Xiaomi Poco F5 vs Xiaomi 13T

60 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F5
VS
65 out of 100
Xiaomi 13T

Here we compared two mid-range 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 13T, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra and came out 5 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 Poco F5
  • 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1302K versus 1175K)
  • 29% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1627 and 1261 points
  • Weighs 16 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 13T
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Shows 11% longer battery life (23:22 vs 21:08 hours)
  • Delivers 31% higher peak brightness (1267 against 966 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Xiaomi 13T 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
69.4
(Good)
Value Index
59.4
(Average)

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 1080 x 2400 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (30-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 87.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 98.6%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
966 nits
Xiaomi 13T +31%
1267 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.11 mm (6.34 inches) 162.2 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 75.7 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 8.49 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F5 +2%
88.9%
87.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Xiaomi 13T
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra
Max clock 2910 MHz 3100 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 2 GHz: Cortex A55
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex A78
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex A78
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 580
GPU
Graphics Adreno 725 Mali-G610 MC6
GPU shading units 1024 384
GPU clock 580 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~1187.8 GFLOPS ~729.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Xiaomi 13T
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F5 +29%
1627
1261
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F5 +4%
4184
4018
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F5 +18%
4119
3492
Compute Score (GPU) 4119 3492
Single-core score 1627 1261
Multi-core score 4184 4018
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F5 +11%
1302969
1175951
CPU 522997 421303
GPU 166455 209708
Memory 227236 221082
UX 386281 323858
Total score 1302969 1175951
Samples [35 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F5 +5%
608
Stability 98% 91%
Graphics test 5 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 608 577
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
1956
Stability 85% -
Graphics test 11 FPS -
Graphics score 1956 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
n/a
13055
Web score - 11689
Video editing - 6802
Photo editing - 23185
Data manipulation - 12111
Writing score - 17261

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (Martin)AnTuTu 121421599
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Zaviee)AnTuTu 121483091
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 121442782
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh)AnTuTu 111318003
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway)AnTuTu 111304220
Xiaomi 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-20 (Aux122)AnTuTu 121322154
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Kubyshko)AnTuTu 111130854
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (Maragidyne)AnTuTu 111291153
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 (Gadfiq)AnTuTu 111287453
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (notmihnea1)Geekbench 6 CPU1346 / 4133

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 2.0
OS size 32 GB -
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 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 (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 0:51 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr 09:04 hr
Watching video 12:47 hr 12:58 hr
Gaming 05:49 hr 05:38 hr
Standby 95 hr 121 hr
General battery life
21:08 hr
Xiaomi 13T +11%
23:22 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6936 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV64B40 Sony IMX707
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/1.9
Focal length - 50 mm
Sensor - Omnivision OV50D40
Sensor size - 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size - 0.61 micron
Stabilization - Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 15 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 OmniVision OV13B
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 -
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 65
Zoom - 101
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T 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 - 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 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 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 5.4
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, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region 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 Yes
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
90.6 dB
91.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2023 September 2023
Release date May 2023 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $600
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F7 - Xiaomi 15T
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 display, camera, battery life, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 13T. But if the performance and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Poco F5.

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