Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro vs Apple iPhone 18 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series) that was released on September 1, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 18 Pro, which is powered by Apple A20 Pro. 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 F9 Pro
- Comes with 2042 mAh larger battery capacity: 6330 vs 4288 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate β 185 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 60W)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Fingerprint scanner
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 18 Pro
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- 40% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4719 and 3377 points
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.59 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1156 x 2510 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 419 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 185 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2200 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 10000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 90.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Screen space comparison
Poco F9 Pro
6.59β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
iPhone 18 Pro
6.3β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.49 mm (6.2 inches) | 150 mm (5.91 inches) |
| Width | 75.25 mm (2.96 inches) | 71.9 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.79 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 206 g (7.27 oz) | 211 g (7.44 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | - | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | Black, Silver, Blue, Burgundy |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series | Apple A20 Pro |
| Max clock | 4600 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 4 cores at 2.64 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.93 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | 7 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 1200 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2457.6 GFLOPS | ~2903 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 17372 | 54892 |
| Single-core score | 3377 | 4719 |
| Multi-core score | 10344 | 12677 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 959225 | 878447 |
| GPU | 1064864 | 1412240 |
| Memory | 500444 | 421127 |
| UX | 703893 | 716996 |
| Total score | 3228426 | 3428810 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#74th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-09 (Mj) | AnTuTu 11 | 3457874 |
Apple iPhone 18 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4707 / 12705 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 65077 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3659652 |
| π 2026-09-20 (ThΓ©o's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
| π 2026-09-12 (hiya) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 64915 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 3 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | iOS 27 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | - |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6330 mAh | 4288 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 60 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes (80% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:43 hr | 0:50 hr |
| Web browsing | 16:00 hr | - |
| Watching video | 25:47 hr | - |
| Gaming | 07:46 hr | - |
| Standby | 136 hr | - |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#12th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2.5x | Optical, 4x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 112Β° | 120Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.5 - 4.0 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP5 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.28" (β 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.5 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 60 mm | 100 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (β 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.3 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (β 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32D | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (β 0.29 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
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 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | 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 |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2026 | September 2026 |
| Release date | September 2026 | September 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $1199 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, gaming, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 18 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority β go for the Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro.
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