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Xiaomi 17 vs Vivo X300

91 out of 100
Xiaomi 17
VS
88 out of 100
Vivo X300
Xiaomi 17
Vivo X300

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 Vivo X300, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500. 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 (2)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17
  • Shows 20% longer battery life (33:58 vs 28:23 hours)
  • Delivers 30% higher peak brightness (3463 against 2658 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 12% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3583 and 3204 points
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17 and Vivo X300 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
41.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 17
vs
Vivo X300

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.31 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2656 pixels 1216 x 2640 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 464 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Reinforced Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 90.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 102.9% 99.8%
PWM 120 Hz 360 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 17 +30%
3463 nits
Vivo X300
2658 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) 150.57 mm (5.93 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 71.92 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.06 mm (0.32 inches) 7.95 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 190 g (6.7 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, Blue, Red, Pink, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) Good (3/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 17
89.9%
Vivo X300
90.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17 and Vivo X300
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Max clock 4610 MHz 4210 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 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro
- 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium
- 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 990
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1716 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17 and Vivo X300
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +12%
3583
Vivo X300
3204
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 17 +9%
10772
Vivo X300
9874
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 17 +9%
27737
Vivo X300
25501
Compute Score (GPU) 27737 25501
Single-core score 3583 3204
Multi-core score 10772 9874
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 17 +2%
3404616
Vivo X300
3330801
CPU 961758 981387
GPU 1232901 1256247
Memory 517802 364630
UX 692155 728537
Total score 3404616 3330801
Samples [9 tests] [25 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 17
2354
Vivo X300 +32%
3119
Stability 78% 57%
Graphics test 17 FPS 23 FPS
Graphics score 2354 3119
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 17
10821
Vivo X300 +18%
12817
Graphics test 41 FPS 49 FPS
Section 1 46 FPS 56 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 48 FPS
Section 3 36 FPS 42 FPS
Graphics score 10821 12817
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 17
5976
Vivo X300
n/a
Graphics test 35 FPS -
Graphics score 5976 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 17 +24%
18794
Vivo X300
15165
Web score 17608 14375
Video editing 8079 5995
Photo editing 37146 34571
Data manipulation 15067 12159
Writing score 25125 22695
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (46th and 53rd 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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Vivo X300
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Forgolka)AnTuTu 123407758
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (Niranjan M)AnTuTu 123402395
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Asura)CPU Throttle70%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Asura)CPU Throttle63%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Asura)AnTuTu 123745245
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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 OriginOS 6
OS size 35 GB -
OS updates 6 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years -

Battery

Capacity 6330 mAh 6040 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (40 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (71% in 30 min) Yes (67% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 0:48 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 15:00 hr 12:36 hr
Watching video 24:44 hr 20:41 hr
Gaming 08:15 hr 07:52 hr
Standby 131 hr 107 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 17 +20%
33:58 hr
Vivo X300
28:23 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 2.6x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.68
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision 950L LightHunter Samsung ISOCELL HPB
Sensor size 1/1.31" (β‰ˆ 0.76 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.6
Focal length 60 mm 70 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony LYT-602
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 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 S5KJN1
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 Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (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
86.2 dB
Vivo X300 +7%
92.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 October 2025
Release date September 2025 October 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
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the battery life, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17. But if the gaming is more of a priority – go for the Vivo X300.

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So, which phone would you choose?
193 (39.9%)
291 (60.1%)
Total votes: 484

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Zelda October 28, 2025 at 06:32 AM
Amazing job from both, everything in compact package.
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Meauuu October 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Xiaomi 17 or Vivo X300 Both were excellent choice Great phone with affordable pricing πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
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