Xiaomi 17 Pro Max vs Oppo Find X8 Ultra

92 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
VS
90 out of 100
Oppo Find X8 Ultra

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 Oppo Find X8 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
  • Shows 28% longer battery life (36:26 vs 28:25 hours)
  • Comes with 1400 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 6100 mAh
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3998K versus 3183K)
  • 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3697 and 3103 points
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X8 Ultra
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • The rear camera has a 6x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (1166 against 1031 nits)
  • 23% higher pixel density (510 vs 416 PPI)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Oppo Find X8 Ultra 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 512 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
14.6
(Bad)
Value Index
34.0
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 2500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Dragon Crystal Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass
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% 100%
PWM 122 Hz 121 Hz
Response time 63 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1031 nits
1166 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 163.09 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 76.8 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.78 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 226 g (7.97 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
92.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Oppo Find X8 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4610 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Oppo Find X8 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Pro Max +19%
3697
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Pro Max +13%
11010
Compute Score (GPU)
27311
Compute Score (GPU) 27311 25197
Single-core score 3697 3103
Multi-core score 11010 9772
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Pro Max +26%
3998145
3183101
CPU 1196188 961436
GPU 1435952 1059315
Memory 526360 516419
UX 839645 645931
Total score 3998145 3183101
Samples [4 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2410
2512
Stability 75% 72%
Graphics test 18 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 2410 2512
3DMark Solar Bay
10958
11466
Graphics test 42 FPS 44 FPS
Section 1 48 FPS 49 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 44 FPS
Section 3 34 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 10958 11466
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
5808
6180
Stability - 67%
Graphics test 34 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 5808 6180
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
19616
Web score 17696 21490
Video editing 8079 8016
Photo editing 41496 29166
Data manipulation 18359 17803
Writing score 25803 23531
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (17th and 65th place)

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
Oppo Find X8 Ultra
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 ColorOS 16
OS size 32 GB -
OS updates 6 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 6100 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 (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (82% in 30 min) Yes (58% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:37 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:28 hr 13:45 hr
Watching video 25:18 hr 18:49 hr
Gaming 09:04 hr 06:44 hr
Standby 143 hr 109 hr
General battery life
17 Pro Max +28%
36:26 hr
28:25 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 6x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 102° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 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/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision Light Fusion 950L Sony LYT-900
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1" (≈ 1 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.6 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.1
Focal length 115 mm 70 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8 Sony LYT-700C
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 17 mm 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
166
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 160 175
Zoom 137 151
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max from DxOMark Photo samples of Oppo Find X8 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 LYT-506
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.8 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 5.4
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
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 No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
85.8 dB
84.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 April 2025
Release date September 2025 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $999
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- 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

If the battery life and software are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. But if the display is more of a priority – go for the Oppo Find X8 Ultra.

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