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Xiaomi 17 vs Huawei Mate 70 Air

91 out of 100
Xiaomi 17
VS
73 out of 100
Huawei Mate 70 Air
Xiaomi 17
Huawei Mate 70 Air

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.3-inch Xiaomi 17 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on September 25, 2025, against the Huawei Mate 70 Air, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9020A and came out 1 month after. 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
  • 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3404K versus 1504K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 66W)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 9.7 mm narrower
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate 70 Air
  • Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 and Huawei Mate 70 Air 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
36.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
14.1
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 17
vs
Mate 70 Air

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.3 inches 7 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2656 pixels 1320 x 2760 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.9:9
PPI 464 ppi 437 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 4000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Huawei Kunlun Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 88.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 102.9% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
Mate 70 Air
7″ (19.9:9 ratio) = 18.4 in2
Xiaomi 17
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~21% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 17
3495 nits
Mate 70 Air
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) 165 mm (6.5 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 81.5 mm (3.21 inches)
Thickness 8.06 mm (0.32 inches) 6.6 mm (0.26 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 208 g (7.34 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass -
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple White, Black, Silver, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Repairability Average (2.63/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 17 +2%
89.9%
Mate 70 Air
88.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 and Huawei Mate 70 Air
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 HiSilicon Kirin 9020A
Max clock 4610 MHz 2500 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 1.6 GHz: Taishan-Little
- 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: TaiShan V120
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: TaiShan V121
L3 cache 12 MB 10 MB
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Da Vinci
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Maleoon 910
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 1300 MHz 840 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1720.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 and Huawei Mate 70 Air
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +196%
3583
Mate 70 Air
1212
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +209%
10772
Mate 70 Air
3483
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 17 +644%
27737
Mate 70 Air
3730
Compute Score (GPU) 27737 3730
Single-core score 3583 1212
Multi-core score 10772 3483
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 17 +126%
3404616
Mate 70 Air
1504969
CPU 961758 537902
GPU 1232901 242916
Memory 517802 412154
UX 692155 311997
Total score 3404616 1504969
Samples [9 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 78% -
Graphics test 17 FPS -
Graphics score 2354 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 41 FPS -
Section 1 46 FPS -
Section 2 41 FPS -
Section 3 36 FPS -
Graphics score 10821 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 35 FPS -
Graphics score 5976 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 17608 -
Video editing 8079 -
Photo editing 37146 -
Data manipulation 15067 -
Writing score 25125 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-18 (Ivan)AnTuTu3632260
📘 2026-08-16 (Wallt)AnTuTu3277818
📘 2026-08-16 (Missed)AnTuTu3722570
📘 2026-08-04 (Paul)AnTuTu3220143
📘 2026-07-22 (Arsen)AnTuTu3378411
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Huawei Mate 70 Air
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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 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 HarmonyOS 5.1
ROM HyperOS 3 -
OS size 35 GB -
OS updates 6 years -
Security updates 6 years -

Battery

Capacity 6330 mAh 6500 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 66 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (71% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:46 hr -
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 15:00 hr -
Watching video 24:44 hr -
Gaming 08:15 hr -
Standby 131 hr -
General battery life
Xiaomi 17
33:58 hr
Mate 70 Air
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2.6x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 102° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 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/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision 950L LightHunter 1/1.3
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron -
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 60 mm 69 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm 16 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 10.7 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 18 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.61 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 6.0 5.2
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 Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
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
Xiaomi 17
86.2 dB
Mate 70 Air
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 November 2025
Release date September 2025 November 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $600
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 66 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 is definitely a better buy.

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