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Xiaomi Mi 10 vs Xiaomi 17

55 out of 100
Xiaomi Mi 10
VS
91 out of 100
Xiaomi 17
Xiaomi Mi 10
Xiaomi 17

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Mi 10 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865) that was released on February 13, 2020, against the Xiaomi 17, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 5 years and 9 months after. 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 Mi 10
  • Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 3.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3404K versus 940K)
  • Delivers 307% higher peak brightness (3472 against 854 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 2.6x optical zoom
  • Shows 63% longer battery life (33:58 vs 20:47 hours)
  • Comes with 1550 mAh larger battery capacity: 6330 vs 4780 mAh
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • The phone is 5 years and 9 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Mi 10 and Xiaomi 17 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Mi 10
60*
Xiaomi 17
86*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Mi 10
55*
Xiaomi 17
91*
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 100% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi Mi 10 to Xiaomi 17 is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Mi 10
vs
Xiaomi 17

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1220 x 2656 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 386 ppi 464 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 - 3500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 180 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Xiaomi Shield Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.8% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.8% 102.9%
PWM 362 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 3 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Mi 10
6.67″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.9 in2
Xiaomi 17
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Mi 10
854 nits
Xiaomi 17 +307%
3472 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) 151.1 mm (5.95 inches)
Width 74.8 mm (2.94 inches) 71.8 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.06 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 208 g (7.34 oz) 191 g (6.74 oz)
Waterproof No IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Green White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Average (2.63/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Mi 10
89.8%
Xiaomi 17
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Mi 10 and Xiaomi 17
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 2840 MHz 4610 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
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)		 - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 4 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 650 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 587 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~901.6 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Mi 10 and Xiaomi 17
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Mi 10
1178
Xiaomi 17 +204%
3583
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Mi 10
3386
Xiaomi 17 +218%
10772
Compute Score (GPU)
Mi 10
3009
Xiaomi 17 +822%
27737
Compute Score (GPU) 3009 27737
Single-core score 1178 3583
Multi-core score 3386 10772
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Mi 10
940334
Xiaomi 17 +262%
3404616
CPU 373349 961758
GPU 165760 1232901
Memory 170748 517802
UX 230477 692155
Total score 940334 3404616
Samples [3 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Mi 10
n/a
Xiaomi 17
2354
Stability - 78%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2354
3DMark Solar Bay
Mi 10
n/a
Xiaomi 17
10821
Graphics test - 41 FPS
Section 1 - 46 FPS
Section 2 - 41 FPS
Section 3 - 36 FPS
Graphics score - 10821
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Mi 10
1106
Xiaomi 17 +440%
5976
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 6 FPS 35 FPS
Graphics score 1106 5976
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Mi 10
11689
Xiaomi 17 +61%
18794
Web score 9400 17608
Video editing 6655 8079
Photo editing 28254 37146
Data manipulation 9119 15067
Writing score 13664 25125
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Mi 10
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-22 (mptech)AnTuTu 11995050
📘 2026-09-20 (mptech)AnTuTu 11973656
📘 2026-09-09 (itslow)AnTuTu 121029317
📘 2025-11-26 (Tonyo)AnTuTu 11927395
📘 2025-10-29 (Bebra0017)AnTuTu 11940334
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Xiaomi 17
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 (Nikko)AnTuTu 113512813
📘 2026-08-18 (Ivan)AnTuTu 113632260
📘 2026-08-16 (Wallt)AnTuTu 113277818
📘 2026-08-16 (Missed)AnTuTu 113722570
📘 2026-08-04 (Paul)AnTuTu 113220143
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
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 14) Android 16
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 19 GB 35 GB
OS updates - 6 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4780 mAh 6330 mAh
Max charge power 30 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 (71% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:20 hr 0:46 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:05 hr 15:00 hr
Watching video 13:49 hr 24:44 hr
Gaming 05:13 hr 08:15 hr
Standby 95 hr 131 hr
General battery life
Mi 10
20:47 hr
Xiaomi 17 +63%
33:58 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 12000 x 9000 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 2.6x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 102°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 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 108 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor Samsung Bright S5KHMX Omnivision 950L LightHunter
Sensor size 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.0
Focal length - 60 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size - 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 12 mm 17 mm
Sensor Sony IMX350 Omnivision OV50M
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3T2 Omnivision OV50M
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

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		 - 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
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 22 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Mi 10
83.5 dB
Xiaomi 17 +3%
86.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2020 September 2025
Release date June 2020 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $800 $999
Successor - Xiaomi 17 -
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 17 is definitely a better buy.

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