Xiaomi 17 Pro Max vs Vivo X300 Pro

92 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
VS
90 out of 100
Vivo X300 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 Vivo X300 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500. 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 48% longer battery life (36:26 vs 24:37 hours)
  • Comes with 990 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 6510 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3998K versus 3587K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 15% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3697 and 3228 points
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300 Pro
  • Delivers 158% higher peak brightness (2662 against 1032 nits)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Vivo X300 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 512 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
14.6
(Bad)
Value Index
35.0
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 452 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Dragon Crystal Glass 3 Armor Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 103% 99.7%
PWM 122 Hz 360 Hz
Response time 63 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1032 nits
X300 Pro +158%
2662 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 161.98 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 75.48 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.99 mm (0.31 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, Blue, Brown
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
92.4%
90.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Vivo X300 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Max clock 4610 MHz 4210 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 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro
- 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium
- 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 990
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1716 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Vivo X300 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Pro Max +15%
3697
3228
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Pro Max +15%
11010
9553
Compute Score (GPU)
27311
27383
Compute Score (GPU) 27311 27383
Single-core score 3697 3228
Multi-core score 11010 9553
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Pro Max +11%
3998145
3587829
CPU 1196188 1046355
GPU 1435952 1382122
Memory 526360 388628
UX 839645 770724
Total score 3998145 3587829
Samples [4 tests] [28 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2410
X300 Pro +26%
3036
Stability 75% 53%
Graphics test 18 FPS 22 FPS
Graphics score 2410 3036
3DMark Solar Bay
10958
X300 Pro +23%
13426
Graphics test 42 FPS 51 FPS
Section 1 48 FPS 57 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 51 FPS
Section 3 34 FPS 45 FPS
Graphics score 10958 13426
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
5808
n/a
Graphics test 34 FPS -
Graphics score 5808 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
17 Pro Max +17%
19616
16703
Web score 17696 14329
Video editing 8079 6016
Photo editing 41496 36698
Data manipulation 18359 14869
Writing score 25803 25904
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (27th and 46th place)

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
Vivo X300 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-27 (Pradip)AnTuTu 123930709
📘 2026-09-09 (tiktok: @anonchapix)CPU Throttle81%
📘 2026-09-09 (tiktok: @anonchapix)AnTuTu 124215102
📘 2026-09-03 (chapix)AnTuTu 113935655
📘 2026-08-28 -> Rlamac012AnTuTu 113729488

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5333 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 OriginOS 6
OS size 32 GB 37 GB
OS updates 6 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 6510 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (40 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (82% in 30 min) Yes (55% in 24 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:50 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:28 hr 13:30 hr
Watching video 25:18 hr 15:47 hr
Gaming 09:04 hr 07:14 hr
Standby 143 hr 81 hr
General battery life
17 Pro Max +48%
36:26 hr
24:37 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3.7x
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 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 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/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision Light Fusion 950L Sony LYT-828
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.7
Focal length 115 mm 85 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8 Samsung ISOCELL HPB
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.56 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 S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
X300 Pro +4%
171
Video quality
X300 Pro +16%
169
Generic main camera score
X300 Pro +8%
171
Bokeh 160 180
Zoom 137 159
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max from DxOMark Photo samples of Vivo X300 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 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, Beidou, 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
X300 Pro +7%
91.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 October 2025
Release date September 2025 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $899
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

If the battery life, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. But if the display, gaming, and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Vivo X300 Pro.

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