Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro vs Apple iPhone 15
73
out of 100
VS
74
out of 100
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 15, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 1 year 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
- Comes with 2651 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 3349 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 20W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 15% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1930K versus 1672K)
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15
- Shows 11% longer battery life (25:31 vs 23:02 hours)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Delivers 31% higher peak brightness (1656 against 1266 nits)
- 66% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2612 and 1573 points
- Weighs 24 grams less
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1400 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3200 nits | 1600 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% | 86.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 306 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Poco X7 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 15
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.75 mm (6.33 inches) | 147.6 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 75.24 mm (2.96 inches) | 71.6 mm (2.82 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 195 g (6.88 oz) | 171 g (6.03 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green, Yellow | Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.96/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3250 MHz | 3460 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: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MC7 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 896 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2329.6 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 12162 | 22764 |
| Single-core score | 1573 | 2612 |
| Multi-core score | 6102 | 6705 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 621813 | 462812 |
| GPU | 602568 | 453603 |
| Memory | 295421 | 222511 |
| UX | 411049 | 533367 |
| Total score | 1930851 | 1672293 |
| Samples | [212 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 80% | - |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1285 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Section 1 | 24 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | 23 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Section 3 | 20 FPS | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5931 | 3979 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | - | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2868 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14924 | - |
| Video editing | 6707 | - |
| Photo editing | 23231 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12242 | - |
| Writing score | 18327 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 (ASAZALI3005) | AnTuTu 12 | 2147378 |
| 📘 2026-10-11 (Sn1per) | AnTuTu 12 | 2150690 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Muhamad Rosyid (indonesia)) | AnTuTu 12 | 2280224 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 -> Timur55 | AnTuTu 11 | 1910022 |
| 📘 2026-10-01 -> Mohammad.Sodaei | AnTuTu 12 | 2257137 |
Apple iPhone 15
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-09 (Gurudev) | AnTuTu 11 | 1226584 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Bear lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 1714105 |
| 📘 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603687 |
| 📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 24336 |
| 📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2615 / 6477 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3.0 | - |
| OS size | - | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 3349 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 17 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 1:50 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:29 hr | 10:47 hr |
| Watching video | 15:22 hr | 16:55 hr |
| Gaming | 05:54 hr | 05:36 hr |
| Standby | 93 hr | 112 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| 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: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.5 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX882 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Smartsens SC820CS | Sony IMX633 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 84 |
| Zoom | - | 114 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3888 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV20B | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 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 | 5.3 |
| 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 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| 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 2023 |
| Release date | January 2025 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $799 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | 0.98 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 | 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 camera, performance, gaming, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 15. But if the display and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro.
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