Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on March 27, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 2 months 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 Poco F7 Pro
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5000 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 45W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 2301K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 25W
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 45% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3202 and 2209 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 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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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
71.7
(Good)
Value Index
38.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 526 ppi 498 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Armor 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.4% 92.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 97.7%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Poco F7 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1468 nits
1416 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.26 mm (6.31 inches) 162.8 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 8.12 mm (0.32 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue Black, Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Good (3.23/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
89.4%
92.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3300 MHz 4470 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3202
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10347
Compute Score (GPU)
17029
26581
Compute Score (GPU) 17029 26581
Single-core score 2209 3202
Multi-core score 6642 10347
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2301212
3128552
CPU 662841 987646
GPU 780484 1190760
Memory 345533 362214
UX 512354 587932
Total score 2301212 3128552
Samples [33 tests] [66 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2272
Stability 82% 61%
Graphics test 11 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 1506 2272
3DMark Solar Bay
10441
Graphics test 29 FPS 40 FPS
Section 1 32 FPS 50 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 40 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 7581 10441
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 56%
Graphics test - 34 FPS
Graphics score - 5827
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
16318
19901
Web score 16536 21582
Video editing 7905 8625
Photo editing 31248 34425
Data manipulation 14260 17556
Writing score 19168 26844
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (198th and 87th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-02 (fx)AnTuTu 122392357
📘 2026-09-30 (EA Fran)AnTuTu 122452758
📘 2026-09-29 -> Alejandro SorinAnTuTu 122597186
📘 2026-09-16 (Jepp)AnTuTu 122526342
📘 2026-07-05 -> Alejandro SorinAnTuTu 112301212
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (IceBaer)AnTuTu 123395994
📘 2026-10-04 (Gun park)AnTuTu 123085318
📘 2026-10-04 (potatowan)Geekbench 7 CPU2791 / 10180
📘 2026-10-03 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu 123529678
📘 2026-10-02 (potatowan)AnTuTu 123590956

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 One UI 9.0
OS size 27.9 GB 30.4 GB
OS updates 6 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 45 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 16 min) Yes (72% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:37 hr 0:59 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:00 hr 11:10 hr
Watching video 14:33 hr 19:32 hr
Gaming 06:14 hr 06:22 hr
Standby 141 hr 132 hr
General battery life
28:39 hr
28:43 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12240
Zoom Digital, 20x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED 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 240FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision OVX8000 Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/3.4
Focal length - 111 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX854
Sensor size - 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV08D Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 165
Preview - 81
Zoom - 137
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 26 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV20B Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.4 5.4
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 No Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No 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
Max loudness
90.9 dB
93 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced March 2025 January 2025
Release date April 2025 February 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $1299
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
SAR (head) - 1.25 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.42 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25 Ultra:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.
    - Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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