19% higher pixel density (497 vs 416 PPI)
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.7 mm narrower
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Google Pixel 11 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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12 / 512 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
14.6
(Bad)
Value Index
35.4
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

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 497 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 3600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 2400 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% 87.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 103% -
PWM 122 Hz -
Response time 63 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
17 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Pixel 11 Pro
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~21% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1026 nits
Pixel 11 Pro +218%
3260 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 152.7 mm (6.01 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 204 g (7.2 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Black, Blue, Green, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
92.4%
87.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Google Pixel 11 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Google Tensor G6
Max clock 4610 MHz 4110 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 7 (1 + 4 + 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 2.65 GHz: C1-Pro
- 4 cores at 3.38 GHz: C1-Pro
- 1 core at 4.11 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 PowerVR CXTP-48-1536
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1286 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1975.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Google Pixel 11 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Pro Max +38%
3697
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Pro Max +60%
11010
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Pro Max +341%
27311
Compute Score (GPU) 27311 6195
Single-core score 3697 2688
Multi-core score 11010 6871
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Pro Max +108%
3998145
1925523
CPU 1196188 873099
GPU 1435952 286837
Memory 526360 301575
UX 839645 464012
Total score 3998145 1925523
Samples [4 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 75% -
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Graphics score 2410 -
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]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 17696 -
Video editing 8079 -
Photo editing 41496 -
Data manipulation 18359 -
Writing score 25803 -

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
Google Pixel 11 Pro
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 512 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 17
ROM HyperOS 3 Stock Android
OS size 32 GB -
OS updates 6 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 4850 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 (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (82% in 30 min) Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 1:20 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:28 hr 10:48 hr
Watching video 25:18 hr 22:07 hr
Gaming 09:04 hr 06:33 hr
Standby 143 hr 86 hr
General battery life
17 Pro Max +42%
36:26 hr
25:44 hr
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (11th and 143rd place)

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 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 -
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.8
Focal length 115 mm 106 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 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 -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 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 0.7 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
85.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 August 2026
Release date September 2025 August 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1099
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
*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.

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