Xiaomi 17T vs Vivo iQOO 15
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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 Vivo iQOO 15, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 7 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
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (3372 against 2942 nits)
- The phone is 7 months newer
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 20 grams less
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 15
- 82% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3950K versus 2173K)
- Shows 37% longer battery life (39:26 vs 28:50 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Handles wireless charging up to 40W
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 67W)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 10% higher pixel density (508 vs 460 PPI)
- 2.1x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3584 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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.59 inches | 6.85 inches |
| Resolution | 1268 x 2756 pixels | 1440 x 3168 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 508 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1100 nits | 2600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3500 nits | 6000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 90.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 100% |
| PWM | - | 561 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | β Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.6 mm (6.2 inches) | 163.65 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.17 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 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 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MP8 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1508 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3088.4 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 12671 | 27247 |
| Single-core score | 1704 | 3584 |
| Multi-core score | 6686 | 11143 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 649639 | 1112833 |
| GPU | 699299 | 1494722 |
| Memory | 361711 | 442350 |
| UX | 462683 | 900177 |
| Total score | 2173332 | 3950082 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [24 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 54% |
| Graphics test | - | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2806 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 52 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 40 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 12156 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | - | 40 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 6752 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 14169 |
| Video editing | - | 6652 |
| Photo editing | - | 35337 |
| Data manipulation | - | 14682 |
| Writing score | - | 29367 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#29th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 17T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-27 (Litegrey) | AnTuTu 12 | 2216950 |
| π 2026-09-27 (Bipper) | AnTuTu 12 | 2325053 |
| 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 |
Vivo iQOO 15
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-11 (Rtesh) | AnTuTu 11 | 3886893 |
| π 2026-09-10 (Ranit) | AnTuTu 11 | 3974227 |
| π 2026-08-07 (tt:shikazik) | AnTuTu 11 | 4017492 |
| π 2026-07-17 (Skarvinarn) | AnTuTu 11 | 3902163 |
| π 2026-07-03 (cA27) | AnTuTu 11 | 4140036 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 | - | 57 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 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 (40 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | 0:52 hr |
| Web browsing | 13:50 hr | 18:52 hr |
| Watching video | 18:40 hr | 27:27 hr |
| Gaming | 07:52 hr | 09:04 hr |
| Standby | 112 hr | 147 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (66th and 4th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120Β° | 107Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50 | Sony IMX921 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (β 0.65 inch) | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.0 | f/2.7 |
| Focal length | 115 mm | 85 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Sony IMX882 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/1.95" (β 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV13B | Samsung S5KJN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (β 0.33 inch) | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KKD1 | GalaxyCore GC32E1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.42" (β 0.29 inch) | 1/3.1" (β 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 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 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2026 | October 2025 |
| Release date | May 2026 | October 2025 |
| 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 | Yes, 100 W |
*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 Vivo iQOO 15 is definitely a better buy.
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