Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
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79
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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 Samsung Galaxy S26 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2500. 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 Ultra
- Delivers 134% higher peak brightness (4311 against 1845 nits)
- Comes with 3150 mAh larger battery capacity: 8050 vs 4900 mAh
- Shows 72% longer battery life (44:02 vs 25:38 hours)
- 82% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4165K versus 2289K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 45W)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 42 grams less
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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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2608 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 385 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 185 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2200 nits | 1300 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 10000 nits | 1900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.6% | 88.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.49 mm (6.44 inches) | 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 77.94 mm (3.07 inches) | 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.94 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 235 g (8.29 oz) | 193 g (6.81 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | - | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Red | Gray, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Samsung Exynos 2500 |
| Max clock | 4600 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 10 (1 + 2 + 5 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 2 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 5 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 2 cores at 2.74 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Xclipse 950 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 999 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~4091.9 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27636 | 22100 |
| Single-core score | 3629 | 2217 |
| Multi-core score | 11080 | 7699 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 962447 | 771016 |
| GPU | 1453812 | 723824 |
| Memory | 974305 | 356421 |
| UX | 774544 | 438435 |
| Total score | 4165108 | 2289696 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (15th and 194th place)
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 17 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 9 |
| OS size | 36 GB | - |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 8050 mAh | 4900 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | - |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (61% in 30 min) | Yes (69% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:54 hr | 1:08 hr |
| Web browsing | 23:02 hr | 09:42 hr |
| Watching video | 25:48 hr | 17:42 hr |
| Gaming | 10:54 hr | 06:12 hr |
| Standby | 171 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (2nd and 148th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | 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 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 102° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP5 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.5 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 120 mm | 75 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | OmniVision OV08A10 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 17 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50M40 | Samsung S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32D | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| 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 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 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 | - |
| 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 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.1 | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2026 | August 2026 |
| Release date | September 2026 | September 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $729 | $699 |
| 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
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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