If you need amazing set-top boxes available at a pretty affordable price, Xiaomi has two perfect choices for you: the Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Max and the Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Pro. While there is no word on whether Xiaomi will offer both these boxes globally, they are both available in the Chinese market at interesting prices and we know all of their specifications. This is a comparison between the specifications of the Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Max and the Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Pro. The comparison will not be focused on which one is the best because these two devices are not so different from each other.

Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Max vs Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Pro

Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Max

The Max variant is one of the best TV boxes out there because it has an amazing hardware department. While most companies are shipping their set-top boxes with up to 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage, the Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Max has 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage. Thanks to this hardware, you can install a lot of apps and you can run a lot of apps in the background without experiencing lags and important limitations.

The chipset is a quad-core from Amlogic composed of Cortex-A55 CPUs. The GPU is an ARM Mali G31 MP2, enough to handle 4K video streaming. The device is able to support 8K content as well, thanks to the presence of an HDMI 2.1 port. But the processor is likely to struggle with 8K content since the chipset does not have hardware-accelerated support for the AV1 video codec. However, thanks to the presence of 4 GB of RAM, the box should be able to handle multi-tasking and other similar activities which require high resources.

Other features include support for Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth, and a USB 3.0 Type-A port. The box ships with a remote control featuring a microphone for voice controls. The Chinese version ships with MIUI for TV instead of Android TV. This operating system has limited support for popular video streaming services in the global market (such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and YouTube).

Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Pro

Coming to the Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Pro, it is a lower-end model with a less impressive memory configuration but a more interesting price. With this version, Xiaomi expanded its offering of set-top boxes. This version comes with 8K video recording support, even though the user will experience the same limits as the Max variant. You get up to 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage, not as much as the Max, but still a sufficient amount for most of the users.

The Pro variant has an HDMI 2.1 port and a USB Type-A port as well. It ships with remote supporting voice commands and Android TV. It is powered by a 64-bit quad-core Amlogic S905X chipset with four ARM Cortex A53 cores and Mali G31 GPU, coupled with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage as already mentioned. As for connectivity, it also features dual-band Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.3, and a USB 2.0 port, as well as a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a power input port.

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Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Max vs Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Pro: PRO and CONS

Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Max

PRO

• More RAM
• More internal storage
• MIUI for TV

CONS

• Price

Xiaomi Mi Box 4S Pro

PRO

• Android TV
• Affordable price
• Wider availability

CONS

• Less RAM and storage

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Xiaomi launched the new Mi Box 4S Pro, which has upgraded video decoding capabilities, transmission speed and bigger storage space. The product comes with a  price tag of 399 yuan ($59). It will be on reservation at 0:00 on November 5.

The Mi Box 4S Pro comes upgraded from 4K to 8K video decoding. The HDMI interface is also upgraded from HDMI 2.0 to HDMI 2.1. The storage is upgraded from 8GB to 16GB. However, the design remains the same with the Mi Box 4S.

Recall that the Mi Box 4S is identical to the original Mi Box 4 which was first launched in 2018. The TV box was also launched as Mi Box S and Mi Box 4K in global markets. Details of the processor are not known yet but the device is expected to be powered by the same 64-bit quad-core Amlogic S905X chipset with 4 x ARM Cortex-A53 cores and Mali 450 GPU. The RAM size is still the same 2GB RAM. As for connectivity, we expect the device to come with dual-band WiFi 5, Bluetooth 4.3, a USB 2.0 port and a 3.5mm headphone jack as well as power input port. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with PatchWall UI on top of it.

In addition, the Mi Box 4S Pro is still equipped with MIUI For TV intelligent operating system, standard Bluetooth voice remote control, and also supports mobile phone screen projection.

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