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Xiaomi 17 vs Nothing Phone (3)

91 out of 100
Xiaomi 17
VS
79 out of 100
Nothing Phone (3)
Xiaomi 17
Nothing Phone (3)

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 Nothing Phone (3), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 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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  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
  • Delivers 129% higher peak brightness (3448 against 1507 nits)
  • Shows 48% longer battery life (33:58 vs 22:56 hours)
  • Comes with 1180 mAh larger battery capacity: 6330 vs 5150 mAh
  • 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3404K versus 2371K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 65W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (3)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 and Nothing Phone (3) 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
63.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 17
vs
Phone (3)

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2656 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 464 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 102.9% 95.5%
PWM 120 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 1 ms 4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Phone (3)
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 17
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~10% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 17 +129%
3448 nits
Phone (3)
1507 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) 160.6 mm (6.32 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 75.59 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.06 mm (0.32 inches) 8.99 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) Good (3.34/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 17 +2%
89.9%
Phone (3)
88.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 and Nothing Phone (3)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Max clock 4610 MHz 3210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 825
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 and Nothing Phone (3)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +69%
3583
Phone (3)
2117
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +58%
10772
Phone (3)
6798
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 17 +49%
27737
Phone (3)
18674
Compute Score (GPU) 27737 18674
Single-core score 3583 2117
Multi-core score 10772 6798
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 17 +44%
3404616
Phone (3)
2371693
CPU 961758 707936
GPU 1232901 802873
Memory 517802 376970
UX 692155 483914
Total score 3404616 2371693
Samples [9 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 17 +35%
2354
Phone (3)
1749
Stability 78% 61%
Graphics test 17 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 2354 1749
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 17 +36%
10821
Phone (3)
7966
Graphics test 41 FPS 30 FPS
Section 1 46 FPS 34 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 36 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 10821 7966
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 17
5976
Phone (3)
n/a
Graphics test 35 FPS -
Graphics score 5976 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 17 +31%
18794
Phone (3)
14328
Web score 17608 13254
Video editing 8079 6510
Photo editing 37146 27186
Data manipulation 15067 13887
Writing score 25125 19394
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (54th and 179th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Hoàng Hải)AnTuTu 123638992
📘 2026-09-28 (Nikko)AnTuTu 113512813
📘 2026-08-18 (Ivan)AnTuTu 113632260
📘 2026-08-16 (Wallt)AnTuTu 113277818
📘 2026-08-16 (Missed)AnTuTu 113722570
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Nothing Phone (3)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (Val)AnTuTu 122658288
📘 2026-07-15 (Leo)AnTuTu 112371693
📘 2026-07-10 (Sumit Pandit)AnTuTu 112392977
📘 2026-03-14 (Michael)AnTuTu 112428616
📘 2026-02-01 (TheFunder)AnTuTu 112270521
Add View all (13)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4800 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 16
ROM HyperOS 3 Nothing OS 4.0
OS size 35 GB 26 GB
OS updates 6 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6330 mAh 5150 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 65 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (71% in 30 min) Yes (63% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 1:00 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1400 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 15:00 hr 08:36 hr
Watching video 24:44 hr 13:19 hr
Gaming 08:15 hr 05:45 hr
Standby 131 hr 117 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 17 +48%
33:58 hr
Phone (3)
22:56 hr
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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 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) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision 950L LightHunter Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.7
Focal length 60 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Samsung S5KJN1
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

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Samsung S5KJN1
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 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 6.0
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 No
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Xiaomi 17
86.2 dB
Phone (3) +8%
93.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 July 2025
Release date September 2025 July 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $799
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 Not included
Further details
Notes on Phone (3):
    - The Indian model has a 5500 mAh battery, compared to 5150 mAh in the international one, (including the U.S. version).
*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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
15 (68.2%)
7 (31.8%)
Total votes: 22

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