Xiaomi 17 Ultra vs Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max
93
out of 100
VS
78
out of 100
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 Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9030S and came out 7 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17 Ultra
- 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3667K versus 1622K)
- Delivers 106% higher peak brightness (3687 against 1786 nits)
- Shows 45% longer battery life (33:23 vs 23:04 hours)
- The rear camera has a 4.3x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 2.9x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3711 and 1269 points
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- 11% higher pixel density (460 vs 416 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
- The phone is 7 months newer
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 | 6.9 inches | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2608 pixels | 1308 x 2880 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | - |
| PPI | 416 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 | - |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3500 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Xiaomi Shield Glass 3.0 | Kunlun Glass 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.4% | 90.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 100% | - |
| PWM | 121 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) | 164 mm (6.46 inches) |
| Width | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) | 77.1 mm (3.04 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 218.4 g (7.7 oz) | 230.5 g (8.13 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | - | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | Black, Gold, Orange, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | Average (2.63/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | HiSilicon Kirin 9030S |
| Max clock | 4610 MHz | 2700 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 1.62 GHz: Taishan v124 Little - 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: Taishan v124 Mid - 1 core at 2.7 GHz: Taishan v124 Big |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Da Vinci |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Maleoon 935F |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 933 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~1433.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27219 | 4481 |
| Single-core score | 3711 | 1269 |
| Multi-core score | 11259 | 4424 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1064371 | 601782 |
| GPU | 1296835 | 300105 |
| Memory | 518366 | 374029 |
| UX | 788139 | 346833 |
| Total score | 3667711 | 1622749 |
| 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 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 16855 | - |
| Video editing | 8052 | - |
| Photo editing | 40273 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15949 | - |
| Writing score | 26073 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#32nd place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 17 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-13 (H1roshi) | AnTuTu | 3530859 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (...) | AnTuTu | 3582442 |
| 📘 2026-06-26 (ALBAY) | AnTuTu | 3913603 |
| 📘 2026-04-18 (UsusWarteg) | AnTuTu | 3828672 |
| 📘 2026-03-17 (KosmosTer) | AnTuTu | 3527804 |
Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 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 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | EMUI 16 |
| OS size | 36 GB | - |
| OS updates | 6 years | - |
| Security updates | 6 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 6000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (80 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:50 hr | 1:02 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 16:09 hr | 09:34 hr |
| Watching video | 22:41 hr | 17:56 hr |
| Gaming | 08:02 hr | 05:39 hr |
| Standby | 125 hr | 88 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#21st place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 4.3x | Optical, 4x |
| 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) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 40 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.67 | f/1.4 - 4.0 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OVX10500 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.6 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 - 3.0 | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | 100 mm | 89 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HPE | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 40 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Omnivision OV40A |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 175 | - |
| Zoom | 169 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 17 Ultra from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50M | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.61 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 | 3.1 |
| 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, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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* | 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 | July 2026 |
| Release date | March 2026 | August 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | $1149 |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 100 W |
*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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Total votes: 15