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Xiaomi Poco F7 vs Honor X9c

76 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F7
VS
62 out of 100
Honor X9c
Xiaomi Poco F7
Honor X9c

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.83-inch Xiaomi Poco F7 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4) that was released on June 24, 2025, against the Honor X9c, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and came out 8 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

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F7
  • 3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2263K versus 760K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 66W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
Reasons to consider the Honor X9c
  • Weighs 26.7 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F7 and Honor X9c crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Poco F7
68*
Honor X9c
65*
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.
DeviceFacts Score
Final comparison evaluation
Poco F7
76*
Honor X9c
62*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
75.0
(Good)
Value Index
99.0
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F7
vs
Honor X9c

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2772 pixels 1224 x 2700 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.85:9
PPI 447 ppi 437 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1700 nits 4000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 90.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% -
PWM 240 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F7
1512 nits
Honor X9c
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) 162.8 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) 75.5 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 7.98 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 215.7 g (7.61 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Silver Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) -
Drop resistance Average (D) Β· 45 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F7
90.1%
Honor X9c +1%
90.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F7 and Honor X9c
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Max clock 3210 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 825 Adreno 710
GPU shading units 1024 256
GPU clock 1150 MHz 676 MHz
FLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS ~346.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F7 and Honor X9c
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F7 +118%
2040
Honor X9c
935
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F7 +134%
6373
Honor X9c
2719
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F7 +5445%
13641
Honor X9c
246
Compute Score (GPU) 13641 246
Single-core score 2040 935
Multi-core score 6373 2719
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F7 +198%
2263357
Honor X9c
760332
CPU 632157 284852
GPU 793892 55762
Memory 365292 201468
UX 472016 218250
Total score 2263357 760332
Samples [170 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F7 +744%
1688
Honor X9c
200
Stability 83% 99%
Graphics test 13 FPS 1 FPS
Graphics score 1688 200
3DMark Solar Bay
Poco F7
7708
Honor X9c
n/a
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Section 1 33 FPS -
Section 2 30 FPS -
Section 3 25 FPS -
Graphics score 7708 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco F7 +21%
15335
Honor X9c
12708
Web score 15597 12996
Video editing 7750 7162
Photo editing 26988 24195
Data manipulation 13734 10073
Writing score 17764 15092
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Dnyanesh)Geekbench 7 CPU1696 / 6351
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (ASHOK)AnTuTu 122346502
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Luis)AnTuTu 122422061
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (Thai)AnTuTu 122603535
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Thai)AnTuTu 122562298
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Honor X9c
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-28 (LenslyWhite)AnTuTu 11764283
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (Ааа)AnTuTu 11611007
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-19 (trixeee)AnTuTu 11603217
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-11 (Zver)AnTuTu 11773303
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (Mohammed)AnTuTu 11743177
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4800 MHz 2750 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 MagicOS 9.0
OS size 44 GB -
OS updates 4 years 2 years
Security updates 6 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 6600 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 66 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (90% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 40 min)
Full charging time 0:39 hr 1:15 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:24 hr -
Watching video 14:33 hr -
Gaming 07:05 hr -
Standby 130 hr -
General battery life
Poco F7
26:05 hr
Honor X9c
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12000 x 9000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX882 Samsung HM6
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/1.67" (β‰ˆ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV08F -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 3456 x 4608
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.5
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV20B CMOS
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.1
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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco F7
89.5 dB
Honor X9c
n/a

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced June 2025 November 2024
Release date June 2025 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $350
Successor - - Honor X9d
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Yes, 66 W
Further details
Notes on Poco F7:
    - The Indian model has a larger battery β€” 7550 mAh.
*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 is definitely a better buy.

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So, which phone would you choose?
20 (95.2%)
1 (4.8%)
Total votes: 21

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