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Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro vs OnePlus Nord 5

80 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro
VS
74 out of 100
OnePlus Nord 5
Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro
OnePlus Nord 5

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on March 27, 2025, against the OnePlus Nord 5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 3 months after. 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 F7 Pro
  • Shows 14% longer battery life (28:39 vs 25:12 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Comes with 800 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5200 mAh
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2301K versus 1848K)
  • Delivers 11% higher peak brightness (1484 against 1334 nits)
  • 17% higher pixel density (526 vs 450 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 80W)
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord 5
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro and OnePlus Nord 5 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)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
73.7
(Good)
Value Index
85.6
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F7 Pro
vs
Nord 5

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1272 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.8:9
PPI 526 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 89.4% 90.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 100%
PWM 120 Hz 119 Hz
Response time 1 ms 9 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F7 Pro +11%
1484 nits
Nord 5
1334 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.26 mm (6.31 inches) 163.41 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 77.04 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 8.12 mm (0.32 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue White, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Good (3.6/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) Β· 90 drops Good (C) Β· 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F7 Pro
89.4%
Nord 5 +1%
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro and OnePlus Nord 5
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 3300 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro and OnePlus Nord 5
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F7 Pro +13%
2209
Nord 5
1963
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F7 Pro +33%
6642
Nord 5
4981
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F7 Pro +61%
17029
Nord 5
10567
Compute Score (GPU) 17029 10567
Single-core score 2209 1963
Multi-core score 6642 4981
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F7 Pro +25%
2301212
Nord 5
1848224
CPU 662841 610318
GPU 780484 487079
Memory 345533 289054
UX 512354 461773
Total score 2301212 1848224
Samples [33 tests] [30 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F7 Pro +43%
1506
Nord 5
1055
Stability 82% 92%
Graphics test 11 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1506 1055
3DMark Solar Bay
Poco F7 Pro +47%
7581
Nord 5
5168
Graphics test 29 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 32 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 7581 5168
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco F7 Pro
16318
Nord 5 +15%
18813
Web score 16536 22960
Video editing 7905 7758
Photo editing 31248 37813
Data manipulation 14260 14719
Writing score 19168 24843
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#193rd place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Jepp)AnTuTu 122526342
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 -> Alejandro SorinAnTuTu 112301212
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-06 (pop:3)AnTuTu 112320179
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-05 (Π’ΡƒΡ€Π±ΠΎ)AnTuTu 112488975
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (Alejandro sorin)AnTuTu 112421859
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OnePlus Nord 5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9CPU Throttle92%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9Geekbench 6 CPU1952 / 5317
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9AnTuTu 111950942
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Rox9ne9)Geekbench 6 CPU1960 / 5182
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 -> elyad1AnTuTu 111971461
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 OxygenOS 16
OS size 27.9 GB 53 GB
OS updates 6 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5200 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 16 min) Yes (79% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:37 hr 0:42 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:00 hr 10:44 hr
Watching video 14:33 hr 16:17 hr
Gaming 06:14 hr 05:44 hr
Standby 141 hr 112 hr
General battery life
Poco F7 Pro +14%
28:39 hr
Nord 5
25:12 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital, 20x Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 116Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision OVX8000 Sony LYT-700
Sensor size 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV08D Omnivision OV08D10
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV20B Samsung JN5
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 5.4 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
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes 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 No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco F7 Pro +4%
90.9 dB
Nord 5
87 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2025 July 2025
Release date April 2025 July 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $549
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi Poco F7 Pro. It has a better performance, gaming, battery life, and design.

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So, which phone would you choose?
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Total votes: 62

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