Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra vs 17T Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on September 1, 2026, against the Xiaomi 17T Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and came out 3 months before. 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 Poco F9 Ultra
- Comes with 1050 mAh larger battery capacity: 8050 vs 7000 mAh
- Shows 20% longer battery life (44:02 vs 36:42 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate β 185 Hz
- 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4165K versus 3323K)
- Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (4311 against 3496 nits)
- 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3629 and 3334 points
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 | 6.9 inches | 6.83 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2608 pixels | 1280 x 2772 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 447 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 185 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (60-144 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2200 nits | 1100 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 10000 nits | 3500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.6% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 99.7% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | β Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.49 mm (6.44 inches) | 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) |
| Width | 77.94 mm (3.07 inches) | 77.5 mm (3.05 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.94 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 235 g (8.29 oz) | 219 g (7.72 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | - | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Red | Black, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | MediaTek Dimensity 9500 |
| Max clock | 4600 MHz | 4210 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 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 | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1716 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~5271.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27636 | 22721 |
| Single-core score | 3629 | 3334 |
| Multi-core score | 11080 | 10348 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 962447 | 933780 |
| GPU | 1453812 | 1300550 |
| Memory | 974305 | 397001 |
| UX | 774544 | 692260 |
| Total score | 4165108 | 3323591 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [25 tests] |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (15th and 55th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Xiaomi 17T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-22 (MΓ‘ximo) | AnTuTu 12 | 3660205 |
| π 2026-09-19 (hi) | AnTuTu 12 | 3291469 |
| π 2026-08-22 (Querty) | AnTuTu 11 | 3415483 |
| π 2026-08-21 (tarcisioefb) | AnTuTu 11 | 3137520 |
| π 2026-08-12 (Ap0game) | AnTuTu 11 | 3471553 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 36 GB | 35.4 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 8050 mAh | 7000 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 | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (61% in 30 min) | Yes (72% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:54 hr | 0:44 hr |
| Web browsing | 23:02 hr | 18:30 hr |
| Watching video | 25:48 hr | 24:44 hr |
| Gaming | 10:54 hr | 09:34 hr |
| Standby | 171 hr | 131 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (2nd and 10th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual 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 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (1080p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 102Β° | 120Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 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 | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP5 | Omnivision 950 LightHunter |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.31" (β 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.5 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.0 | f/3.0 |
| Focal length | 120 mm | 115 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 17 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50M40 | OmniVision OV13B |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (β 0.35 inch) | 1/3.0" (β 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 6560 x 4928 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32D | Samsung S5KKD1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (β 0.29 inch) | 1/3.42" (β 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 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 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2026 | May 2026 |
| Release date | September 2026 | May 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $729 | $899 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera is more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 17T Pro. But if the connectivity and design are more of a priority β go for the Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra.
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