Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro vs Poco X7 Pro

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G) that was released on March 4, 2021, against the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra and came out 3 years and 11 months after. 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 Redmi Note 10 Pro
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
  • 3.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1930K versus 532K)
  • Shows 26% longer battery life (23:02 vs 18:19 hours)
  • Comes with 980 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5020 mAh
  • Delivers 74% higher peak brightness (1253 against 720 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
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Dimensity 8400 Ultra
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • The phone is 3 years and 11 months newer
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Poco X7 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 97% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro to Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and camera.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 450 nits 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 3200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 85.6% 88.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 99.6%
PWM 490 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 2.6 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1253 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 164 mm (6.46 inches) 160.75 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 75.24 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.29 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 193 g (6.81 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Gold, Gray, Blue Black, Green, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra
Max clock 2300 MHz 3250 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)
- 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-A725
L3 cache - 6 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 8 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 688 MediaTek NPU 880
GPU
Graphics Adreno 618 Mali-G720 MC7
GPU shading units 256 896
GPU clock 800 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~409.6 GFLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro and Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X7 Pro +220%
6102
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 12162
Single-core score 759 1573
Multi-core score 1909 6102
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X7 Pro +262%
1930851
CPU 220298 621813
GPU 53358 602568
Memory 90816 295421
UX 168278 411049
Total score 532750 1930851
Samples [20 tests] [212 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 99% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Graphics score 336 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13994
Web score 7473 14924
Video editing 6026 6707
Photo editing 15757 23231
Data manipulation 7512 12242
Writing score 10058 18327

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 (jksalcedo)AnTuTu 11527475
📘 2026-07-31 (M1sTiX)AnTuTu 11575576
📘 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproGeekbench 6 CPU752 / 1819
📘 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproCPU Throttle91%
📘 2026-07-18 -> luoinhungproAnTuTu 11572446
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB -

Software

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

Battery

Capacity 5020 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 90 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 17 min)
Full charging time 1:21 hr 0:42 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:44 hr 10:29 hr
Watching video 13:08 hr 15:22 hr
Gaming 05:07 hr 05:54 hr
Standby 73 hr 93 hr
General battery life
23:02 hr

Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9024 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 118° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.5
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 Sony IMX882
Sensor size 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 15 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Smartsens SC820CS
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV5675 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 5184 x 3888
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.2
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor Sony IMX471 Omnivision OV20B
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 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 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.1 6.0
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP 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, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
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 No
LTE Cat* 15 -
5G support No Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2021 January 2025
Release date March 2021 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $220 $299
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro 5G - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max
SAR (head) 0.6 W/kg 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) 0.99 W/kg 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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