Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro vs Honor Win RT 2

90 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro
VS
89 out of 100
Honor Win RT 2

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 Honor Win RT 2, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 2 months after. 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 F9 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Weighs 32 grams less
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Honor Win RT 2
  • Comes with 5740 mAh larger battery capacity: 12070 vs 6330 mAh
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4040K versus 3228K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 19% higher pixel density (497 vs 419 PPI)
  • 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3671 and 3377 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro and Honor Win RT 2 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
75.6
(Good)
Value Index
84.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.89 inches
Resolution 1156 x 2510 pixels 1440 x 3104 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 419 ppi 497 ppi
Refresh rate 185 Hz 185 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 2200 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 10000 nits 10000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 520 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 91.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
Win RT 2
6.89″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Poco F9 Pro
6.59″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
4117 nits
n/a

Design and build

Height 157.49 mm (6.2 inches) 163 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 75.25 mm (2.96 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.79 mm (0.35 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 238 g (8.4 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Active fan
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green White, Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
Win RT 2 +2%
91.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro and Honor Win RT 2
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4600 MHz 4610 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~2457.6 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro and Honor Win RT 2
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Win RT 2 +9%
3671
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10344
Win RT 2 +6%
10998
Compute Score (GPU)
17372
Win RT 2 +56%
27183
Compute Score (GPU) 17372 27183
Single-core score 3377 3671
Multi-core score 10344 10998
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3228426
Win RT 2 +25%
4040013
CPU 959225 1257386
GPU 1064864 1353204
Memory 500444 545517
UX 703893 883906
Total score 3228426 4040013
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (79th and 28th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 (Mj)AnTuTu 113457874
Honor Win RT 2
No benchmark results yet

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 17
ROM HyperOS 3 MagicOS 11
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6330 mAh 12070 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:43 hr -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:00 hr -
Watching video 25:47 hr -
Gaming 07:46 hr -
Standby 136 hr -
General battery life
35:27 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP5 -
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 micron 0.5 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 60 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.2
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 22 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32D CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) 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 6.0 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* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes No
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 No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2026 October 2026
Release date September 2026 November 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $630
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 90 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, connectivity, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro. But if the gaming is more of a priority – go for the Honor Win RT 2.

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