Xiaomi 17 Pro Max vs Vivo X500
92
out of 100
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90
out of 100
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 X500, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9600M and came out 1 year after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has a 0.31 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 12% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3697 and 3314 points
Reasons to consider the Vivo X500
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.59 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2608 pixels | 1260 x 2750 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 452 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1200 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3500 nits | 4000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Dragon Crystal Glass 3 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.4% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| 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
Vivo X500
6.59″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) | 157.01 mm (6.18 inches) |
| Width | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) | 74.49 mm (2.93 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.15 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 219 g (7.72 oz) | 217 g (7.65 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, Gray, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | MediaTek Dimensity 9600M |
| 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 |
| 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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27311 | - |
| Single-core score | 3697 | 3314 |
| Multi-core score | 11010 | 10400 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1196188 | 1004925 |
| GPU | 1435952 | 1316839 |
| Memory | 526360 | 477842 |
| UX | 839645 | 731113 |
| Total score | 3998145 | 3930719 |
| 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 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17696 | - |
| Video editing | 8079 | - |
| Photo editing | 41496 | - |
| Data manipulation | 18359 | - |
| Writing score | 25803 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (20th and 26th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-09 -> PocoF5hyperos | AnTuTu 11 | 3241083 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (Eterion) | AnTuTu 11 | 4008895 |
| 📘 2025-12-27 (Chan) | AnTuTu 11 | 3852243 |
| 📘 2025-11-02 (Okekdjekei) | AnTuTu 11 | 3998145 |
Vivo X500
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 512 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 17 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | OriginOS 7 |
| OS size | 32 GB | - |
| OS updates | 6 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7500 mAh | 7500 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 |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | - |
| Web browsing | 16:28 hr | - |
| Watching video | 25:18 hr | - |
| Gaming | 09:04 hr | - |
| Standby | 143 hr | - |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#11th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3x |
| 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: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | 115 mm | 72 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8 | Sony LYT-610 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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
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 | 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 |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2025 | September 2026 |
| Release date | September 2025 | September 2026 |
| 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, 90 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, battery life, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. But if the display and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Vivo X500.
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