Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro vs F7 Ultra

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 F7 Ultra, which is powered by the same chip and came out 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
  • Delivers 118% higher peak brightness (3498 against 1608 nits)
  • Comes with 910 mAh larger battery capacity: 6210 vs 5300 mAh
  • Shows 14% longer battery life (30:03 vs 26:17 hours)
  • The phone is 8 months newer
  • 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3013 and 2753 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
  • 26% higher pixel density (526 vs 419 PPI)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro and F7 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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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
87.5
(Very good)
Value Index
59.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1156 x 2510 pixels 1440 x 3200 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 419 ppi 526 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 3200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Poco Shield Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.3%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F8 Pro +118%
3498 nits
1608 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.5 mm (6.2 inches) 160.26 mm (6.31 inches)
Width 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) 74.95 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.39 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue Black, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) Average (2.61/5)
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops Average (D) · 45 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4470 MHz 4320 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 F8 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3013
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9287
Compute Score (GPU)
18324
Compute Score (GPU) 18324 16908
Single-core score 3013 2753
Multi-core score 9287 8410
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3124552
3060993
CPU 947041 876139
GPU 1160694 1135602
Memory 387566 434324
UX 629251 614928
Total score 3124552 3060993
Samples [32 tests] [10 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 77%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 2190
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 38 FPS
Section 1 - 43 FPS
Section 2 - 39 FPS
Section 3 - 33 FPS
Graphics score - 10116
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 22176
Video editing - 8080
Photo editing - 36202
Data manipulation - 18123
Writing score - 23212
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (86th and 99th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-20 (Kain Le Main)AnTuTu 123251600
📘 2026-08-07 -> Jayjellyjafetjessy_88AnTuTu 113084676
📘 2026-07-31 (Takehashi)AnTuTu 113167640
📘 2026-07-22 (Chilliadx)AnTuTu 113043142
📘 2026-06-12 (Filbert)AnTuTu 113050130
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (Yunon)AnTuTu 113042275
📘 2026-09-14 (LocDoge)AnTuTu 123269338
📘 2026-09-09 (Yunon)AnTuTu 123213348
📘 2026-09-09 (Yunon)AnTuTu 123118621
📘 2026-08-31 (CarlosSM)AnTuTu 113250834

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 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3.0
OS size - 33 GB
OS updates 5 years 4 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6210 mAh 5300 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (80% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:39 hr 0:30 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:55 hr 11:39 hr
Watching video 21:09 hr 14:46 hr
Gaming 07:36 hr 05:50 hr
Standby 122 hr 124 hr
General battery life
30:03 hr
26:17 hr
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (44th and 129th place)

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Optical, 2.5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 32 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800 OmniVision OVX8000
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 60 mm 60 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50M Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.612 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 32 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08F Samsung S5KKD1
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution - 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 24 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5KKD1
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.64 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 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 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version - 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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* Yes No
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
93 dB
89.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced November 2025 March 2025
Release date November 2025 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $579 $649
Successor - - Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W 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 F8 Pro.

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Hani December 4, 2025 at 07:27 PM
Same chipset Same poco Same ram I think the score of f8 is wrong not fair It was 82 then 85 then 87 Now 88 Fair is 90
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Edward devtoun December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Surprisingly poco f8 pro is cheaper
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Edward devtoun December 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Update : the price is same but choose poco f8 pro for long term update software and security
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Joh April 5, 2026 at 07:20 PM
Edward devtoun, What if F7 ultra is cheaper. Should someone take F7 ultra instead?
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Hani November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Same soc That is strange thing NanoReview Score is totaly wrong
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