Xiaomi 17 Ultra vs Oppo Find X9 Pro

92 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Ultra
VS
93 out of 100
Oppo Find X9 Pro

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 Oppo Find X9 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500 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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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17 Ultra
  • Delivers 105% higher peak brightness (3674 against 1795 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 4.3x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 80W)
  • 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3711 and 3422 points
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X9 Pro
  • Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 6000 mAh
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Oppo Find X9 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 512 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
29.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
42.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1264 x 2780 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 3600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass 3.0 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 98.3%
PWM 121 Hz 354 Hz
Response time 1 ms 7 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
17 Ultra +105%
3674 nits
1795 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 161.26 mm (6.35 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 76.46 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 218.4 g (7.7 oz) 224 g (7.9 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Gray, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) Good (3.82/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
17 Ultra +3%
92.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Oppo Find X9 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Max clock 4610 MHz 4210 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 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro
- 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium
- 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 990
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1716 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Oppo Find X9 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
17 Ultra +8%
3711
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
17 Ultra +12%
11259
10065
Compute Score (GPU)
17 Ultra +1%
27219
26944
Compute Score (GPU) 27219 26944
Single-core score 3711 3422
Multi-core score 11259 10065
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
17 Ultra +5%
3667711
3508681
CPU 1064371 1098383
GPU 1296835 1275843
Memory 518366 378116
UX 788139 756339
Total score 3667711 3508681
Samples [7 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2370
3009
Stability 81% 52%
Graphics test 18 FPS 22 FPS
Graphics score 2370 3009
3DMark Solar Bay
10845
13319
Graphics test 41 FPS 51 FPS
Section 1 46 FPS 55 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 52 FPS
Section 3 36 FPS 43 FPS
Graphics score 10845 13319
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
17 Ultra +43%
18833
13143
Web score 16855 11183
Video editing 8052 5850
Photo editing 40273 22747
Data manipulation 15949 13395
Writing score 26073 19055
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (44th and 51st place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 (Klax)AnTuTu 123939764
📘 2026-09-13 (H1roshi)AnTuTu 113530859
📘 2026-07-04 (...)AnTuTu 113582442
📘 2026-06-26 (ALBAY)AnTuTu 113913603
📘 2026-04-18 (UsusWarteg)AnTuTu 113828672
Oppo Find X9 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-29 -> StevenSAnTuTu 123322691
📘 2026-09-25 (7kxlz)AnTuTu 123626063
📘 2026-07-26 -> FrostbyteXAnTuTu 113454088
📘 2026-07-14 (7kxlz)AnTuTu 113520797
📘 2026-05-23 (Valerij)AnTuTu 113562181

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5333 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 ColorOS 16
OS size 36 GB 58 GB
OS updates 6 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 7500 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (54% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:50 hr 1:20 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1300 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:09 hr 19:04 hr
Watching video 22:41 hr 25:00 hr
Gaming 08:02 hr 10:24 hr
Standby 125 hr 107 hr
General battery life
33:23 hr
35:19 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 4.3x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED 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 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 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/1.5
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision OVX10500 Sony LYT-828
Sensor size 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/2.4 - 3.0 f/2.1
Focal length 100 mm 70 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPE Samsung ISOCELL HP5
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.5 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 14 mm 15 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
17 Ultra +1%
170
Video quality
157
159
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 175 180
Zoom 169 131
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 17 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Oppo Find X9 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
84.7 dB
86.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2025 October 2025
Release date March 2026 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1299
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 80 W
*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 Oppo Find X9 Pro. But if the software and design are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 17 Ultra.

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Total votes: 243

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