Xiaomi Poco F5 vs Google Pixel 8a
60
out of 100
VS
66
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2) that was released on May 9, 2023, against the Google Pixel 8a, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 1 year 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 Poco F5
- Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
- Shows 7% longer battery life (21:08 vs 19:43 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 18W)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Thinner bezels – 7.6% more screen real estate
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1627 and 1491 points
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8a
- Delivers 57% higher peak brightness (1506 against 961 nits)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1433K versus 1302K)
- The phone is 1 year newer
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 430 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1000 nits | 1400 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.9% | 81.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.4% | 99.1% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Poco F5
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Pixel 8a
6.1″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.9 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.11 mm (6.34 inches) | 152.1 mm (5.99 inches) |
| Width | 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) | 72.7 mm (2.86 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 181 g (6.38 oz) | 188 g (6.63 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | White, Black, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.52/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 | Google Tensor G3 |
| Max clock | 2910 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 9 (1 + 4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.49 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 725 | Immortalis-G715s MC10 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 580 MHz | 890 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1187.8 GFLOPS | ~1594.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4119 | 8490 |
| Single-core score | 1627 | 1491 |
| Multi-core score | 4184 | 3584 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 522997 | 546093 |
| GPU | 166455 | 391230 |
| Memory | 227236 | 195569 |
| UX | 386281 | 300801 |
| Total score | 1302969 | 1433693 |
| Samples | [35 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 608 | 990 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 85% | - |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1956 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco F5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-11 (Martin) | AnTuTu 12 | 1421599 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Zaviee) | AnTuTu 12 | 1483091 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Bers2409) | AnTuTu 12 | 1442782 |
| 📘 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1318003 |
| 📘 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway) | AnTuTu 11 | 1304220 |
Google Pixel 8a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-28 (adismsha) | AnTuTu 11 | 1471866 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | Geekbench 6 GPU | 8490 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1491 / 3584 |
| 📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_dise | AnTuTu 11 | 1397797 |
| 📘 2025-12-17 (jpara_dise) | AnTuTu 11 | 1397797 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 32 GB | 18.4 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4492 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (83% in 30 min) | Yes (33% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:47 hr | 2:09 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:04 hr | 08:15 hr |
| Watching video | 12:47 hr | 13:00 hr |
| Gaming | 05:49 hr | 04:54 hr |
| Standby | 95 hr | 86 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9248 x 6936 | 9000 x 7000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV64B40 | Sony IMX787 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/1.73" (≈ 0.58 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC02M1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 60 |
| Preview | - | 71 |
| Zoom | - | 126 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8a from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3P9 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 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 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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | 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 | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2023 | May 2024 |
| Release date | May 2023 | May 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $379 | $499 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco F7 | - Google Pixel 10a |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | 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 Google Pixel 8a is definitely a better buy.
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