Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro vs F4 GT
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on November 26, 2025, against the Xiaomi Poco F4 GT, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 3 years and 8 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Delivers 358% higher peak brightness (3473 against 759 nits)
- 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3124K versus 1303K)
- Shows 79% longer battery life (30:03 vs 16:47 hours)
- The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
- Comes with 1510 mAh larger battery capacity: 6210 vs 4700 mAh
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Optical image stabilization
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- The phone is 3 years and 8 months newer
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
Review
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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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.59 inches | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1156 x 2510 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 419 ppi | 395 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3500 nits | 800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 86.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 98.7% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 121 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.5 mm (6.2 inches) | 162.5 mm (6.4 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 199 g (7.02 oz) | 210 g (7.41 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue | Black, Silver, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | Average (2.63/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 180 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 4470 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 18324 | 7003 |
| Single-core score | 3013 | 1655 |
| Multi-core score | 9287 | 4301 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 947041 | 506879 |
| GPU | 1160694 | 203852 |
| Memory | 387566 | 233717 |
| UX | 629251 | 358781 |
| Total score | 3124552 | 1303229 |
| Samples | [32 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 72% |
| Graphics test | - | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 789 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 47% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2471 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 12548 |
| Video editing | - | 7438 |
| Photo editing | - | 29248 |
| Data manipulation | - | 10504 |
| Writing score | - | 14975 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#90th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Kain Le Main) | AnTuTu 12 | 3251600 |
| 📘 2026-08-07 -> Jayjellyjafetjessy_88 | AnTuTu 11 | 3084676 |
| 📘 2026-07-31 (Takehashi) | AnTuTu 11 | 3167640 |
| 📘 2026-07-22 (Chilliadx) | AnTuTu 11 | 3043142 |
| 📘 2026-06-12 (Filbert) | AnTuTu 11 | 3050130 |
Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-24 -> DQP | AnTuTu 11 | 1216711 |
| 📘 2026-04-19 (Moombaa) | AnTuTu 11 | 1329465 |
| 📘 2026-02-27 (Kekropo) | AnTuTu 11 | 1324014 |
| 📘 2026-02-27 (Kekropo) | AnTuTu 11 | 1324014 |
| 📘 2026-02-15 (Golub) | AnTuTu 11 | 1302565 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | HyperOS 2.0 |
| OS size | - | 33 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 6210 mAh | 4700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 120 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 (80% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 8 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:39 hr | 0:17 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 12:55 hr | 06:53 hr |
| Watching video | 21:09 hr | 11:18 hr |
| Gaming | 07:36 hr | 04:25 hr |
| Standby | 122 hr | 73 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#44th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 9248 x 6936 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2.5x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800 | Sony IMX686 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.73" (≈ 0.58 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Focal length | 60 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50M | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.612 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08F | Omnivision OV8856 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 20 megapixels |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | - |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX596 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 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 Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, HID, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | - | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Depends on the region |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | November 2025 | April 2022 |
| Release date | November 2025 | April 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $579 | $500 |
| Successor | - | - Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Yes, 120 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 F8 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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