Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max vs Note 14 Pro Plus 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.83-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5) that was released on August 27, 2026, against the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 and came out 2 years before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max
  • Shows 117% longer battery life (49:44 vs 22:58 hours)
  • Comes with 4890 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 5110 mAh
  • Delivers 180% higher peak brightness (3405 against 1218 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
  • Weighs 20.1 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max and Note 14 Pro Plus 5G crucial features
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
104.9
(Excellent)
Value Index
69.1
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2772 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 447 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1060 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 3000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.1%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.44 mm (6.43 inches) 162.53 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 78.27 mm (3.08 inches) 74.67 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8.57 mm (0.34 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 225.1 g (7.94 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green, Purple Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Average (2.61/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max and Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Max clock 2600 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 812 Adreno 810
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock - 1050 MHz
FLOPS - ~537.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max and Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 5049 4464
Single-core score 1099 1174
Multi-core score 3481 3157
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 348694 388668
GPU 119297 177263
Memory 267736 186944
UX 271413 248908
Total score 1007140 1001783
Samples Less than 3 [27 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 3 FPS
Graphics score - 362
Sources: 3DMark [5]
Web score - 12562
Video editing - 7767
Photo editing - 22920
Data manipulation - 11977
Writing score - 15830

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-29 (123)AnTuTu 111077435
Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-29 (Milos)AnTuTu 121110751
📘 2026-10-18 (Viz)AnTuTu 121001986
📘 2026-10-09 (Crxzy)AnTuTu 12992985
📘 2026-09-16 (Arkelian)AnTuTu 121060019
📘 2026-09-12 (MishaDesher)AnTuTu 121029598

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 2.0
OS size - 32 GB
OS updates 4 years 2 years
Security updates 6 years 2 years

Battery

Capacity 10000 mAh 5110 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (57% in 30 min) Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:01 hr 0:21 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 20:44 hr 10:26 hr
Watching video 33:14 hr 13:31 hr
Gaming 09:29 hr 05:43 hr
Standby 223 hr 102 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12240
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.65
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV51A Samsung S5KHP3
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV08F Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - Omnivision OV02B
Sensor size - 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 5184 x 3888
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 21 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32D Omnivision OV20B40
Sensor size 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 6.0 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
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 Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced August 2026 September 2024
Release date August 2026 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $449
Successor - - Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G:
    - The black and blue models (glass back) are 8.75 mm thick and weigh 210.14g, while the purple model (eco-leather) is 8.85 mm and 205.13g.
*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 Redmi Note 17 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.

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