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Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 15

83 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
VS
74 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
Apple iPhone 15

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on March 27, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 15, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 1 year and 7 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1951 mAh larger battery capacity: 5300 vs 3349 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • 83% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3060K versus 1672K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 20W)
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 14% higher pixel density (526 vs 460 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15
  • Weighs 41 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra and Apple iPhone 15 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
59.4
(Average)
Value Index
86.3
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F7 Ultra
vs
iPhone 15

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 526 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Poco Shield Glass -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.4% 86.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 99.6%
PWM 120 Hz 306 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco F7 Ultra
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 15
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F7 Ultra
1588 nits
iPhone 15 +3%
1640 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.26 mm (6.31 inches) 147.6 mm (5.81 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 71.6 mm (2.82 inches)
Thickness 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 212 g (7.48 oz) 171 g (6.03 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Yellow Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Average (2.96/5)
Drop resistance Average (D) · 45 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F7 Ultra +3%
89.4%
iPhone 15
86.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra and Apple iPhone 15
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Apple A16 Bionic
Max clock 4320 MHz 3460 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra and Apple iPhone 15
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F7 Ultra +5%
2753
iPhone 15
2612
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F7 Ultra +25%
8410
iPhone 15
6705
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F7 Ultra
16908
iPhone 15 +35%
22764
Compute Score (GPU) 16908 22764
Single-core score 2753 2612
Multi-core score 8410 6705
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F7 Ultra +83%
3060993
iPhone 15
1672293
CPU 876139 462812
GPU 1135602 453603
Memory 434324 222511
UX 614928 533367
Total score 3060993 1672293
Samples [10 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 77% -
Graphics test 16 FPS -
Graphics score 2190 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Poco F7 Ultra +154%
10116
iPhone 15
3979
Stability - 74%
Graphics test 38 FPS 15 FPS
Section 1 43 FPS 20 FPS
Section 2 39 FPS 15 FPS
Section 3 33 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 10116 3979
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2868
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 22176 -
Video editing 8080 -
Photo editing 36202 -
Data manipulation 18123 -
Writing score 23212 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#104th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 (Andre21st)Geekbench 7 CPU2442 / 8369
📘 2026-10-09 (RuxeLV)Geekbench 7 GPU14153
📘 2026-10-09 (RuxeLV)Geekbench 7 CPU2548 / 8876
📘 2026-10-09 (RuxeLV)AnTuTu 123512055
📘 2026-10-06 (RuxeLV)AnTuTu 113193869
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Apple iPhone 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-14 (Iphone)AnTuTu 111585568
📘 2026-10-09 (Gurudev)AnTuTu 111226584
📘 2026-09-19 (Bear lover)AnTuTu 111714105
📘 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO)AnTuTu 111603687
📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)Geekbench 6 GPU24336
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 -
OS size 33 GB 18 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5300 mAh 3349 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 20 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (60% in 15 min) Yes (58% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:30 hr 1:50 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:39 hr 10:47 hr
Watching video 14:46 hr 16:55 hr
Gaming 05:50 hr 05:36 hr
Standby 124 hr 112 hr
General battery life
Poco F7 Ultra +3%
26:17 hr
iPhone 15
25:31 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 32 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor OmniVision OVX8000 -
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 60 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 32 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 84
Zoom - 114
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 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 6.0 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
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
Poco F7 Ultra +10%
89.9 dB
iPhone 15
81.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2025 September 2023
Release date April 2025 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $799
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra - Apple iPhone 17
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Not included 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 Poco F7 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
26 (83.9%)
5 (16.1%)
Total votes: 31

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c4tmelon November 17, 2025 at 09:09 AM
Some of people voted for the f7 ultra but In reality ip15 wins ts
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