Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra) that was released on January 9, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 3 years and 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
  • Comes with 2905 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 3095 mAh
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • 58% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1930K versus 1222K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 23W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Delivers 18% higher peak brightness (1266 against 1073 nits)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 3 years and 5 months newer
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • 56% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2450 and 1573 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro 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)

Should I update?
No 13% Yes
No, we don't think this update is worth it.
Moving from Apple iPhone 13 Pro to Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro will likely not feel like a meaningful upgrade.
Main improvements: battery life, display, and connectivity.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in camera and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i -
Screen-to-body ratio 88.8% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.8%
PWM 120 Hz 510 Hz
Response time 1 ms 4.8 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco X7 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 13 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1266 nits
1073 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.75 mm (6.33 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 75.24 mm (2.96 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) 7.65 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 204 g (7.2 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Green, Yellow Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
88.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 3250 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 6 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MC7 Apple GPU (5 cores)
GPU shading units 896 640
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2450
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6170
Compute Score (GPU)
12162
21903
Compute Score (GPU) 12162 21903
Single-core score 1573 2450
Multi-core score 6102 6170
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1930851
1222533
CPU 621813 311650
GPU 602568 389528
Memory 295421 136036
UX 411049 385319
Total score 1930851 1222533
Samples [212 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 80% -
Graphics test 10 FPS -
Graphics score 1285 -
3DMark Solar Bay
5931
Stability - 71%
Graphics test 23 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 24 FPS 19 FPS
Section 2 23 FPS 14 FPS
Section 3 20 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 5931 3765
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 70%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2949
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14924 -
Video editing 6707 -
Photo editing 23231 -
Data manipulation 12242 -
Writing score 18327 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 (ASAZALI3005)AnTuTu 122147378
📘 2026-10-11 (Sn1per)AnTuTu 122150690
📘 2026-10-05 (Muhamad Rosyid (indonesia))AnTuTu 122280224
📘 2026-10-04 -> Timur55AnTuTu 111910022
📘 2026-10-01 -> Mohammad.SodaeiAnTuTu 122257137
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik)AnTuTu 111127460
📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_)Geekbench 6 GPU21903
📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_)Geekbench 6 CPU2475 / 6154
📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj)AnTuTu 111322345
📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi)AnTuTu 111222533

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 -
OS size - 15.2 GB
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 3095 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 23 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 17 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:38 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:29 hr 09:39 hr
Watching video 15:22 hr 15:16 hr
Gaming 05:54 hr 05:20 hr
Standby 93 hr 107 hr
General battery life
23:02 hr
23:32 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No 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 - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.5
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Sony IMX703
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.9 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 12 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Focal length - 77 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX713
Sensor size - 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Smartsens SC820CS Sony IMX772
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 75
Preview - 81
Zoom - 119
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B Sony IMX514
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 128
Video - 143

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 2 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* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
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

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2025 September 2021
Release date January 2025 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $1000
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg 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 -
Further details
Notes on Poco X7 Pro:
    - The eco-leather version is thicker at 8.43 mm and weighs 198 grams.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro. But if the camera, performance, and software are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 13 Pro.

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LightCore November 22, 2025 at 04:51 AM
The Battery life is innacurate, but its user dependent
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