Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra vs OnePlus Ace 7 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on September 1, 2026, against the OnePlus Ace 7 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 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 Ultra
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Ace 7 Pro
  • Comes with 950 mAh larger battery capacity: 9000 vs 8050 mAh
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra and OnePlus Ace 7 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
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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
77.1
(Good)
Value Index
74.5
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 416 ppi 450 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 3600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 520 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Crystal Shield Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.6% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
4313 nits
n/a

Design and build

Height 163.49 mm (6.44 inches) 162.3 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 77.94 mm (3.07 inches) 77.37 mm (3.05 inches)
Thickness 7.94 mm (0.31 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 235 g (8.29 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Active fan
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Red White, Black, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
91.6%
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra and OnePlus Ace 7 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4600 MHz 4600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 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 8 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 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra and OnePlus Ace 7 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Ace 7 Pro +5%
3795
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ace 7 Pro +7%
11834
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 27636 -
Single-core score 3629 3795
Multi-core score 11080 11834
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
4165108
4097962
CPU 962447 1108301
GPU 1453812 1547277
Memory 974305 527469
UX 774544 914915
Total score 4165108 4097962
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (27th and 29th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-17 (Geperson)AnTuTu 124082290
📘 2026-09-24 -> Diman5700AnTuTu 124172973
OnePlus Ace 7 Pro
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 ColorOS 17
OS size 36 GB -
OS updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 8050 mAh 9000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 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 (61% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:54 hr -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 23:02 hr -
Watching video 25:48 hr -
Gaming 10:54 hr -
Standby 171 hr -
General battery life
44:02 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3.5x
Flash Dual 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) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 102° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP5 Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP5
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 micron 0.5 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/2.8
Focal length 120 mm 80 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm 16 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32D Sony IMX480
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 5.4
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 No
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
87.8 dB
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2026 October 2026
Release date September 2026 October 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $729 $720
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
*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 F9 Ultra. It has a better connectivity, design, and sound.

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