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Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra vs 15T Pro

91 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra
VS
86 out of 100
Xiaomi 15T Pro
Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra
16 / 512 GB
Xiaomi 15T Pro
12 / 512 GB

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on November 26, 2025, against the Xiaomi 15T Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus 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
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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra
  • Delivers 148% higher peak brightness (3491 against 1409 nits)
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5500 mAh
  • Shows 19% longer battery life (32:38 vs 27:31 hours)
  • 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3862K versus 2788K)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
  • 43% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3604 and 2529 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15T Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra and 15T Pro 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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16 / 512 GB
VS
12 / 512 GB
48.5
(Average)
Value Index
47.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F8 Ultra
vs
15T Pro

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1280 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 416 ppi 447 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (30-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 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 Poco Shield Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 91.9% 90.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F8 Ultra +148%
3491 nits
15T Pro
1409 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.33 mm (6.43 inches) 162.7 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 77.82 mm (3.06 inches) 77.9 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.96 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 218 g (7.69 oz) 210 g (7.41 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Gold, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) Average (2.63/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F8 Ultra +2%
91.9%
15T Pro
90.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra and Xiaomi 15T Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus
Max clock 4600 MHz 3630 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.73 GHz: Cortex-X925
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 890
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1612 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~4952.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra and Xiaomi 15T Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F8 Ultra +43%
3604
15T Pro
2529
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F8 Ultra +36%
10752
15T Pro
7899
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F8 Ultra +20%
27501
15T Pro
23010
Compute Score (GPU) 27501 23010
Single-core score 3604 2529
Multi-core score 10752 7899
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F8 Ultra +39%
3862914
15T Pro
2788439
CPU 1113289 785620
GPU 1452771 1057591
Memory 507250 385760
UX 789604 559468
Total score 3862914 2788439
Samples [36 tests] [50 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 77%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2268
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 37 FPS
Section 1 - 42 FPS
Section 2 - 38 FPS
Section 3 - 32 FPS
Graphics score - 9752
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 17483
Video editing - 6965
Photo editing - 30630
Data manipulation - 15940
Writing score - 20434
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (33rd and 129th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-22 -> ChubzueyAnTuTu 124214043
📘 2026-09-13 -> ChubzueyAnTuTu 124143093
📘 2026-09-04 (Bestiqooguyidk)AnTuTu 113812038
📘 2026-08-27 (Miguelmangake)Geekbench 6 GPU24095
📘 2026-08-27 (Miguelmangake)Geekbench 6 CPU3549 / 10648
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Xiaomi 15T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-16 -> la.mih0AnTuTu 122649888
📘 2026-09-16 -> kannzeraAnTuTu 112643488
📘 2026-09-15 (k)AnTuTu 112643488
📘 2026-09-09 -> cyberQbitAnTuTu 122600160
📘 2026-08-25 -> KerimTheBabo31AnTuTu 112759001
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 16 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5333 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 512 GB 512 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 36 GB -
OS updates 4 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years -

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (78% in 15 min) Yes (87% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:39 hr 0:36 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1600 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 15:14 hr 12:09 hr
Watching video 22:44 hr 19:35 hr
Gaming 08:06 hr 07:04 hr
Standby 124 hr 108 hr
General battery life
Poco F8 Ultra +19%
32:38 hr
15T Pro
27:31 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision Light Hunter 950 Omnivision OVX9100
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/3.0
Focal length 115 mm 115 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 18 mm 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 160
Zoom - 127
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 15T Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32D CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 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 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region 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 Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.1 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco F8 Ultra
89.6 dB
15T Pro
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced November 2025 September 2025
Release date November 2025 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $729 $899
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 Ultra. It has a better performance, gaming, battery life, and connectivity.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
452 (66.2%)
231 (33.8%)
Total votes: 683

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Blue April 5, 2026 at 04:38 PM
I tried both cameras and apart from the UW the Xiaomi 15t pro is just so much better in processing and color accuracy, although the f8 ultra is better overall I still got the 15t pro for that reason
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someone out there January 27, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Poco F8 ultra is just better Overall
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Grey December 10, 2025 at 05:16 PM
POCO F8 Ultra if you prefer gaming, Xiaomi 15T Pro if you prioritize camera over gaming
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Snapdragon 8 elite gen 5 December 12, 2025 at 07:23 PM
Ultrawide Poco F8 ultra >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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teto blud November 28, 2025 at 08:31 AM
As a Xiaomi 15 t pro owner... Poco F8 Ultra is just better
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