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Xiaomi 17T vs Xiaomi 15T

82 out of 100
Xiaomi 17T
VS
78 out of 100
Xiaomi 15T
Xiaomi 17T
Xiaomi 15T

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 Xiaomi 15T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra and came out 8 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (3)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17T
  • Delivers 119% higher peak brightness (3372 against 1537 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5500 mAh
  • Shows 10% longer battery life (28:50 vs 26:15 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2173K versus 1915K)
  • The phone is 8 months newer
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 17T and Xiaomi 15T 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
56.1
(Average)
Value Index
69.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 17T
vs
Xiaomi 15T

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1268 x 2756 pixels 1280 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 447 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (30-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1100 nits 1100 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 3200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.7%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 15T
6.83″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Xiaomi 17T
6.59″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 17T +119%
3372 nits
Xiaomi 15T
1537 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.6 mm (6.2 inches) 163.2 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.17 mm (0.32 inches) 7.5 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 200 g (7.05 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Purple Black, Gray, Rose gold
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Average (2.63/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 17T
89.9%
Xiaomi 15T
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 17T and Xiaomi 15T
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra
Max clock 3400 MHz 3250 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 2.1 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-A725
L3 cache 6 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 MediaTek NPU 880
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MP8 Mali-G720 MP7
GPU shading units 1024 896
GPU clock 1508 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~3088.4 GFLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 17T and Xiaomi 15T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 17T +4%
1704
Xiaomi 15T
1632
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 17T +3%
6686
Xiaomi 15T
6505
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 17T +13%
12671
Xiaomi 15T
11228
Compute Score (GPU) 12671 11228
Single-core score 1704 1632
Multi-core score 6686 6505
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 17T +13%
2173332
Xiaomi 15T
1915524
CPU 649639 601024
GPU 699299 581727
Memory 361711 320685
UX 462683 412008
Total score 2173332 1915524
Samples [13 tests] [16 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 88%
Graphics test - 9 FPS
Graphics score - 1281
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 22 FPS
Section 1 - 24 FPS
Section 2 - 23 FPS
Section 3 - 20 FPS
Graphics score - 5899
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 15808
Video editing - 6673
Photo editing - 23714
Data manipulation - 13815
Writing score - 18234
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 17T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-27 (Litegrey)AnTuTu 122216950
📘 2026-09-27 (Bipper)AnTuTu 122325053
📘 2026-09-12 (Sakolin)AnTuTu 112117709
📘 2026-09-09 (Աբօ-tech🇦🇲)AnTuTu 122261643
📘 2026-09-09 (punyaphat dumnu)Geekbench 6 GPU12528
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Xiaomi 15T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-31 (chebypeli100500)AnTuTu 111926611
📘 2026-03-15 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 112029273
📘 2026-01-24 (8arusadar)AnTuTu 111940768
📘 2025-12-09 (Darwish)AnTuTu 111881055
📘 2025-11-29 (Viktor)AnTuTu 111939706
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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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3.0
OS size - 33 GB
OS updates 5 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 67 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (55% in 30 min) Yes (69% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:00 hr 0:51 hr
Battery cycles - 1600 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:50 hr 11:09 hr
Watching video 18:40 hr 14:55 hr
Gaming 07:52 hr 06:40 hr
Standby 112 hr 125 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 17T +10%
28:50 hr
Xiaomi 15T
26:15 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Dual 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) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50 Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 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/1.9
Focal length 115 mm 46 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV13B OmniVision OV13B
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Samsung KD1S5KKD1
Sensor size 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No No
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 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 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
Xiaomi 17T
n/a
Xiaomi 15T
92.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2026 September 2025
Release date May 2026 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $749 $650
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

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 17T. It has a better performance, gaming, and battery life.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
177 (69.4%)
78 (30.6%)
Total votes: 255

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Hani May 29, 2026 at 09:27 AM
The chipset in 17t is 8500 not 9500
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Serhii May 30, 2026 at 06:44 AM
Appreciate your help, Hani.
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Vertrauen June 1, 2026 at 09:18 PM
The pro model has the 9500, not the non-pro variant
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