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Xiaomi 17 vs OnePlus 15

91 out of 100
Xiaomi 17
VS
93 out of 100
OnePlus 15
Xiaomi 17
OnePlus 15

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 15, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 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
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 20 grams less
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 15
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Comes with 970 mAh larger battery capacity: 7300 vs 6330 mAh
  • Shows 16% longer battery life (39:14 vs 33:58 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.48 inch larger screen size
  • 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4008K versus 3404K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 and OnePlus 15 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
36.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
66.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 17
vs
OnePlus 15

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2656 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 464 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 330 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 102.9% 99.9%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 15
6.78β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Xiaomi 17
6.3β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 17 +3%
3463 nits
OnePlus 15
3365 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) 161.42 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 76.67 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.06 mm (0.32 inches) 8.1 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 Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) Good (3.69/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops Good (C) Β· 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 17
89.9%
OnePlus 15 +1%
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 and OnePlus 15
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4610 MHz 4600 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 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 and OnePlus 15
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 17
3583
OnePlus 15 +1%
3607
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 17
10772
OnePlus 15
10732
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 17 +13%
27737
OnePlus 15
24461
Compute Score (GPU) 27737 24461
Single-core score 3583 3607
Multi-core score 10772 10732
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 17
3404616
OnePlus 15 +18%
4008294
CPU 961758 1184036
GPU 1232901 1490867
Memory 517802 402813
UX 692155 930578
Total score 3404616 4008294
Samples [9 tests] [45 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 17
2354
OnePlus 15 +15%
2699
Stability 78% 78%
Graphics test 17 FPS 20 FPS
Graphics score 2354 2699
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 17
10821
OnePlus 15 +16%
12540
Graphics test 41 FPS 48 FPS
Section 1 46 FPS 56 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 47 FPS
Section 3 36 FPS 39 FPS
Graphics score 10821 12540
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 35 FPS -
Graphics score 5976 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 17 +20%
18794
OnePlus 15
15658
Web score 17608 15531
Video editing 8079 6678
Photo editing 37146 26644
Data manipulation 15067 14971
Writing score 25125 20874
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (49th and 21st place)
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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
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OnePlus 15
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 -> aleshkaAnTuTu 123914618
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Mehdi)AnTuTu 113651261
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> Ang3L4DAnTuTu 114057387
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (YurOk)AnTuTu 113870500
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 (@zokhidjonovch)AnTuTu 114470263
Add View all (58)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5333 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM HyperOS 3 OxygenOS 16
OS size 35 GB 26 GB
OS updates 6 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6330 mAh 7300 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 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 (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 0:43 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1100 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 15:00 hr 18:32 hr
Watching video 24:44 hr 28:44 hr
Gaming 08:15 hr 10:01 hr
Standby 131 hr 139 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 17
33:58 hr
OnePlus 15 +16%
39:14 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, 3.5x
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 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 102Β° 116Β°
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/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision 950L LightHunter Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.31" (β‰ˆ 0.76 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.8
Focal length 60 mm 85 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 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/2.0
Focal length 17 mm 16 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M OmniVision OV50D
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.612 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 IMX709
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) 1/2.74" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 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 6.0
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 +7%
86.2 dB
OnePlus 15
80.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 October 2025
Release date September 2025 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $899
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera and gaming are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus 15. But if the sound is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 17.

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