Product
Xiaomi Mi 5
Xiaomi Mi 5
Xiaomi Mi Max 3
Xiaomi Mi Max 3
Battery
Charging 18W wired, QC3 18W wired, QC3
Type Li-Po 3000 mAh, non-removable Li-Ion 5500 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), glass back (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame
Dimensions 144.6 x 69.2 x 7.3 mm (5.69 x 2.72 x 0.29 in) 176.2 x 87.4 x 8 mm (6.94 x 3.44 x 0.31 in)
SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 129 g / 139 g (Ceramic) (4.90 oz) 221 g (7.80 oz)
Comms
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Infrared port Yes Yes
NFC Yes No
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio No FM radio
USB USB Type-C USB Type-C
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 To be confirmed
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~428 ppi density) 1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~350 ppi density)
Size 5.15 inches, 73.1 cm2 (~73.1% screen-to-body ratio) 6.9 inches, 122.9 cm2 (~79.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Launch
Announced 2016, February. Released 2016, April 2018, July. Released 2018, July
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Main Camera
Dual - 12 MP, f/1.9, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF 5 MP, f/2.2, (depth)
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama
Single 16 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.8", 1.12µm, PDAF, 4-axis OIS -
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 4K@30fps, 720p/1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@120fps
Memory
Card slot No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal 32GB 3GB RAM (Standard), 64GB 3GB RAM (Prime), 128GB 4GB RAM (Pro) 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM
  UFS 2.0 eMMC 5.1
Misc
Colors Black, White, Gold, Ceramic Black, Champagne Gold, Blue
Models 2015105 M1804E4A
SAR 0.38 W/kg (head)     0.80 W/kg (body)     1.58 W/kg (head)     1.42 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 & TD-SCDMA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41 - Global 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Technology GSM / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
  1, 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41 - China CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
Our Tests
Audio quality Noise -95.3dB / Crosstalk -95.4dB Noise -93.7dB / Crosstalk -94.0dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 92h Endurance rating 115h
Camera Photo / Video Photo / Video
Display Contrast ratio: 1227:1 (nominal), 3.240 (sunlight) Contrast ratio: 1462 (nominal), 3.061 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 67dB / Noise 67dB / Ring 74dB Voice 68dB / Noise 71dB / Ring 83dB
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 2180Basemark X: 33110 AnTuTu: 119229 (v7) GeekBench: 4907 (v4.4) GFXBench: 6fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Platform
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) Qualcomm SDM636 Snapdragon 636 (14 nm)
CPU Quad-core (2x1.8 GHz Kryo & 2x1.36 GHz Kryo) - Standard editionQuad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - Prime & Pro edition Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.6 GHz Kryo 260 Silver)
GPU Adreno 530 Adreno 509
OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo), MIUI 10 Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 10, MIUI 12
Selfie camera
Single 4 MP, f/2.0, 1/3", 2µm 8 MP, f/2.0, 1/4.0", 1.12µm
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes, with stereo speakers