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Xiaomi 18 Pro Max vs 17 Pro Max

93 out of 100
Xiaomi 18 Pro Max
VS
92 out of 100
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
Xiaomi 18 Pro Max
Xiaomi 17 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi 18 Pro Max (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6) that was released on September 23, 2026, against the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 1 year 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

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 8500 vs 7500 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (5001K versus 3998K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 18 Pro Max and 17 Pro Max 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 512 GB
35.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
14.6
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
18 Pro Max
vs
17 Pro Max

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1208 x 2624 pixels 1200 x 2608 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 418 ppi 416 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 3500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Dragon Crystal Glass 3 Dragon Crystal Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 92.1% 92.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 103%
PWM - 122 Hz
Response time - 63 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
18 Pro Max
n/a
17 Pro Max
1026 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.39 mm (6.43 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 235 g (8.29 oz) 219 g (7.72 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Red, Pink White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
18 Pro Max
92.1%
17 Pro Max
92.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 18 Pro Max and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 5010 MHz 4610 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 3 + 3) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 3 cores at 3.74 GHz:
- 3 cores at 4.03 GHz:
- 2 cores at 5.01 GHz: 		- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache - 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 2 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 850 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1450 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~4454.4 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 18 Pro Max and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
18 Pro Max +2%
3762
17 Pro Max
3697
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
18 Pro Max +4%
11459
17 Pro Max
11010
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 27311
Single-core score 3762 3697
Multi-core score 11459 11010
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
18 Pro Max +25%
5001234
17 Pro Max
3998145
CPU 1431500 1196188
GPU 1947800 1435952
Memory 500900 526360
UX 1121034 839645
Total score 5001234 3998145
Samples Less than 3 [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 75%
Graphics test - 18 FPS
Graphics score - 2410
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 42 FPS
Section 1 - 48 FPS
Section 2 - 41 FPS
Section 3 - 34 FPS
Graphics score - 10958
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 34 FPS
Graphics score - 5808
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 17696
Video editing - 8079
Photo editing - 41496
Data manipulation - 18359
Writing score - 25803
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (3rd and 22nd place)
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Xiaomi 17 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 -> PocoF5hyperosAnTuTu 113241083
📘 2026-06-03 (Eterion)AnTuTu 114008895
📘 2025-12-27 (Chan)AnTuTu 113852243
📘 2025-11-02 (Okekdjekei)AnTuTu 113998145
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 512 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 17 Android 16
ROM HyperOS 4 HyperOS 3
OS size - 32 GB
OS updates 6 years 6 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 8500 mAh 7500 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes (82% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:48 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 16:28 hr
Watching video - 25:18 hr
Gaming - 09:04 hr
Standby - 143 hr
General battery life
18 Pro Max
n/a
17 Pro Max
36:26 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.2x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 102° 102°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 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
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor - Omnivision Light Fusion 950L
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.6
Focal length 75 mm 115 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP5 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 17 mm 17 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 OmniVision OV50M40
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 160
Zoom - 137
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 17 Pro Max from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 OmniVision OV50M40
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.61 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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* No No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.1 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
18 Pro Max
n/a
17 Pro Max
85.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2026 September 2025
Release date September 2026 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $999
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
*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 18 Pro Max.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
9 (81.8%)
2 (18.2%)
Total votes: 11

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