Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro vs Apple iPhone 8
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 860) that was released on March 22, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 8, which is powered by Apple A11 Bionic and came out 3 years and 7 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
- Comes with 3339 mAh larger battery capacity: 5160 vs 1821 mAh
- Has 3x more RAM: 6GB versus 2GB
- Has a 1.97 inches larger screen size
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Thinner bezels – 19.3% more screen real estate
- Shows 39% longer battery life (22:40 vs 16:16 hours)
- 58% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (822K versus 520K)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR4X 2133 MHz
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 21% higher pixel density (395 vs 326 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 8
- Handles Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Optical image stabilization
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (638 against 532 nits)
- Better grip in hands – the body is 9.5 mm narrower
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 67 grams less
- 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1093 and 1004 points
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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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 4.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 750 x 1334 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 16:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 326 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 450 nits | 625 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.6% | 65.3% |
| RGB color space | 95.1% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 2404 Hz | Not detected |
| Response time | 37.4 ms | 22 ms |
| Contrast | 995:1 | 1373:1 |
Screen space comparison
Poco X3 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 8
4.7″ (16:9 ratio) = 9.4 in2
~76% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) | 138.4 mm (5.45 inches) |
| Width | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) | 67.3 mm (2.65 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.4 mm (0.37 inches) | 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 215 g (7.58 oz) | 148 g (5.22 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP67 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gold, Blue | Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 | Apple A11 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2960 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) - 1 core at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) |
- 4 cores at 1.42 GHz: Mistral - 2 cores at 2.39 GHz: Monsoon |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 640 | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 192 |
| GPU clock | 675 MHz | 1066 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1036.8 GFLOPS | ~409.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2985 | 5630 |
| Single-core score | 1004 | 1093 |
| Multi-core score | 2653 | 1828 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 299294 | 249127 |
| GPU | 119740 | - |
| Memory | 162141 | 102335 |
| UX | 241258 | 169105 |
| Total score | 822433 | 520567 |
| Samples | [45 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 91% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 979 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8774 | - |
| Video editing | 6020 | - |
| Photo editing | 22475 | - |
| Data manipulation | 8724 | - |
| Writing score | 13390 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali) | AnTuTu 12 | 932069 |
| 📘 2026-09-14 (Zeexi) | AnTuTu 11 | 911542 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (Tymanovik) | AnTuTu 11 | 822512 |
| 📘 2026-07-06 (Aren) | AnTuTu 11 | 811317 |
| 📘 2026-07-06 (Aren) | AnTuTu 11 | 811317 |
Apple iPhone 8
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-13 (TestGame) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 5630 |
| 📘 2026-05-13 (TestGame) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1093 / 1828 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 125 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | iOS 11 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.5) |
| ROM | MIUI 14 | - |
| OS size | 13 GB | 6 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5160 mAh | 1821 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 15 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes, Qi (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 1:15 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:43 hr | 06:14 hr |
| Watching video | 12:45 hr | 09:59 hr |
| Gaming | 05:20 hr | 03:40 hr |
| Standby | 117 hr | 81 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 28 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX582 | Apple iSight Camera |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV8856 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | Hynix HI-259 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 8 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 7 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5480 x 3648 | 3088 x 2320 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 32 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 16 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2021 | September 2017 |
| Release date | April 2021 | September 2017 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $250 | $699 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max | - |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.35 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.36 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
*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 X3 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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