Xiaomi 17 Ultra vs Google Pixel 11 Pro XL

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi 17 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on December 25, 2025, against the Google Pixel 11 Pro XL, which is powered by Google Tensor G6 and came out 8 months after. 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 Ultra
  • 90% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3667K versus 1933K)
  • Comes with 885 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5115 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 45W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
  • 28% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3711 and 2888 points
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 11 Pro XL
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 16% higher pixel density (482 vs 416 PPI)
  • The phone is 8 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Google Pixel 11 Pro XL 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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12 / 512 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
29.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
28.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1344 x 2992 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 482 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 3600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 2400 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass 3.0 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% -
PWM 121 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
3669 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 162.7 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 218.4 g (7.7 oz) 226 g (7.97 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Black, Blue, Green, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
17 Ultra +3%
92.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Google Pixel 11 Pro XL
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Google Tensor G6
Max clock 4610 MHz 4110 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 7 (1 + 4 + 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 2.65 GHz: C1-Pro
- 4 cores at 3.38 GHz: C1-Pro
- 1 core at 4.11 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 PowerVR CXTP-48-1536
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1286 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1975.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Google Pixel 11 Pro XL
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Ultra +28%
3711
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Ultra +47%
11259
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Ultra +338%
27219
Compute Score (GPU) 27219 6216
Single-core score 3711 2888
Multi-core score 11259 7641
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Ultra +90%
3667711
1933536
CPU 1064371 876037
GPU 1296835 288736
Memory 518366 304202
UX 788139 464561
Total score 3667711 1933536
Samples [7 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 81% -
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Graphics score 2370 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 41 FPS -
Section 1 46 FPS -
Section 2 41 FPS -
Section 3 36 FPS -
Graphics score 10845 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 16855 -
Video editing 8052 -
Photo editing 40273 -
Data manipulation 15949 -
Writing score 26073 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-13 (H1roshi)AnTuTu 113530859
📘 2026-07-04 (...)AnTuTu 113582442
📘 2026-06-26 (ALBAY)AnTuTu 113913603
📘 2026-04-18 (UsusWarteg)AnTuTu 113828672
📘 2026-03-17 (KosmosTer)AnTuTu 113527804
Google Pixel 11 Pro XL
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-23 (Roni)Geekbench 6 CPU2888 / 7641
📘 2026-08-14 (Flxen)Geekbench 6 CPU2755 / 7563

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 512 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 17
ROM HyperOS 3 Stock Android
OS size 36 GB -
OS updates 6 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5115 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 45 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, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:50 hr -
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:09 hr -
Watching video 22:41 hr -
Gaming 08:02 hr -
Standby 125 hr -
General battery life
33:23 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Zoom Optical, 4.3x Optical, 5x
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 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.67 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor OmniVision OVX10500 -
Sensor size 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.4 - 3.0 f/2.8
Focal length 100 mm 106 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPE -
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.7
Focal length 14 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 175 170
Zoom 169 151
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 17 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 11 Pro XL from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 42 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 17 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.7 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 6.0 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, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes 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 December 2025 August 2026
Release date March 2026 August 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1299
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*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 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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