Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro vs F4 GT

90 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro
VS
57 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F4 GT

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 Xiaomi Poco F4 GT, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 4 years and 5 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 F9 Pro
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Delivers 437% higher peak brightness (4065 against 757 nits)
  • 2.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3228K versus 1303K)
  • Shows 111% longer battery life (35:27 vs 16:47 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • Comes with 1630 mAh larger battery capacity: 6330 vs 4700 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • The phone is 4 years and 5 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro and F4 GT 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)

Should I update?
No 100% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi Poco F4 GT to Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: battery life, gaming, and performance.

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 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 419 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 185 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 2200 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 10000 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 89.9% 86.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.7%
PWM - 121 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F9 Pro +437%
4065 nits
757 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.49 mm (6.2 inches) 162.5 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 75.25 mm (2.96 inches) 76.7 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.79 mm (0.35 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 210 g (7.41 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green Black, Silver, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
86.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 4600 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 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 12 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1024 1024
GPU clock 1200 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~2457.6 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F9 Pro +104%
3377
1655
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F9 Pro +141%
10344
4301
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F9 Pro +148%
17372
7003
Compute Score (GPU) 17372 7003
Single-core score 3377 1655
Multi-core score 10344 4301
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F9 Pro +148%
3228426
1303229
CPU 959225 506879
GPU 1064864 203852
Memory 500444 233717
UX 703893 358781
Total score 3228426 1303229
Samples Less than 3 [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
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 12548
Video editing - 7438
Photo editing - 29248
Data manipulation - 10504
Writing score - 14975

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Mj)AnTuTu 113457874
Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-11-05 (MrXiaomi PH)AnTuTu 121520024
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-24 -> DQPAnTuTu 111216711
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-19 (Moombaa)AnTuTu 111329465
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-27 (Kekropo)AnTuTu 111324014
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-27 (Kekropo)AnTuTu 111324014

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 6330 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 8 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 0:17 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:00 hr 06:53 hr
Watching video 25:47 hr 11:18 hr
Gaming 07:46 hr 04:25 hr
Standby 136 hr 73 hr
General battery life
Poco F9 Pro +111%
35:27 hr
16:47 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution - 9248 x 6936
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Digital
Flash 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 1920 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 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
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP5 Sony IMX686
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.73" (β‰ˆ 0.58 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 60 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.2
Sensor - Omnivision OV8856
Sensor size - 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 20 megapixels
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV32D Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/3.44" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 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 6.0 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* Depends on the region Depends on the region
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
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
86.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2026 April 2022
Release date September 2026 April 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $500
Successor - - Xiaomi Poco F9 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 F9 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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