Xiaomi Redmi 9A vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
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93
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.53-inch Xiaomi Redmi 9A (with MediaTek Helio G25) that was released on June 30, 2020, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 5 years and 3 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 Redmi 9A
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 39 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 15.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2590K versus 163K)
- Has 6x more RAM: 12GB versus 2GB
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 130% higher peak brightness (1009 against 438 nits)
- 71% higher pixel density (460 vs 269 PPI)
- Shows 38% longer battery life (33:14 vs 24:07 hours)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (40W versus 10W)
- Handles wireless charging up to 25W
- Thinner bezels – 10.5% more screen real estate
- Optical image stabilization
- Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
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 | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 6.53 inches | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 720 x 1600 pixels | 1320 x 2868 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 269 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 400 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.1% | 91.6% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 92.9% | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 40 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | 1318:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 17 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Redmi 9A
6.53″ (20:9 ratio) = 16 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.9 mm (6.49 inches) | 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 77 mm (3.03 inches) | 78 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 194 g (6.84 oz) | 233 g (8.22 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Green | Silver, Blue, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.04/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio G25 | Apple A19 Pro |
| Max clock | 2000 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.5 GHz: Cortex-A53 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A53 |
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | IMG PowerVR GE8320 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 32 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~41.8 GFLOPS | ~2488.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 46450 |
| Single-core score | 472 | 3940 |
| Multi-core score | 1524 | 10434 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 77541 | 788283 |
| GPU | 14691 | 922741 |
| Memory | 29116 | 226010 |
| UX | 42375 | 653533 |
| Total score | 163723 | 2590567 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [14 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2487 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 42 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 47 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 42 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 36 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 10999 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi 9A
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Carlos) | AnTuTu 11 | 165673 |
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Md.Imran Shafiq) | AnTuTu 11 | 2602137 |
| 📘 2026-07-31 (xon1005) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4028 / 10579 |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Domi) | AnTuTu 11 | 2427596 |
| 📘 2026-06-09 (Cristiano) | AnTuTu 11 | 2258714 |
| 📘 2026-05-29 (Joker) | AnTuTu 11 | 2433128 |
Memory
| RAM size | 2 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 1600 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 32 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 256 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) | iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 Enhanced | - |
| OS size | 11 GB | 20 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5088 mAh |
| Max charge power | 10 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | No | Yes (65% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:55 hr | 1:12 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:08 hr | 12:36 hr |
| Watching video | 13:37 hr | 22:25 hr |
| Gaming | 05:37 hr | 08:17 hr |
| Standby | 118 hr | 154 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4128 x 3096 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 4x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | No | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.78 |
| Focal length | 28 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX903 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 48 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 100 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX973 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 48 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 5 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 2560 x 1960 | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 20 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX914 |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - 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, HID, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | Micro USB | 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 | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | No | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 4 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Budget | Flagship |
| Announced | June 2020 | September 2025 |
| Release date | August 2020 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $100 | $1199 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi 10A | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.398 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.901 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro Max:
- Battery is 5,088 mAh on the eSIM-only model (vs 4,832 mAh on the Nano SIM + eSIM version).
- The Chinese model alone includes dual Nano SIM slots and 15 W wireless charging.
*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 Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.
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