Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro vs X3 Pro

73 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
VS
49 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra) that was released on January 9, 2025, against the Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and came out 3 years and 11 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
  • 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1930K versus 822K)
  • Delivers 137% higher peak brightness (1253 against 529 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 33W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • Comes with 840 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5160 mAh
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • The phone is 3 years and 11 months newer
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
  • AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and X3 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 93% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro to Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, camera, and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 450 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Screen-to-body ratio 88.8% 84.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
-
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 95.1%
PWM 120 Hz 2404 Hz
Response time 1 ms 37.4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 995:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X7 Pro +137%
1253 nits
529 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.75 mm (6.33 inches) 165.3 mm (6.51 inches)
Width 75.24 mm (2.96 inches) 76.8 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) 9.4 mm (0.37 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 215 g (7.58 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Yellow Black, Gold, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
88.8%
84.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Max clock 3250 MHz 2960 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 1 core at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
L3 cache 6 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Hexagon 690
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MC7 Adreno 640
GPU shading units 896 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 675 MHz
FLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS ~1036.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1573
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X7 Pro +130%
6102
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco X7 Pro +307%
12162
Compute Score (GPU) 12162 2985
Single-core score 1573 1004
Multi-core score 6102 2653
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X7 Pro +135%
1930851
822433
CPU 621813 299294
GPU 602568 119740
Memory 295421 162141
UX 411049 241258
Total score 1930851 822433
Samples [212 tests] [45 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 80% -
Graphics test 10 FPS -
Graphics score 1285 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 23 FPS -
Section 1 24 FPS -
Section 2 23 FPS -
Section 3 20 FPS -
Graphics score 5931 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 91%
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 979
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13994
10591
Web score 14924 8774
Video editing 6707 6020
Photo editing 23231 22475
Data manipulation 12242 8724
Writing score 18327 13390

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 Poco X3 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-10 (Tanat)CPU Throttle94%
📘 2026-10-10 (Tanat)AnTuTu 11826051
📘 2026-10-04 -> BifothAnTuTu 12963448
📘 2026-10-04 (Bifoth)AnTuTu 12963448
📘 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali)AnTuTu 12932069

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 125 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 MIUI 14
OS size - 13 GB
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5160 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 33 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 17 min) Yes (55% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:15 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:29 hr 08:43 hr
Watching video 15:22 hr 12:45 hr
Gaming 05:54 hr 05:20 hr
Standby 93 hr 117 hr
General battery life
23:02 hr
22:40 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8000 x 6000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Sony IMX582
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Smartsens SC820CS Omnivision OV8856
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 - Hynix HI-259
Sensor size - 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 5480 x 3648
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 25 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B CMOS
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 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 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- 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 Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- USB-Host mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* - 20
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
91.5 dB
88.3 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2025 March 2021
Release date January 2025 April 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $250
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg -
SAR (body) 0.99 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 -
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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