Xiaomi Mi 9 vs 17T Pro
47
out of 100
VS
92
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 17T Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and came out 7 years and 5 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 46 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17T Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Delivers 464% higher peak brightness (3530 against 626 nits)
- 4.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3323K versus 786K)
- Comes with 3700 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 3300 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Shows 113% longer battery life (36:42 vs 17:14 hours)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 27W)
- Optical image stabilization
- Has a 0.44 inch larger screen size
- The phone is 7 years and 5 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 | 6.83 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1280 x 2772 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 447 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (60-144 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1100 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 3500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.3% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 95.4% | 99.7% |
| PWM | 245 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 4.2 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
17T Pro
6.83″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Mi 9
6.39″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.5 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.5 mm (6.2 inches) | 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 77.5 mm (3.05 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 173 g (6.1 oz) | 219 g (7.72 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Purple | Black, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 | MediaTek Dimensity 9500 |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 4210 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| 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) |
- 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro - 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium - 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 16 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| Graphics | Adreno 640 | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 585 MHz | 1716 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~898.5 GFLOPS | ~5271.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3553 | 22721 |
| Single-core score | 1000 | 3334 |
| Multi-core score | 2929 | 10348 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 327134 | 933780 |
| GPU | 129608 | 1300550 |
| Memory | 142341 | 397001 |
| UX | 187760 | 692260 |
| Total score | 786843 | 3323591 |
| Samples | [5 tests] | [25 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 86% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 877 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7583 | - |
| Video editing | 6701 | - |
| Photo editing | 25498 | - |
| Data manipulation | 7804 | - |
| Writing score | 13260 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#71st place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Zakazaka1273) | AnTuTu 11 | 855696 |
| 📘 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 |
Xiaomi 17T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-11-02 (Marlen) | AnTuTu 12 | 3404691 |
| 📘 2026-10-19 -> TllovRay | AnTuTu 12 | 3482063 |
| 📘 2026-10-17 -> TllovRay | AnTuTu 12 | 3358318 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> VAMPR | AnTuTu 12 | 3700382 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 (Володя) | AnTuTu 12 | 3501390 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 5333 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 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 13.5 GB | 35.4 GB |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 3300 mAh | 7000 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 | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes, Quick Charge 4 (50% in 30 min) | Yes (72% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 0:44 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:08 hr | 18:30 hr |
| Watching video | 11:37 hr | 24:44 hr |
| Gaming | 04:07 hr | 09:34 hr |
| Standby | 83 hr | 131 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#13th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 117° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 16 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 |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | Omnivision 950 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 | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/3.0 |
| Focal length | 54 mm | 115 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 | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX481 | OmniVision OV13B |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.12 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 | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3880 | 6560 x 4928 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Samsung S5KKD1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.9 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 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 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| 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 | May 2026 |
| Release date | April 2019 | May 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $460 | $899 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17T Pro | - |
| 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 |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
*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 17T Pro is definitely a better buy.
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