Xiaomi 17T vs Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
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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 S26 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2500 and came out 3 months after. 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
- Comes with 1600 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 4900 mAh
- Delivers 83% higher peak brightness (3390 against 1857 nits)
- Shows 12% longer battery life (28:50 vs 25:38 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)
- 19% higher pixel density (460 vs 385 PPI)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- 30% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2217 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% | 88.6% |
| 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) | 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.17 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 200 g (7.05 oz) | 193 g (6.81 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Purple | Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra | Samsung Exynos 2500 |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 10 (1 + 2 + 5 + 2) |
| 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 |
- 2 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 5 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 2 cores at 2.74 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MP8 | Xclipse 950 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1508 MHz | 999 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3088.4 GFLOPS | ~4091.9 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 12671 | 22100 |
| Single-core score | 1704 | 2217 |
| Multi-core score | 6686 | 7699 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 649639 | 771016 |
| GPU | 699299 | 723824 |
| Memory | 361711 | 356421 |
| UX | 462683 | 438435 |
| Total score | 2173332 | 2289696 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#188th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 17T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-12 (Sakolin) | AnTuTu | 2117709 |
| π 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu) | GeekBench GPU | 12528 |
| π 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu) | GeekBench CPU | 1690 / 6497 |
| π 2026-09-08 (Cronchik) | AnTuTu | 2241933 |
| π 2026-08-26 (sanchous) | AnTuTu | 2133795 |
Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
No benchmark results yet
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 17 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 9 |
| 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) | - |
| 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 (69% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | 1:08 hr |
| Web browsing | 13:50 hr | 09:42 hr |
| Watching video | 18:40 hr | 17:42 hr |
| Gaming | 07:52 hr | 06:12 hr |
| Standby | 112 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (65th and 147th 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 | 120Β° | 123Β° |
| 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" (β 0.65 inch) | 1/1.57" (β 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" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/4.4" (β 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" (β 0.33 inch) | 1/3.0" (β 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
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" (β 0.29 inch) | 1/3.2" (β 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 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | August 2026 |
| Release date | May 2026 | September 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $749 | $699 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - 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
If the camera and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17T. But if the gaming and design are more of a priority β go for the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE.
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