Xiaomi Poco F5 vs Xiaomi 12X
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2) that was released on May 9, 2023, against the Xiaomi 12X, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 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 F5
- Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Has a 0.39 inch larger screen size
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
- 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1302K versus 994K)
- The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
- 25% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1627 and 1297 points
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12X
- Shows 8% longer battery life (22:44 vs 21:08 hours)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.05 mm narrower
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.28 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 419 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1000 nits | 1100 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.9% | 89.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.4% | 98.6% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 523 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Poco F5
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 12X
6.28″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.8 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.11 mm (6.34 inches) | 152.7 mm (6.01 inches) |
| Width | 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) | 69.9 mm (2.75 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.16 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 181 g (6.38 oz) | 176 g (6.21 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | Black, Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 |
| Max clock | 2910 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.49 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 698 |
| Graphics | Adreno 725 | Adreno 650 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 580 MHz | 670 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1187.8 GFLOPS | ~1029.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4119 | - |
| Single-core score | 1627 | 1297 |
| Multi-core score | 4184 | 3428 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 522997 | 389144 |
| GPU | 166455 | 137246 |
| Memory | 227236 | 189635 |
| UX | 386281 | 278947 |
| Total score | 1302969 | 994972 |
| Samples | [35 tests] | [15 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 608 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 85% | 91% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1956 | 1216 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco F5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Bers2409) | AnTuTu 12 | 1442782 |
| 📘 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1318003 |
| 📘 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway) | AnTuTu 11 | 1304220 |
| 📘 2026-08-12 (Koreia27) | AnTuTu 11 | 1450376 |
| 📘 2026-08-09 (emptyset0.00sec) | CPU Throttle | 93% |
Xiaomi 12X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-29 (Forsic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1020372 |
| 📘 2026-04-17 -> cnprt | AnTuTu 11 | 1070681 |
| 📘 2026-04-17 (cnprt) | AnTuTu 11 | 1052508 |
| 📘 2026-04-07 (cnprt) | AnTuTu 11 | 902096 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (Pasergg) | AnTuTu 11 | 973586 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | HyperOS 1.0 |
| OS size | 32 GB | 29.3 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 67 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (83% in 30 min) | Yes (78% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:47 hr | 0:48 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:04 hr | 09:35 hr |
| Watching video | 12:47 hr | 14:39 hr |
| Gaming | 05:49 hr | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | 95 hr | 101 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9248 x 6936 | 8700 x 5800 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV64B40 | Sony IMX766 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | OmniVision OV13B10 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | 5 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 50 mm |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC02M1 | Samsung S5K5E9 |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3P9 | OmniVision OV32B40 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Depends on the region |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | - |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2023 | December 2021 |
| Release date | May 2023 | December 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $379 | $650 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco F7 | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Yes, 67 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco F5. But if the camera is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi 12X.
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