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Xiaomi Poco F7 vs Poco F6

77 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F7
VS
65 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F6
Xiaomi Poco F7
Xiaomi Poco F6

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.83-inch Xiaomi Poco F7 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4) that was released on June 24, 2025, against the Xiaomi Poco F6, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 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
  • Shows 51% longer battery life (26:05 vs 17:19 hours)
  • Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5000 mAh
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Delivers 26% higher peak brightness (1537 against 1221 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 27% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2263K versus 1784K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F6
  • Weighs 36.7 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F7 and Poco F6 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Poco F7
68*
Poco F6
57*
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 F7
77*
Poco F6
65*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
77.1
(Good)
Value Index
94.0
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F7
vs
Poco F6

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2772 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 447 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (30-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1700 nits 2400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.1%
PWM 240 Hz 60 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F7 +26%
1537 nits
Poco F6
1221 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) 160.5 mm (6.32 inches)
Width 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) 74.4 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 215.7 g (7.61 oz) 179 g (6.31 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP64
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Silver Black, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) -
Drop resistance Average (D) Β· 45 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F7
90.1%
Poco F6
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F7 and Xiaomi Poco F6
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 3210 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 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 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 825 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 1024 768
GPU clock 1150 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F7 and Xiaomi Poco F6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F7 +8%
2040
Poco F6
1892
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F7 +34%
6373
Poco F6
4769
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F7 +40%
13641
Poco F6
9762
Compute Score (GPU) 13641 9762
Single-core score 2040 1892
Multi-core score 6373 4769
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F7 +27%
2263357
Poco F6
1784363
CPU 632157 523012
GPU 793892 514765
Memory 365292 345707
UX 472016 400879
Total score 2263357 1784363
Samples [170 tests] [84 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F7 +63%
1688
Poco F6
1033
Stability 83% 90%
Graphics test 13 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1688 1033
3DMark Solar Bay
Poco F7 +54%
7708
Poco F6
4994
Graphics test 29 FPS 19 FPS
Section 1 33 FPS 21 FPS
Section 2 30 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 7708 4994
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco F7 +1%
15335
Poco F6
15232
Web score 15597 14401
Video editing 7750 7665
Photo editing 26988 26444
Data manipulation 13734 14276
Writing score 17764 18485
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Luis)AnTuTu 122422061
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (Thai)AnTuTu 122603535
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Thai)AnTuTu 122562298
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (Deff)AnTuTu 122452982
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 (Semechka)AnTuTu 122437593
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Xiaomi Poco F6
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 -> NeroSSSrankAnTuTu 121987539
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (itzmelvl8)AnTuTu 122030011
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Nikolas)AnTuTu 121720086
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (PenIsVrot)AnTuTu 121889355
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Rukoo_Blood)AnTuTu 111820000
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 4200 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 HyperOS 3
OS size 44 GB 23 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 6 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (90% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 12 min)
Full charging time 0:39 hr 0:37 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:24 hr 06:19 hr
Watching video 14:33 hr 10:39 hr
Gaming 07:05 hr 05:08 hr
Standby 130 hr 86 hr
General battery life
Poco F7 +51%
26:05 hr
Poco F6
17:19 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° -
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/1.5 f/1.6
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Sony IMX882
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 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
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV08F Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 5184 x 3888
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV20B Omnivision OV20B
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (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 6.0 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* - 20
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
89.5 dB
Poco F6 +1%
90.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced June 2025 May 2024
Release date June 2025 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $379
Successor - - Xiaomi Poco F7
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Yes, 90 W
Further details
Notes on Poco F7:
    - The Indian model has a larger battery β€” 7550 mAh.
*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 F7 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
413 (76.2%)
129 (23.8%)
Total votes: 542

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