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Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro vs Xiaomi 15T

85 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
VS
78 out of 100
Xiaomi 15T
Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
Xiaomi 15T

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on November 26, 2025, against the Xiaomi 15T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra 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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  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 F8 Pro
  • Delivers 129% higher peak brightness (3512 against 1534 nits)
  • 63% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3124K versus 1915K)
  • Shows 14% longer battery life (30:03 vs 26:15 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 67W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Comes with 710 mAh larger battery capacity: 6210 vs 5500 mAh
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 85% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3013 and 1632 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15T
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro and Xiaomi 15T 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
12 / 256 GB
85.3
(Very good)
Value Index
69.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F8 Pro
vs
Xiaomi 15T

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1156 x 2510 pixels 1280 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 419 ppi 447 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (30-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 1100 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 3200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.7%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Xiaomi 15T
6.83β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Poco F8 Pro
6.59β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F8 Pro +129%
3512 nits
Xiaomi 15T
1534 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.5 mm (6.2 inches) 163.2 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.5 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue Black, Gray, Rose gold
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) Average (2.63/5)
Drop resistance Very good (B) Β· 180 drops Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro and Xiaomi 15T
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra
Max clock 4470 MHz 3250 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-A725
L3 cache 8 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 880
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Mali-G720 MP7
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro and Xiaomi 15T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F8 Pro +85%
3013
Xiaomi 15T
1632
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F8 Pro +43%
9287
Xiaomi 15T
6505
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F8 Pro +63%
18324
Xiaomi 15T
11228
Compute Score (GPU) 18324 11228
Single-core score 3013 1632
Multi-core score 9287 6505
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F8 Pro +63%
3124552
Xiaomi 15T
1915524
CPU 947041 601024
GPU 1160694 581727
Memory 387566 320685
UX 629251 412008
Total score 3124552 1915524
Samples [32 tests] [16 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 88%
Graphics test - 9 FPS
Graphics score - 1281
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 22 FPS
Section 1 - 24 FPS
Section 2 - 23 FPS
Section 3 - 20 FPS
Graphics score - 5899
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 15808
Video editing - 6673
Photo editing - 23714
Data manipulation - 13815
Writing score - 18234
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-08 (Poco f8 pro TECH)AnTuTu 123367109
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (poco f8 pro)AnTuTu 123478780
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Kain Le Main)AnTuTu 123251600
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 -> Jayjellyjafetjessy_88AnTuTu 113084676
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-31 (Takehashi)AnTuTu 113167640
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Xiaomi 15T
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-31 (chebypeli100500)AnTuTu 111926611
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-15 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 112029273
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-24 (8arusadar)AnTuTu 111940768
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-09 (Darwish)AnTuTu 111881055
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (Viktor)AnTuTu 111939706
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Memory

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

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3.0
OS size - 33 GB
OS updates 5 years 5 years
Security updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 6210 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 67 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 (80% in 30 min) Yes (69% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:39 hr 0:51 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1600 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:55 hr 11:09 hr
Watching video 21:09 hr 14:55 hr
Gaming 07:36 hr 06:40 hr
Standby 122 hr 125 hr
General battery life
Poco F8 Pro +14%
30:03 hr
Xiaomi 15T
26:15 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800 Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800
Sensor size 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch) 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 60 mm 46 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.612 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08F OmniVision OV13B
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution - 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung KD1S5KKD1
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/3.44" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.4 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version - 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes 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
Poco F8 Pro +1%
93 dB
Xiaomi 15T
92.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced November 2025 September 2025
Release date November 2025 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $579 $650
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 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 Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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So, which phone would you choose?
104 (81.9%)
23 (18.1%)
Total votes: 127

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