Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro vs Poco F7
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on November 26, 2025, against the Xiaomi Poco F7, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and came out 5 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
- Delivers 129% higher peak brightness (3512 against 1534 nits)
- The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
- Shows 15% longer battery life (30:03 vs 26:05 hours)
- 38% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3124K versus 2263K)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
- 48% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3013 and 2040 points
- Weighs 16.7 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F7
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| 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 (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 1700 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% | 90.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 100% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Poco F7
6.83″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Poco F8 Pro
6.59″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.5 mm (6.2 inches) | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 199 g (7.02 oz) | 215.7 g (7.61 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | White, Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Average (2.63/5) | Average (2.61/5) |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 180 drops | Average (D) · 45 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 |
| Max clock | 4470 MHz | 3210 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 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 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 825 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~2355.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 18324 | 13641 |
| Single-core score | 3013 | 2040 |
| Multi-core score | 9287 | 6373 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 947041 | 632157 |
| GPU | 1160694 | 793892 |
| Memory | 387566 | 365292 |
| UX | 629251 | 472016 |
| Total score | 3124552 | 2263357 |
| Samples | [32 tests] | [170 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 83% |
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1688 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 33 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7708 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 15597 |
| Video editing | - | 7750 |
| Photo editing | - | 26988 |
| Data manipulation | - | 13734 |
| Writing score | - | 17764 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#91st place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-08 (Poco f8 pro TECH) | AnTuTu 12 | 3367109 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 (poco f8 pro) | AnTuTu 12 | 3478780 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Kain Le Main) | AnTuTu 12 | 3251600 |
| 📘 2026-08-07 -> Jayjellyjafetjessy_88 | AnTuTu 11 | 3084676 |
| 📘 2026-07-31 (Takehashi) | AnTuTu 11 | 3167640 |
Xiaomi Poco F7
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-06 (Dnyanesh) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1696 / 6351 |
| 📘 2026-10-06 (ASHOK) | AnTuTu 12 | 2346502 |
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Luis) | AnTuTu 12 | 2422061 |
| 📘 2026-09-29 (Thai) | AnTuTu 12 | 2603535 |
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Thai) | AnTuTu 12 | 2562298 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 | - | 44 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6210 mAh | 6500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 90 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 (80% in 30 min) | Yes (90% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:39 hr | 0:39 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 12:55 hr | 10:24 hr |
| Watching video | 21:09 hr | 14:33 hr |
| Gaming | 07:36 hr | 07:05 hr |
| Standby | 122 hr | 130 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (44th and 135th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2.5x | Digital |
| 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) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800 | Sony IMX882 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Focal length | 60 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50M | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.612 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08F | Omnivision OV08F |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 20 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 5184 x 3888 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Omnivision OV20B |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 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 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 | 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, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | November 2025 | June 2025 |
| Release date | November 2025 | June 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $579 | $399 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Yes, 90 W |
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 F8 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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