Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra vs 17 Ultra
64
out of 100
VS
92
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.81-inch Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888) that was released on March 29, 2021, against the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 4 years and 10 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 11 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- 24% higher pixel density (515 vs 416 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 17 Ultra
- Delivers 292% higher peak brightness (3710 against 946 nits)
- 3.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3667K versus 1100K)
- Shows 86% longer battery life (33:23 vs 17:59 hours)
- Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5000 mAh
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 67W)
- The phone is 4 years and 10 months newer
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
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 | 6.81 inches | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1200 x 2608 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 515 ppi | 416 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 900 nits | 1200 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1500 nits | 3500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Xiaomi Shield Glass 3.0 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.4% | 92.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 100% |
| PWM | 510 Hz | 121 Hz |
| Response time | 2.8 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.3 mm (6.47 inches) | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 74.6 mm (2.94 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 234 g (8.25 oz) | 218.4 g (7.7 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Ceramic | - |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black | White, Black, Green, 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 888 | 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: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) |
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 660 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1290.2 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 27219 |
| Single-core score | 1523 | 3711 |
| Multi-core score | 3979 | 11259 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 398735 | 1064371 |
| GPU | 180832 | 1296835 |
| Memory | 194748 | 518366 |
| UX | 326051 | 788139 |
| Total score | 1100336 | 3667711 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 81% |
| Graphics test | - | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2370 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 41 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 41 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 36 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 10845 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 91% | - |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1314 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11865 | 16855 |
| Video editing | 7582 | 8052 |
| Photo editing | 28098 | 40273 |
| Data manipulation | 9632 | 15949 |
| Writing score | 14688 | 26073 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#45th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Gordon) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1523 / 3979 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Gordon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1225128 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Gordon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1204573 |
| 📘 2026-04-10 -> LORIX | AnTuTu 11 | 1004194 |
| 📘 2026-02-24 (N00b1k_x) | AnTuTu 11 | 1028590 |
Xiaomi 17 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 (Klax) | AnTuTu 12 | 3939764 |
| 📘 2026-09-13 (H1roshi) | AnTuTu 11 | 3530859 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (...) | AnTuTu 11 | 3582442 |
| 📘 2026-06-26 (ALBAY) | AnTuTu 11 | 3913603 |
| 📘 2026-04-18 (UsusWarteg) | AnTuTu 11 | 3828672 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 1.0 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 31 GB | 36 GB |
| OS updates | - | 6 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 6000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 90 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (67 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (90% in 30 min) | Yes (72% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:37 hr | 0:50 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 06:28 hr | 16:09 hr |
| Watching video | 11:22 hr | 22:41 hr |
| Gaming | 04:38 hr | 08:02 hr |
| Standby | 90 hr | 125 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#22nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 4.3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | 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 | 128° | 115° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.67 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN2 | OmniVision OVX10500 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.12" (≈ 0.89 inch) | 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/4.1 | f/2.4 - 3.0 |
| Focal length | 120 mm | 100 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | Samsung ISOCELL HPE |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 14 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 75 | 175 |
| Preview | 72 | - |
| Zoom | 142 | 169 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Xiaomi 17 Ultra from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5380 x 3620 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.3 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T2 | Omnivision OV50M |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.61 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 117 | - |
| Video | 139 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.2 | 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 - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | 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* | 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2021 | December 2025 |
| Release date | April 2021 | March 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $1199 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 12S Ultra | - |
| 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 | - | 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 17 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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