Xiaomi 17 vs 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
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 β 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
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 | 6.3 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 |
| RGB color space | 102.9% | - |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | β Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Pura 80
6.6β³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
Xiaomi 17
6.3β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
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
Performance
| 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 |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Maleoon 910 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 750 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~1536 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27737 | 2655 |
| Single-core score | 3583 | 1434 |
| Multi-core score | 10772 | 4183 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| 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
| 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 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17608 | - |
| Video editing | 8079 | - |
| Photo editing | 37146 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15067 | - |
| Writing score | 25125 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#50th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 17
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-18 (Ivan) | AnTuTu 11 | 3632260 |
| π 2026-08-16 (Wallt) | AnTuTu 11 | 3277818 |
| π 2026-08-16 (Missed) | AnTuTu 11 | 3722570 |
| π 2026-08-04 (Paul) | AnTuTu 11 | 3220143 |
| π 2026-07-22 (Arsen) | AnTuTu 11 | 3378411 |
Huawei Pura 80
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-30 -> zrewzqq | AnTuTu 11 | 1160750 |
| π 2026-05-11 -> Sereginby | CPU Throttle | 87% |
| π 2026-05-11 -> Sereginby | AnTuTu 11 | 1236351 |
| π 2026-05-01 -> Huawei_Pura_User | AnTuTu 11 | 1258702 |
| π 2026-05-01 (Vivo_ltc) | AnTuTu 11 | 1237870 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 | - |
| Web browsing | 15:00 hr | - |
| Watching video | 24:44 hr | - |
| Gaming | 08:15 hr | - |
| Standby | 131 hr | - |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#19th place)
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 |
| 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 0.76 inch) | 1/1.3" (β 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 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 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 |
| 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
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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Total votes: 19
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