Xiaomi 17T vs Vivo X300 FE

82 out of 100
Xiaomi 17T
VS
86 out of 100
Vivo X300 FE

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 X300 FE, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and came out 3 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17T
  • Delivers 215% higher peak brightness (3372 against 1070 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300 FE
  • Handles wireless charging up to 40W
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 67W)
  • 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2869K versus 2173K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 65% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2818 and 1704 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17T and Vivo X300 FE 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
56.1
(Average)
Value Index
75.3
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.31 inches
Resolution 1268 x 2756 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 461 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1100 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Tempered 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 - 99.8%
PWM - 360 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 17T
6.59β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
X300 FE
6.31β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 17T +215%
3372 nits
1070 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.6 mm (6.2 inches) 150.83 mm (5.94 inches)
Width 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) 71.76 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.17 mm (0.32 inches) 7.99 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 200 g (7.05 oz) 190 g (6.7 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, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
90.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17T and Vivo X300 FE
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Max clock 3400 MHz 3800 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 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime
L3 cache 6 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MP8 Adreno 829
GPU shading units 1024 1024
GPU clock 1508 MHz 1225 MHz
FLOPS ~3088.4 GFLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17T and Vivo X300 FE
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1704
X300 FE +65%
2818
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6686
X300 FE +35%
9052
Compute Score (GPU)
12671
X300 FE +31%
16659
Compute Score (GPU) 12671 16659
Single-core score 1704 2818
Multi-core score 6686 9052
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2173332
X300 FE +32%
2869139
CPU 649639 861821
GPU 699299 1005345
Memory 361711 381541
UX 462683 620432
Total score 2173332 2869139
Samples [13 tests] Less than 3
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#128th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17T
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Litegrey)AnTuTu 122216950
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Bipper)AnTuTu 122325053
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Sakolin)AnTuTu 112117709
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Τ±Υ’Φ…-techπŸ‡¦πŸ‡²)AnTuTu 122261643
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu)Geekbench 6 GPU12528
Vivo X300 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Omar)AnTuTu 123231104

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 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 - 27 GB
OS updates 5 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 6500 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (40 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (55% in 30 min) Yes (48% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:00 hr 0:58 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:50 hr -
Watching video 18:40 hr -
Gaming 07:52 hr -
Standby 112 hr -
General battery life
28:50 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 110Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50 Sony IMX921
Sensor size 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/2.6
Focal length 115 mm 70 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX882
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 12 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV13B -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 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 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/3.42" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
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 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
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
79.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2026 March 2026
Release date May 2026 March 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $749 $649
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 90 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X300 FE. But if the software and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 17T.

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