Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro vs 18 Pro Max
58
out of 100
VS
94
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865) that was released on February 13, 2020, against the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and came out 6 years and 8 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 Mi 10 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
- Weighs 27 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 4.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (5001K versus 1049K)
- Comes with 4000 mAh larger battery capacity: 8500 vs 4500 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 50W)
- The phone is 6 years and 8 months newer
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 13
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
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 | 6.67 inches | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1208 x 2624 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 386 ppi | 419 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 1200 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 4000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 180 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Dragon Crystal Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.8% | 92.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.6% | - |
| PWM | 373 Hz | - |
| Response time | 2.4 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
18 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Mi 10 Pro
6.67″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.9 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) | 163.39 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 74.8 mm (2.94 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 208 g (7.34 oz) | 235 g (8.29 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Blue | White, Black, Blue, Red, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 5010 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 3 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) |
- 3 cores at 3.74 GHz: - 3 cores at 4.03 GHz: - 2 cores at 5.01 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 650 | Adreno 850 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 587 MHz | 1450 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~901.6 GFLOPS | ~4454.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 29825 |
| Single-core score | 1233 | 3762 |
| Multi-core score | 3417 | 11459 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 396035 | 1431500 |
| GPU | 180712 | 1947800 |
| Memory | 201102 | 500900 |
| UX | 272023 | 1121034 |
| Total score | 1049872 | 5001234 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1170 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8957 | - |
| Video editing | 6672 | - |
| Photo editing | 28112 | - |
| Data manipulation | 8915 | - |
| Writing score | 14326 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#6th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-27 (Андрей) | AnTuTu 12 | 1124910 |
| 📘 2025-10-20 (Gayyyy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1049872 |
Xiaomi 18 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-22 (Josh Burton) | AnTuTu 12 | 4589508 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13.0) | Android 17 |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 Enhanced | HyperOS 4 |
| OS size | 30 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 6 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 8500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 50 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (30 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (70% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | - |
| Web browsing | 08:11 hr | - |
| Watching video | 12:20 hr | - |
| Gaming | 04:49 hr | - |
| Standby | 98 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12000 x 9000 | - |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.7x | Optical, 3.2x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 117° | 102° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Telephoto: 8 MP 4) Ultrawide: 20 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung Bright S5KHMX | Smartsens SCC90XS 960 LightHunter |
| Sensor size | 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.61 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 50 mm | 75 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K2L7 | Samsung ISOCELL HP5 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.6" (≈ 0.38 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 20 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 17 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX350 | Omnivision OV51D |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.61 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T2 | Omnivision OV51D |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.9 micron | 0.61 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 103 | - |
| Video | 119 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.1 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | 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 | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 22 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | 2.1 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2020 | September 2026 |
| Release date | March 2020 | September 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $950 | $1299 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 18 Pro Max | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.69 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - 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 |
*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 Xiaomi 18 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.
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