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Xiaomi 17 vs OnePlus 13

91 out of 100
Xiaomi 17
VS
87 out of 100
OnePlus 13
Xiaomi 17
OnePlus 13

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 OnePlus 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 11 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 (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17
  • Delivers 189% higher peak brightness (3463 against 1199 nits)
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (33:58 vs 31:17 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 24% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3583 and 2899 points
  • Weighs 22 grams less
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13
  • Has a 0.52 inch larger screen size
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 10% higher pixel density (510 vs 464 PPI)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 and OnePlus 13 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
83.0
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 17
vs
OnePlus 13

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2656 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 464 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Ceramic Guard
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 90.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 102.9% 99.6%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 13
6.82″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.4 in2
Xiaomi 17
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 17 +189%
3463 nits
OnePlus 13
1199 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.06 mm (0.32 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 213 g (7.51 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, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) Good (3.71/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Average (D) · 45 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 17
89.9%
OnePlus 13
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 and OnePlus 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4610 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 and OnePlus 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +24%
3583
OnePlus 13
2899
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +20%
10772
OnePlus 13
8945
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 17 +11%
27737
OnePlus 13
24988
Compute Score (GPU) 27737 24988
Single-core score 3583 2899
Multi-core score 10772 8945
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 17 +8%
3404616
OnePlus 13
3145582
CPU 961758 946374
GPU 1232901 1154478
Memory 517802 370624
UX 692155 674106
Total score 3404616 3145582
Samples [9 tests] [33 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 17
2354
OnePlus 13 +4%
2455
Stability 78% 74%
Graphics test 17 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 2354 2455
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 17
10821
OnePlus 13 +5%
11360
Graphics test 41 FPS 43 FPS
Section 1 46 FPS 49 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 44 FPS
Section 3 36 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 10821 11360
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 17
5976
OnePlus 13 +4%
6241
Stability - 84%
Graphics test 35 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 5976 6241
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 17 +20%
18794
OnePlus 13
15714
Web score 17608 14928
Video editing 8079 6982
Photo editing 37146 28408
Data manipulation 15067 14424
Writing score 25125 22334
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (46th and 75th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-18 (Ivan)AnTuTu 113632260
📘 2026-08-16 (Wallt)AnTuTu 113277818
📘 2026-08-16 (Missed)AnTuTu 113722570
📘 2026-08-04 (Paul)AnTuTu 113220143
📘 2026-07-22 (Arsen)AnTuTu 113378411
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OnePlus 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-28 -> pavlikk69AnTuTu 113139994
📘 2026-08-23 ([006])AnTuTu 113121992
📘 2026-08-08 (Ilxom)AnTuTu 113257102
📘 2026-07-05 (Phucloi)AnTuTu 113220208
📘 2026-06-24 -> DajenAnTuTu 113204705
Add View all (40)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 OxygenOS 16
OS size 35 GB 54 GB
OS updates 6 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6330 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 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 (71% in 30 min) Yes (55% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 0:35 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 15:00 hr 13:42 hr
Watching video 24:44 hr 23:46 hr
Gaming 08:15 hr 06:05 hr
Standby 131 hr 120 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 17 +9%
33:58 hr
OnePlus 13
31:17 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 Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
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° 120°
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
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision 950L LightHunter Sony LYTIA-808
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.6
Focal length 60 mm 73 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 17 mm 15 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M 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 Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.8 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 5.4
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Xiaomi 17
86.2 dB
OnePlus 13 +6%
91.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 October 2024
Release date September 2025 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $899
Successor - - OnePlus 15
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 13:
    - The "Arctic Dawn" and "Black Eclipse" models are 8.5 mm thick and weigh 213g, while "Midnight Ocean" is 8.9 mm and 210g.
    - The Chinese and Indian versions do not support eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 17. It has a better battery life, design, and sound.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
27 (49.1%)
28 (50.9%)
Total votes: 55

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JELLEkkel Jakul May 20, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I like oneplus more ggs
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