Xiaomi 17T vs Huawei Nova 16 Ultra
82
out of 100
VS
77
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi 17T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra) that was released on May 28, 2026, against the Huawei Nova 16 Ultra, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9010S. 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 17T
- 77% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2173K versus 1229K)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- More energy-efficient CPU β Dimensity 8500 Ultra
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 30% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1704 and 1310 points
- Weighs 20 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Nova 16 Ultra
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 67W)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
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 | 6.59 inches | 6.84 inches |
| Resolution | 1268 x 2756 pixels | 1320 x 2856 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1100 nits | - |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3500 nits | 6000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Kunlun 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 |
Screen space comparison
Nova 16 Ultra
6.84β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.8 in2
Xiaomi 17T
6.59β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.6 mm (6.2 inches) | 163 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 78 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.17 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.1 mm (0.28 inches) |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) | 220 g (7.76 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Purple | White, Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra | HiSilicon Kirin 9010S |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-A725 |
- 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 | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Da Vinci |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MP8 | Maleoon 920 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1508 MHz | 750 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3088.4 GFLOPS | ~1536 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 12671 | 2604 |
| Single-core score | 1704 | 1310 |
| Multi-core score | 6686 | 3598 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 649639 | 541180 |
| GPU | 699299 | 141576 |
| Memory | 361711 | 268691 |
| UX | 462683 | 277782 |
| Total score | 2173332 | 1229229 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | Less than 3 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 17T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-12 (Sakolin) | AnTuTu 11 | 2117709 |
| π 2026-09-09 (Τ±Υ’Φ -techπ¦π²) | AnTuTu 12 | 2261643 |
| π 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 12528 |
| π 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1690 / 6497 |
| π 2026-09-08 (Cronchik) | AnTuTu 11 | 2241933 |
Huawei Nova 16 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5333 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 | HarmonyOS 6.1 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS updates | 5 years | - |
| Security updates | 6 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 7000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | - |
| Web browsing | 13:50 hr | - |
| Watching video | 18:40 hr | - |
| Gaming | 07:52 hr | - |
| Standby | 112 hr | - |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#66th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 12288 x 16384 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3.7x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | - |
| Angle of widest lens | 120Β° | 118Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 18 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (β 0.65 inch) | 1/1.28" (β 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 115 mm | 88 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV13B | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (β 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 52 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KKD1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.42" (β 0.29 inch) | 1/2.5" (β 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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 |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2026 | June 2026 |
| Release date | May 2026 | June 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $749 | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 100 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17T. But if the battery life, connectivity, and design are more of a priority β go for the Huawei Nova 16 Ultra.
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