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Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

83 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
VS
87 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on March 27, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, which is powered by the same chip and came out 2 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 F7 Ultra
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 45W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (1584 against 1413 nits)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (28:43 vs 26:17 hours)
  • 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3202 and 2753 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
59.4
(Average)
Value Index
38.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F7 Ultra
vs
Galaxy S25 Ultra

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 526 ppi 498 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Poco Shield Glass Corning Gorilla Armor 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.4% 92.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 97.7%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Poco F7 Ultra
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F7 Ultra +12%
1584 nits
Galaxy S25 Ultra
1413 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.26 mm (6.31 inches) 162.8 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 212 g (7.48 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Yellow Black, Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Good (3.23/5)
Drop resistance Average (D) · 45 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4320 MHz 4470 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F7 Ultra
16908
Galaxy S25 Ultra +57%
26581
Compute Score (GPU) 16908 26581
Single-core score 2753 3202
Multi-core score 8410 10347
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F7 Ultra
3060993
Galaxy S25 Ultra +2%
3128552
CPU 876139 987646
GPU 1135602 1190760
Memory 434324 362214
UX 614928 587932
Total score 3060993 3128552
Samples [10 tests] [66 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 77% 61%
Graphics test 16 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 2190 2272
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 38 FPS 40 FPS
Section 1 43 FPS 50 FPS
Section 2 39 FPS 40 FPS
Section 3 33 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 10116 10441
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 56%
Graphics test - 34 FPS
Graphics score - 5827
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 22176 21582
Video editing 8080 8625
Photo editing 36202 34425
Data manipulation 18123 17556
Writing score 23212 26844
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (103rd and 86th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 (Yunon)AnTuTu 123325373
📘 2026-09-23 (Yunon)AnTuTu 113042275
📘 2026-09-14 (LocDoge)AnTuTu 123269338
📘 2026-09-09 (Yunon)AnTuTu 123213348
📘 2026-09-09 (Yunon)AnTuTu 123118621
Add View all (27)
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-29 (VortexGen)AnTuTu 123414404
📘 2026-09-06 (Trexsotiy)Battery lifeSOT 12:30 / 03:16
📘 2026-09-02 -> Mohamed_136Battery lifeSOT 8:02 / 17:11
📘 2026-08-29 (PaWK)AnTuTu 113034536
📘 2026-08-23 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu 113254557
Add View all (92)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
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 One UI 8.0
OS size 33 GB 30.4 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5300 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (60% in 15 min) Yes (72% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:30 hr 0:59 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:39 hr 11:10 hr
Watching video 14:46 hr 19:32 hr
Gaming 05:50 hr 06:22 hr
Standby 124 hr 132 hr
General battery life
Poco F7 Ultra
26:17 hr
Galaxy S25 Ultra +9%
28:43 hr
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Smartphones With Long Battery Life (129th and 69th place)

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12240
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 32 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision OVX8000 Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/3.4
Focal length 60 mm 111 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX854
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 32 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 165
Preview - 81
Zoom - 137
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
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 6.0 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
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 Ultra
89.9 dB
Galaxy S25 Ultra +3%
93 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2025 January 2025
Release date April 2025 February 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $1299
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
SAR (head) - 1.25 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.42 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25 Ultra:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.
    - Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. It has a better camera and gaming.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
299 (60.8%)
193 (39.2%)
Total votes: 492

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