Xiaomi 17 Pro vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro

92 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro
VS
91 out of 100
Apple iPhone 17 Pro

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 17 Pro, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro. 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
  • Comes with 2048 mAh larger battery capacity: 6300 vs 4252 mAh
  • 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3569K versus 2538K)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 40W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Pro and Apple iPhone 17 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
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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
39.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
23.7
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

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 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 3000 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 Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 102.8% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
17 Pro +3%
1049 nits
1016 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) 150 mm (5.91 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Pro and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 4610 MHz 4260 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 2.6 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Pro and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3871
3992
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Pro +13%
12033
Compute Score (GPU)
27343
44342
Compute Score (GPU) 27343 44342
Single-core score 3871 3992
Multi-core score 12033 10688
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Pro +41%
3569354
2538751
CPU 1004041 753740
GPU 1307517 926158
Memory 470024 217137
UX 787772 641716
Total score 3569354 2538751
Samples [4 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 81% -
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Graphics score 2404 -
3DMark Solar Bay
10752
Graphics test 41 FPS -
Section 1 49 FPS -
Section 2 41 FPS -
Section 3 34 FPS -
Graphics score 10752 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
18486
Web score 17802 -
Video editing 8078 -
Photo editing 37143 -
Data manipulation 17701 -
Writing score 24706 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-30 (Mmm.)AnTuTu3569354
📘 2026-03-27 (Mm)AnTuTu3433545
📘 2026-02-28 (aabdy)AnTuTu3705564
📘 2026-01-09 (.)AnTuTu3554073
📘 2025-12-13 -> JuubidaraGeekBench CPU3860 / 12136
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-03 (Vin)GeekBench CPU3890 / 10107
📘 2026-05-11 (Atti rajan)AnTuTu2301246
📘 2026-04-10 (Resul)AnTuTu2538751
📘 2026-02-23 (FiLsImRoZeR)AnTuTu2106484
📘 2026-02-16 (vyetech)GeekBench CPU3992 / 10688

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 3 -
OS size 54 GB -
OS updates 6 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6300 mAh 4252 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 40 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 1:18 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:51 hr
Watching video - 19:54 hr
Gaming - 06:49 hr
Standby - 117 hr
General battery life
n/a
26:48 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 4x
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: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
4) Depth
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/1.78
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision 950L LightHunter Sony IMX903
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
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/2.8
Focal length 115 mm 100 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX973
Sensor size 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
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 - 170
Zoom - 141
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Sony IMX914
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 micron 1 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 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 No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
85.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 September 2025
Release date September 2025 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $1099
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 17 Pro:
    - The eSIM-only model has a larger battery than the Nano SIM + eSIM version – 4,252 mAh vs. 3,988 mAh.
    - Only the Chinese version offers dual Nano SIM slots and it also has a weaker 15-watt wireless charging system.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the battery life is more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17 Pro. But if the camera, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 17 Pro.

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