Xiaomi 17 Pro Max vs Huawei Pura 90s Pro

92 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
VS
79 out of 100
Huawei Pura 90s 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 Huawei Pura 90s Pro, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9030S and came out 10 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
  • 3.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3998K versus 1273K)
  • Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 6000 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 66W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 2.8x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3697 and 1319 points
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 90s Pro
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 11% higher pixel density (460 vs 416 PPI)
  • The phone is 10 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Huawei Pura 90s 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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12 / 512 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
14.6
(Bad)
Value Index
40.6
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1256 x 2760 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 -
PPI 416 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Dragon Crystal Glass 3 Kunlun Glass 2
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 103% -
PWM 122 Hz -
Response time 63 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1031 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 157.8 mm (6.21 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 74.5 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 213.5 g (7.53 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Black, Pink, Orange, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
92.4%
89.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Huawei Pura 90s Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 HiSilicon Kirin 9030S
Max clock 4610 MHz 2700 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 4 cores at 1.62 GHz: Taishan v124 Little
- 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: Taishan v124 Mid
- 1 core at 2.7 GHz: Taishan v124 Big
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Da Vinci
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Maleoon 935F
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 933 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1433.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Huawei Pura 90s Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Pro Max +180%
3697
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Pro Max +146%
11010
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Pro Max +693%
27311
Compute Score (GPU) 27311 3442
Single-core score 3697 1319
Multi-core score 11010 4470
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Pro Max +214%
3998145
1273046
CPU 1196188 475726
GPU 1435952 246367
Memory 526360 279480
UX 839645 271473
Total score 3998145 1273046
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 -> PocoF5hyperosAnTuTu3241083
📘 2026-06-03 (Eterion)AnTuTu4008895
📘 2025-12-27 (Chan)AnTuTu3852243
📘 2025-11-02 (Okekdjekei)AnTuTu3998145
Huawei Pura 90s Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-07 -> internoAnTuTu1273046

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 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

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

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 66 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (82% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:48 hr -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:28 hr -
Watching video 25:18 hr -
Gaming 09:04 hr -
Standby 143 hr -
General battery life
36:26 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 4x
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 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12.5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.4 - 4.0
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision Light Fusion 950L -
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron -
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.1
Focal length 115 mm 91 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12.5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm 13 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 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 13 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 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 3.1
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, 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 Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
85.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 July 2026
Release date September 2025 August 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $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 Yes, 66 W
*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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