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Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra vs F7 Ultra

93 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra
VS
83 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra
Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra

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 Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 year and 6 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra
  • Delivers 174% higher peak brightness (4366 against 1596 nits)
  • Shows 68% longer battery life (44:02 vs 26:17 hours)
  • Comes with 2750 mAh larger battery capacity: 8050 vs 5300 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4165K versus 3060K)
  • The phone is 1 year and 6 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • 32% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3629 and 2753 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
  • 26% higher pixel density (526 vs 416 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
  • Weighs 23 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra and F7 Ultra 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)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
77.1
(Good)
Value Index
56.6
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F9 Ultra
vs
Poco F7 Ultra

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1440 x 3200 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 526 ppi
Refresh rate 185 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2200 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 10000 nits 3200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Poco Shield Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.6% 89.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 99.3%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco F9 Ultra
6.9β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Poco F7 Ultra
6.67β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F9 Ultra +174%
4366 nits
Poco F7 Ultra
1596 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.49 mm (6.44 inches) 160.26 mm (6.31 inches)
Width 77.94 mm (3.07 inches) 74.95 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 7.94 mm (0.31 inches) 8.39 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 235 g (8.29 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Red Black, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Average (2.61/5)
Drop resistance - Average (D) Β· 45 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F9 Ultra +2%
91.6%
Poco F7 Ultra
89.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra and Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4600 MHz 4320 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 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
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 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra and Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F9 Ultra +32%
3629
Poco F7 Ultra
2753
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F9 Ultra +32%
11080
Poco F7 Ultra
8410
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F9 Ultra +63%
27636
Poco F7 Ultra
16908
Compute Score (GPU) 27636 16908
Single-core score 3629 2753
Multi-core score 11080 8410
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F9 Ultra +36%
4165108
Poco F7 Ultra
3060993
CPU 962447 876139
GPU 1453812 1135602
Memory 974305 434324
UX 774544 614928
Total score 4165108 3060993
Samples Less than 3 [10 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 77%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 2190
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 38 FPS
Section 1 - 43 FPS
Section 2 - 39 FPS
Section 3 - 33 FPS
Graphics score - 10116
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 22176
Video editing - 8080
Photo editing - 36202
Data manipulation - 18123
Writing score - 23212
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (27th and 113th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-11-02 (Demo)AnTuTu 113967740
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-17 (Geperson)AnTuTu 124082290
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> Diman5700AnTuTu 124172973
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Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 (Andre21st)Geekbench 7 CPU2442 / 8369
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-09 (RuxeLV)Geekbench 7 GPU14153
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-09 (RuxeLV)Geekbench 7 CPU2548 / 8876
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-09 (RuxeLV)AnTuTu 123512055
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (RuxeLV)AnTuTu 113193869
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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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3.0
OS size 36 GB 33 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 8050 mAh 5300 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (61% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:54 hr 0:30 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 23:02 hr 11:39 hr
Watching video 25:48 hr 14:46 hr
Gaming 10:54 hr 05:50 hr
Standby 171 hr 124 hr
General battery life
Poco F9 Ultra +68%
44:02 hr
Poco F7 Ultra
26:17 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 2.5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 102Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 32 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP5 OmniVision OVX8000
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/2.0
Focal length 120 mm 60 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 32 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50M40 Samsung S5KKD1
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) 1/3.44" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution - 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32D Samsung S5KKD1
Sensor size 1/3.44" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch) 1/3.42" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 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 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 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, NAVIC
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco F9 Ultra
87.8 dB
Poco F7 Ultra +2%
89.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2026 March 2025
Release date September 2026 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $729 $649
Successor - - Xiaomi Poco F9 Ultra
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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
5 (29.4%)
12 (70.6%)
Total votes: 17

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