Xiaomi 17 Pro vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro
91
out of 100
VS
85
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.3-inch Xiaomi 17 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on September 25, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 1 year and 1 month before. 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
- Comes with 2718 mAh larger battery capacity: 6300 vs 3582 mAh
- 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3569K versus 1801K)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro
- Delivers 68% higher peak brightness (1751 against 1044 nits)
- 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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.3 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2656 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 464 ppi | 458 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 | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Dragon Crystal Glass 3 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 102.8% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 192 g (6.77 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.83/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 4610 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 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 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27343 | 33278 |
| Single-core score | 3871 | 3591 |
| Multi-core score | 12033 | 9090 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1004041 | 555276 |
| GPU | 1307517 | 546980 |
| Memory | 470024 | 176885 |
| UX | 787772 | 522035 |
| Total score | 3569354 | 1801176 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 81% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2404 | 1732 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 41 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | 49 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | 41 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | 34 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 10752 | 7585 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17802 | - |
| Video editing | 8078 | - |
| Photo editing | 37143 | - |
| Data manipulation | 17701 | - |
| Writing score | 24706 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#48th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 17 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-30 (Mmm.) | AnTuTu 11 | 3569354 |
| 📘 2026-03-27 (Mm) | AnTuTu 11 | 3433545 |
| 📘 2026-02-28 (aabdy) | AnTuTu 11 | 3705564 |
| 📘 2026-01-09 (.) | AnTuTu 11 | 3554073 |
| 📘 2025-12-13 -> Juubidara | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3860 / 12136 |
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3087 / 8369 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu 11 | 1500141 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Lks jaay) | Battery life | Battery report |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Anton) | AnTuTu 11 | 1782199 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Rain) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3656 / 9628 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS size | 54 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 6 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6300 mAh | 3582 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (70% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:47 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 11:41 hr |
| Watching video | - | 17:46 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | - | 132 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#85th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 5x |
| 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) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 102° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision 950L LightHunter | Sony IMX803 |
| 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 | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.0 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 115 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 17 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50M | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 93 |
| Zoom | - | 142 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50M | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
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 | 5.3 |
| 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 | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2025 | September 2024 |
| Release date | September 2025 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $999 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.48 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro:
- In the US, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model comes with 1 physical SIM slot plus eSIM capability.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17 Pro. But if the software is more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 16 Pro.
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