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Xiaomi 17 Pro vs Nothing Phone (3)

91 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro
VS
79 out of 100
Nothing Phone (3)
Xiaomi 17 Pro
Nothing Phone (3)

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 Nothing Phone (3), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and came out 3 months before. 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
  • Comes with 1150 mAh larger battery capacity: 6300 vs 5150 mAh
  • 50% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3569K versus 2371K)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 65W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 83% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3871 and 2117 points
  • Weighs 26 grams less
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (3)
  • Delivers 43% higher peak brightness (1508 against 1052 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Pro and Nothing Phone (3) crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
17 Pro
91*
Phone (3)
83*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
17 Pro
96*
Phone (3)
67
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
17 Pro
91*
Phone (3)
79*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
38.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
63.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
17 Pro
vs
Phone (3)

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2656 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 464 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Dragon Crystal Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 102.8% 95.5%
PWM 120 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 1 ms 4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Phone (3)
6.67β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
17 Pro
6.3β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~10% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
17 Pro
1052 nits
Phone (3) +43%
1508 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) 160.6 mm (6.32 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 75.59 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.99 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.34/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) Β· 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
17 Pro +2%
89.9%
Phone (3)
88.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Pro and Nothing Phone (3)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Max clock 4610 MHz 3210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 825
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Pro and Nothing Phone (3)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Pro +83%
3871
Phone (3)
2117
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Pro +77%
12033
Phone (3)
6798
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Pro +46%
27343
Phone (3)
18674
Compute Score (GPU) 27343 18674
Single-core score 3871 2117
Multi-core score 12033 6798
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Pro +50%
3569354
Phone (3)
2371693
CPU 1004041 707936
GPU 1307517 802873
Memory 470024 376970
UX 787772 483914
Total score 3569354 2371693
Samples [4 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
17 Pro +37%
2404
Phone (3)
1749
Stability 81% 61%
Graphics test 18 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 2404 1749
3DMark Solar Bay
17 Pro +35%
10752
Phone (3)
7966
Graphics test 41 FPS 30 FPS
Section 1 49 FPS 34 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 34 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 10752 7966
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
17 Pro +29%
18486
Phone (3)
14328
Web score 17802 13254
Video editing 8078 6510
Photo editing 37143 27186
Data manipulation 17701 13887
Writing score 24706 19394
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (48th and 179th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-30 (Mmm.)AnTuTu 113569354
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (Mm)AnTuTu 113433545
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-28 (aabdy)AnTuTu 113705564
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-09 (.)AnTuTu 113554073
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-13 -> JuubidaraGeekbench 6 CPU3860 / 12136
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Nothing Phone (3)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Val)AnTuTu 122658288
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (Leo)AnTuTu 112371693
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 (Sumit Pandit)AnTuTu 112392977
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (Michael)AnTuTu 112428616
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-01 (TheFunder)AnTuTu 112270521
Add View all (13)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4800 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM HyperOS 3 Nothing OS 4.0
OS size 54 GB 26 GB
OS updates 6 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6300 mAh 5150 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 65 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (63% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 1:00 hr
Battery cycles - 1400 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:36 hr
Watching video - 13:19 hr
Gaming - 05:45 hr
Standby - 117 hr
General battery life
17 Pro
n/a
Phone (3)
22:56 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102Β° 114Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision 950L LightHunter Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch) 1/1.3" (β‰ˆ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/2.7
Focal length 115 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 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 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
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 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
17 Pro
85.6 dB
Phone (3) +9%
93.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 July 2025
Release date September 2025 July 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $799
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
Further details
Notes on Phone (3):
    - The Indian model has a 5500 mAh battery, compared to 5150 mAh in the international one, (including the U.S. version).
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi 17 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

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

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