Xiaomi 17T vs Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
82
out of 100
VS
74
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi 17T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra) that was released on May 28, 2026, against the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2400 and came out 9 months before. 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
- Delivers 169% higher peak brightness (3372 against 1254 nits)
- Comes with 1600 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 4900 mAh
- Shows 18% longer battery life (28:50 vs 24:20 hours)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 45W)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 19% higher pixel density (460 vs 385 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- 25% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2126 and 1704 points
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.59 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1268 x 2756 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 385 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1100 nits | 1300 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3500 nits | 1900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 89.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.6 mm (6.2 inches) | 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.17 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) | 190 g (6.7 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Purple | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.19/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra | Samsung Exynos 2400 |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 10 (1 + 2 + 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 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MP8 | Xclipse 940 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1508 MHz | 1095 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3088.4 GFLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 12671 | 18209 |
| Single-core score | 1704 | 2126 |
| Multi-core score | 6686 | 6910 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 649639 | 714011 |
| GPU | 699299 | 653511 |
| Memory | 361711 | 303868 |
| UX | 462683 | 416496 |
| Total score | 2173332 | 2087886 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [48 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 62% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1840 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 32 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 37 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 31 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 8302 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 12949 |
| Video editing | - | 8051 |
| Photo editing | - | 34315 |
| Data manipulation | - | 13202 |
| Writing score | - | 23460 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 17T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Litegrey) | AnTuTu 12 | 2216950 |
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Bipper) | AnTuTu 12 | 2325053 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Sakolin) | AnTuTu 11 | 2117709 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Աբօ-tech🇦🇲) | AnTuTu 12 | 2261643 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 12528 |
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Halil) | AnTuTu 12 | 2426875 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (Omar_syriangamerr) | AnTuTu 12 | 2245977 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 -> Viljami22 | AnTuTu 12 | 2321618 |
| 📘 2026-09-11 -> S25fe6833 | AnTuTu 12 | 2388378 |
| 📘 2026-08-17 (Neto) | AnTuTu 11 | 2303141 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | - | 23.8 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 4900 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (52% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | 1:10 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 13:50 hr | 13:29 hr |
| Watching video | 18:40 hr | 14:24 hr |
| Gaming | 07:52 hr | 06:03 hr |
| Standby | 112 hr | 87 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#66th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 115 mm | 75 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | OmniVision OV08A10 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV13B | Samsung S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 150 |
| Zoom | - | 83 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KKD1 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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 | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2026 | September 2025 |
| Release date | May 2026 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $749 | $649 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*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 17T is definitely a better buy.
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