Xiaomi Mi 9 vs Xiaomi 17
47
out of 100
VS
91
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.39-inch Xiaomi Mi 9 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855) that was released on February 20, 2019, against the Xiaomi 17, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 6 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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Mi 9
- Weighs 18 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Delivers 460% higher peak brightness (3448 against 616 nits)
- 4.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3404K versus 786K)
- Comes with 3030 mAh larger battery capacity: 6330 vs 3300 mAh
- Shows 97% longer battery life (33:58 vs 17:14 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 27W)
- Optical image stabilization
- The rear camera has a 2.6x optical zoom
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 11
- The phone is 6 years and 9 months newer
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 | 6.39 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1220 x 2656 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 464 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1200 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 3500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Xiaomi Shield Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.3% | 89.9% |
| Display features | - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 95.4% | 102.9% |
| PWM | 245 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 4.2 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.5 mm (6.2 inches) | 151.1 mm (5.95 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.06 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 173 g (6.1 oz) | 191 g (6.74 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Purple | 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
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 | 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: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) |
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 640 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 585 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~898.5 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3553 | 27737 |
| Single-core score | 1000 | 3583 |
| Multi-core score | 2929 | 10772 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 327134 | 961758 |
| GPU | 129608 | 1232901 |
| Memory | 142341 | 517802 |
| UX | 187760 | 692155 |
| Total score | 786843 | 3404616 |
| Samples | [5 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 78% |
| Graphics test | - | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2354 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 41 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 41 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 36 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 10821 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 86% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Graphics score | 877 | 5976 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7583 | 17608 |
| Video editing | 6701 | 8079 |
| Photo editing | 25498 | 37146 |
| Data manipulation | 7804 | 15067 |
| Writing score | 13260 | 25125 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#54th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-02 (Pon) | AnTuTu 12 | 1038764 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 (Stanley) | AnTuTu 12 | 969794 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Stanley) | AnTuTu 11 | 847934 |
| 📘 2026-02-22 (A13) | AnTuTu 11 | 804161 |
| 📘 2026-02-22 (A13) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 996 / 3039 |
Xiaomi 17
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Hoàng Hải) | AnTuTu 12 | 3638992 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 (Nikko) | AnTuTu 11 | 3512813 |
| 📘 2026-08-18 (Ivan) | AnTuTu 11 | 3632260 |
| 📘 2026-08-16 (Wallt) | AnTuTu 11 | 3277818 |
| 📘 2026-08-16 (Missed) | AnTuTu 11 | 3722570 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) | Android 16 |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 13.5 GB | 35 GB |
| OS updates | - | 6 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 3300 mAh | 6330 mAh |
| Max charge power | 27 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (20 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes, Quick Charge 4 (50% in 30 min) | Yes (71% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 0:46 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 06:08 hr | 15:00 hr |
| Watching video | 11:37 hr | 24:44 hr |
| Gaming | 04:07 hr | 08:15 hr |
| Standby | 83 hr | 131 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#19th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 2.6x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 117° | 102° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 16 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 |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | Omnivision 950L LightHunter |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 54 mm | 60 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3M5 | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 16 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 17 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX481 | Omnivision OV50M |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 9 from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3880 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 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 - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2019 | September 2025 |
| Release date | April 2019 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $460 | $999 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 | - |
| SAR (head) | 1.389 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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