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Xiaomi Poco F7 vs Nothing Phone (3a)

76 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F7
VS
66 out of 100
Nothing Phone (3a)
Xiaomi Poco F7
Nothing Phone (3a)

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 Nothing Phone (3a), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 and came out 4 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
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2263K versus 1050K)
  • Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5000 mAh
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 50W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (1512 against 1261 nits)
  • 16% higher pixel density (447 vs 387 PPI)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (3a)
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F7 and Nothing Phone (3a) 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
8 / 128 GB
75.0
(Good)
Value Index
72.8
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F7
vs
Phone (3a)

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.77 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2772 pixels 1080 x 2392 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.9:9
PPI 447 ppi 387 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1700 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 3000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Panda Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 87.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.8%
PWM 240 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F7 +20%
1512 nits
Phone (3a)
1261 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) 163.52 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) 77.5 mm (3.05 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.35 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 215.7 g (7.61 oz) 201 g (7.09 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP64
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Silver White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Average (2.84/5)
Drop resistance Average (D) · 45 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F7 +3%
90.1%
Phone (3a)
87.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F7 and Nothing Phone (3a)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Max clock 3210 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 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: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 825 Adreno 810
GPU shading units 1024 256
GPU clock 1150 MHz 1050 MHz
FLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F7 and Nothing Phone (3a)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F7 +76%
2040
Phone (3a)
1158
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F7 +95%
6373
Phone (3a)
3276
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F7 +208%
13641
Phone (3a)
4435
Compute Score (GPU) 13641 4435
Single-core score 2040 1158
Multi-core score 6373 3276
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F7 +115%
2263357
Phone (3a)
1050601
CPU 632157 402549
GPU 793892 179108
Memory 365292 194640
UX 472016 274304
Total score 2263357 1050601
Samples [170 tests] [38 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F7 +345%
1688
Phone (3a)
379
Stability 83% 98%
Graphics test 13 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 1688 379
3DMark Solar Bay
Poco F7
7708
Phone (3a)
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 +24%
15335
Phone (3a)
12382
Web score 15597 11533
Video editing 7750 6290
Photo editing 26988 20294
Data manipulation 13734 10511
Writing score 17764 16899
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F7
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-06 (Dnyanesh)Geekbench 7 CPU1696 / 6351
📘 2026-10-06 (ASHOK)AnTuTu 122346502
📘 2026-09-30 (Luis)AnTuTu 122422061
📘 2026-09-29 (Thai)AnTuTu 122603535
📘 2026-09-27 (Thai)AnTuTu 122562298
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Nothing Phone (3a)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55CPU Throttle82%
📘 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55Geekbench 6 GPU3328
📘 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55Geekbench 6 CPU1158 / 3276
📘 2026-06-07 (Aames Ng)AnTuTu 111069149
📘 2026-06-03 (xperz3650)AnTuTu 111065584
Add View all (41)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 Nothing OS 4.0
OS size 44 GB -
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 6 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 50 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (90% in 30 min) Yes (61% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:39 hr 1:06 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1400 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:24 hr 08:06 hr
Watching video 14:33 hr 16:25 hr
Gaming 07:05 hr 05:49 hr
Standby 130 hr 131 hr
General battery life
Poco F7 +4%
26:05 hr
Phone (3a)
25:03 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 2x
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 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN9
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.6
Focal length - 50 mm
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL
Sensor size - 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08F Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 22 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B Samsung ISOCELL
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 6 (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 6.0 5.4
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, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
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
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
Phone (3a) +1%
90.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced June 2025 March 2025
Release date June 2025 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $329
Successor - - Nothing Phone (4a)
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Poco F7:
    - The Indian model has a larger battery — 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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
13 (68.4%)
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Total votes: 19

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