Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro vs 12T Pro

73 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
VS
65 out of 100
Xiaomi 12T 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 Xiaomi 12T Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 2 years and 3 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 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5000 mAh
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (23:02 vs 20:18 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Delivers 37% higher peak brightness (1253 against 913 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1930K versus 1469K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 2 years and 3 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 18% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1853 and 1573 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and 12T 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 45% Yes
Maybe, but mainly if you specifically want better gaming performance.
This is a situational upgrade. It makes the most sense if better gaming performance matters to you.
Main improvements: gaming, battery life, and display.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 900 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 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.8% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 98.2%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1253 nits
913 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.75 mm (6.33 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 75.24 mm (2.96 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Yellow Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.8%
86.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Xiaomi 12T Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Max clock 3250 MHz 3190 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 6 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MC7 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 896 1024
GPU clock 1300 MHz 900 MHz
FLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Xiaomi 12T Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
12T Pro +18%
1853
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6102
4890
Compute Score (GPU)
12162
11424
Compute Score (GPU) 12162 11424
Single-core score 1573 1853
Multi-core score 6102 4890
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1930851
1469638
CPU 621813 561039
GPU 602568 242939
Memory 295421 255410
UX 411049 410250
Total score 1930851 1469638
Samples [212 tests] [27 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1285
836
Stability 80% 98%
Graphics test 10 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 1285 836
3DMark Solar Bay
n/a
Graphics test 23 FPS -
Section 1 24 FPS -
Section 2 23 FPS -
Section 3 20 FPS -
Graphics score 5931 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
2791
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 2791
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13994
n/a
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
📘 2026-10-14 (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
Xiaomi 12T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 -> vvalakisAnTuTu 111397725
📘 2026-10-01 (Euro Fighter🦅)AnTuTu 121676396
📘 2026-09-28 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121667623
📘 2026-09-27 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121623425
📘 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon)AnTuTu 111505289

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 HyperOS 3
OS size - 33 GB
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 4 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 17 min) Yes (50% in 7 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 0:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:29 hr 08:18 hr
Watching video 15:22 hr 12:36 hr
Gaming 05:54 hr 05:04 hr
Standby 93 hr 94 hr
General battery life
23:02 hr
20:18 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 12288 x 16384
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.7
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Samsung HP1
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.22" (≈ 0.82 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Smartsens SC820CS Samsung S5K4H7
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - GalaxyCore GC02
Sensor size - 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 71
Zoom - 101
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV20B Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 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 5.2
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 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
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
90.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2025 October 2022
Release date January 2025 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $750
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max - Xiaomi 15T Pro
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg 1 W/kg
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg 1 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 120 W
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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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