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Xiaomi 17 Pro Max vs Sony Xperia 1 VIII

92 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
VS
87 out of 100
Sony Xperia 1 VIII
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
Sony Xperia 1 VIII

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 Sony Xperia 1 VIII, which is powered by the same chip and came out 8 months after. 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
  • Comes with 2500 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 5000 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Thinner bezels – 5.9% more screen real estate
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Sony Xperia 1 VIII
  • Delivers 37% higher peak brightness (1417 against 1031 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
  • The phone is 8 months newer
  • Weighs 19 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Sony Xperia 1 VIII 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
25.1
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
17 Pro Max
vs
Xperia 1 VIII

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 416 ppi 396 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 2200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Dragon Crystal Glass 3 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 86.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 103% 97.5%
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
Xperia 1 VIII
6.5″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
17 Pro Max
1031 nits
Xperia 1 VIII +37%
1417 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 162 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 74 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Black, Silver, Gold, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
17 Pro Max +7%
92.4%
Xperia 1 VIII
86.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Sony Xperia 1 VIII
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4610 MHz 4610 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 Pro Max and Sony Xperia 1 VIII
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Pro Max +5%
3697
Xperia 1 VIII
3522
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Pro Max +11%
11010
Xperia 1 VIII
9923
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Pro Max
27311
Xperia 1 VIII +5%
28578
Compute Score (GPU) 27311 28578
Single-core score 3697 3522
Multi-core score 11010 9923
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Pro Max +4%
3998145
Xperia 1 VIII
3842882
CPU 1196188 1085245
GPU 1435952 1325452
Memory 526360 568742
UX 839645 863443
Total score 3998145 3842882
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 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (17th and 27th place)
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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 -> PocoF5hyperosAnTuTu3241083
📘 2026-06-03 (Eterion)AnTuTu4008895
📘 2025-12-27 (Chan)AnTuTu3852243
📘 2025-11-02 (Okekdjekei)AnTuTu3998145
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Sony Xperia 1 VIII
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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 4.0
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 2048 GB

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM HyperOS 3 -
OS size 32 GB 45 GB
OS updates 6 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 30 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (82% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 1:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:28 hr -
Watching video 25:18 hr -
Gaming 09:04 hr -
Standby 143 hr -
General battery life
17 Pro Max
36:26 hr
Xperia 1 VIII
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 2.9x
Flash Dual LED 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 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 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 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision Light Fusion 950L Sony IMX888
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.35" (≈ 0.74 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.8
Focal length 115 mm 70 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8 Sony IMX 906
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 48 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 17 mm 16 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 1 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 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 Sony IMX663
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
17 Pro Max +77%
85.8 dB
Xperia 1 VIII
48.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 May 2026
Release date September 2025 June 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1499
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 Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. It has a better camera, battery life, software, and sound.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
3 (75%)
1 (25%)
Total votes: 4

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