Xiaomi 17 vs Huawei Pura 80

91 out of 100
Xiaomi 17
VS
73 out of 100
Huawei Pura 80

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 Pura 80, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9010s and came out 4 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
  • 2.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3404K versus 1200K)
  • Comes with 1160 mAh larger battery capacity: 6330 vs 5170 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 66W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 80
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 and Huawei Pura 80 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
86*
88*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
91*
73*
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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
48.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2656 pixels 1256 x 2760 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 464 ppi 459 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 2800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Kunlun Glass 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 89.7%
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
Pura 80
6.6β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
Xiaomi 17
6.3β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
3463 nits
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) 157.7 mm (6.21 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 74.4 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 8.06 mm (0.32 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple White, Black, Gold, Green, Brown
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Repairability Average (2.63/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
89.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 and Huawei Pura 80
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 HiSilicon Kirin 9010s
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 1.55 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.18 GHz: TaiShan V121
- 1 core at 2.3 GHz: TaiShan V121
L3 cache 12 MB 8 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 750 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1536 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 and Huawei Pura 80
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +150%
3583
1434
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +158%
10772
4183
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 17 +945%
27737
2655
Compute Score (GPU) 27737 2655
Single-core score 3583 1434
Multi-core score 10772 4183
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 17 +184%
3404616
1200000
CPU 961758 541180
GPU 1232901 141567
Memory 517802 268691
UX 692155 277782
Total score 3404616 1200000
Samples [9 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2354
n/a
Stability 78% -
Graphics test 17 FPS -
Graphics score 2354 -
3DMark Solar Bay
10821
n/a
Graphics test 41 FPS -
Section 1 46 FPS -
Section 2 41 FPS -
Section 3 36 FPS -
Graphics score 10821 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
5976
n/a
Graphics test 35 FPS -
Graphics score 5976 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
18794
n/a
Web score 17608 -
Video editing 8079 -
Photo editing 37146 -
Data manipulation 15067 -
Writing score 25125 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-18 (Ivan)AnTuTu 113632260
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-16 (Wallt)AnTuTu 113277818
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-16 (Missed)AnTuTu 113722570
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-04 (Paul)AnTuTu 113220143
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-22 (Arsen)AnTuTu 113378411
Huawei Pura 80
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 -> zrewzqqAnTuTu 111160750
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-11 -> SereginbyCPU Throttle87%
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-11 -> SereginbyAnTuTu 111236351
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-01 -> Huawei_Pura_UserAnTuTu 111258702
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-01 (Vivo_ltc)AnTuTu 111237870

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 Android 12
ROM HyperOS 3 EMUI 15
OS size 35 GB -
OS updates 6 years -
Security updates 6 years -

Battery

Capacity 6330 mAh 5170 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 66 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (71% in 30 min) Yes (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 0:56 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
33:58 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2.6x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED 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) 480 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.4 - 4.0
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision 950L LightHunter -
Sensor size 1/1.31" (β‰ˆ 0.76 inch) 1/1.3" (β‰ˆ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.6 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/3.4
Focal length 60 mm 125 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

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" (β‰ˆ 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 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 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, 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
86.2 dB
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 June 2025
Release date September 2025 July 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $700
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 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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12 (63.2%)
7 (36.8%)
Total votes: 19

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