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Xiaomi Poco F5 vs Poco F4

60 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F5
VS
54 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F4
Xiaomi Poco F5
Xiaomi Poco F4

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 Poco F4, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and came out 10 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F5
  • Shows 10% longer battery life (21:08 vs 19:09 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • 30% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1302K versus 1002K)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
  • 25% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1627 and 1298 points
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • The phone is 10 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F4
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Poco F4 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Poco F5
52
Poco F4
47*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Poco F5
60
Poco F4
54*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
69.4
(Good)
Value Index
62.6
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F5
vs
Poco F4

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 86.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 97.3%
PWM 120 Hz 443 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F5
957 nits
Poco F4 +5%
1001 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.11 mm (6.34 inches) 163.2 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 75.95 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.7 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F5 +3%
88.9%
Poco F4
86.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Xiaomi Poco F4
SoC
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
GPU
Graphics Adreno 725 Adreno 650
GPU shading units 1024 768
GPU clock 580 MHz 670 MHz
FLOPS ~1187.8 GFLOPS ~1029.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Xiaomi Poco F4
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F5 +25%
1627
Poco F4
1298
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F5 +19%
4184
Poco F4
3520
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F5 +25%
4119
Poco F4
3291
Compute Score (GPU) 4119 3291
Single-core score 1627 1298
Multi-core score 4184 3520
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F5 +30%
1302969
Poco F4
1002919
CPU 522997 400129
GPU 166455 190347
Memory 227236 154414
UX 386281 258029
Total score 1302969 1002919
Samples [35 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F5
608
Poco F4
n/a
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 608 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco F5 +59%
1956
Poco F4
1232
Stability 85% 90%
Graphics test 11 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1956 1232
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F5
DateBenchmarkResult
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
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (Koreia27)AnTuTu 111450376
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Xiaomi Poco F4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Shiro1577)AnTuTu 121179210
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (sayato)AnTuTu 121239133
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (alvyan)AnTuTu 121096940
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (DisnaroπŸ‡§πŸ‡·)AnTuTu 111029687
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (fx_one_love)AnTuTu 111090236
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 32 GB 24 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 (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 0:39 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr 07:39 hr
Watching video 12:47 hr 12:20 hr
Gaming 05:49 hr 04:57 hr
Standby 95 hr 88 hr
General battery life
Poco F5 +10%
21:08 hr
Poco F4
19:09 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6936 9000 x 7000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical 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 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length - 25 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV64B40 OmniVision OV64B
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 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
Sensor Sony IMX355 Omnivision OV8856
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.45
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 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE, HID, A2DP
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
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* 20 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
Poco F5 +5%
90.6 dB
Poco F4
86.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced May 2023 June 2022
Release date May 2023 June 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $400
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F7 - 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Poco F5 is definitely a better buy.

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So, which phone would you choose?
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