Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S23

73 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
VS
69 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S23

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 Samsung Galaxy S23, which is powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy and came out 2 years 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 2100 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 3900 mAh
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 25W)
  • 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1930K versus 1712K)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 10W
  • 26% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1987 and 1573 points
  • Weighs 27 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
107.5
(Excellent)
Value Index
80.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 425 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (24-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 1750 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 88.8% 88%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 98.9%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco X7 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Galaxy S23
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1253 nits
1191 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.75 mm (6.33 inches) 146.3 mm (5.76 inches)
Width 75.24 mm (2.96 inches) 70.9 mm (2.79 inches)
Thickness 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Green, Yellow White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy
Max clock 3250 MHz 3360 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MC7 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 896 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S23 +26%
1987
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6102
5171
Compute Score (GPU)
12162
9410
Compute Score (GPU) 12162 9410
Single-core score 1573 1987
Multi-core score 6102 5171
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1930851
1712393
CPU 621813 587063
GPU 602568 434955
Memory 295421 275390
UX 411049 414985
Total score 1930851 1712393
Samples [212 tests] [29 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1285
1069
Stability 80% 76%
Graphics test 10 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1285 1069
3DMark Solar Bay
5931
5348
Stability - 73%
Graphics test 23 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 24 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 23 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 20 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 5931 5348
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 61%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3669
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13994
Galaxy S23 +14%
15924
Web score 14924 15188
Video editing 6707 7873
Photo editing 23231 33939
Data manipulation 12242 12935
Writing score 18327 19390

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-14 (Soroush)AnTuTu 122013987
📘 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
Samsung Galaxy S23
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (Ct)AnTuTu 121868238
📘 2026-09-21 (Mil)AnTuTu 121763249
📘 2026-09-16 (Fluffyicebite:3)AnTuTu 121835927
📘 2026-09-09 -> Rafarobbie22AnTuTu 111708074
📘 2026-09-09 (Rafa)AnTuTu 111708074

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 One UI 8.0
OS size - 29.7 GB
OS updates 3 years 4 years
Security updates 4 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 3900 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 25 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (10 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 17 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:16 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:29 hr 08:12 hr
Watching video 15:22 hr 13:41 hr
Gaming 05:54 hr 05:20 hr
Standby 93 hr 109 hr
General battery life
23:02 hr
22:02 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6120
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Samsung S5KGN3
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 (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 10 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 70 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size - 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Smartsens SC820CS Sony IMX564
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 - 70
Preview - 72
Zoom - 126
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.12 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 No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 6.0 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.2
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 Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
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
91.5 dB
91.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2025 February 2023
Release date January 2025 February 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $799
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon)
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg 0.96 W/kg
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg 1.3 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
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.
Notes on Galaxy S23:
    - The 128GB version uses slower UFS 3.1 memory, while the 256GB and 512GB models have UFS 4.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro. But if the connectivity and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S23.

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