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Xiaomi Poco X5 vs X3 NFC

49 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X5
VS
50 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
Xiaomi Poco X5
Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695) that was released on February 6, 2023, against the Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G and came out 2 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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  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 X5
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 12
  • Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (724 against 630 nits)
  • AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • The phone is 2 years and 5 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus UFS 2.1
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 695
  • 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 898 and 754 points
  • Weighs 26 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
  • Shows 12% longer battery life (24:00 vs 21:22 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Stereo speakers

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X5 and X3 NFC 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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6 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 64 GB
18.8
(Bad)
Value Index
200.8
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco X5
vs
Poco X3 NFC

Display

Type AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 395 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 700 nits 450 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 84.9% 84.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 -
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 99.7%
PWM 486 Hz 2358 Hz
Response time 1 ms 35.4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X5 +15%
724 nits
Poco X3 NFC
630 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 165.88 mm (6.53 inches) 165.3 mm (6.51 inches)
Width 76.21 mm (3 inches) 76.8 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 9.4 mm (0.37 inches)
Weight 189 g (6.67 oz) 215 g (7.58 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco X5
84.9%
Poco X3 NFC
84.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X5 and Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
Max clock 2200 MHz 2300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)		 - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 8 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon 688
GPU
Graphics Adreno 619 Adreno 618
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock 840 MHz 800 MHz
FLOPS ~430.1 GFLOPS ~409.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X5 and Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco X5 +19%
898
Poco X3 NFC
754
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X5 +13%
2113
Poco X3 NFC
1876
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco X5
n/a
Poco X3 NFC
1279
Compute Score (GPU) - 1279
Single-core score 898 754
Multi-core score 2113 1876
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X5 +9%
583738
Poco X3 NFC
536494
CPU 257310 203232
GPU 55179 53110
Memory 113469 98643
UX 157780 181509
Total score 583738 536494
Samples [11 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco X5 +7%
358
Poco X3 NFC
336
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 358 336
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco X5
8897
Poco X3 NFC +6%
9394
Web score 8154 7961
Video editing 4110 6640
Photo editing 19500 17026
Data manipulation 8294 7986
Writing score 11946 10347
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 -> Rimaki58AnTuTu 12728985
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (Arthur)AnTuTu 11583738
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-28 (s)AnTuTu 11585467
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-29 (Veyne)AnTuTu 11604164
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-02 (Pradyla)AnTuTu 11642540
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Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (KoKo)AnTuTu 12610548
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (KoKo)AnTuTu 12592191
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (zzkyand__)AnTuTu 11548347
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-13 (dittt)AnTuTu 11544448
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 -> PocimarbleAnTuTu 11581996
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB Up to 256 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 12)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 MIUI 14
OS size 17 GB 20.5 GB

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5160 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (63% in 30 min) Yes (55% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:06 hr 1:15 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:11 hr 09:56 hr
Watching video 11:58 hr 13:59 hr
Gaming 04:56 hr 05:35 hr
Standby 120 hr 116 hr
General battery life
Poco X5
21:22 hr
Poco X3 NFC +12%
24:00 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 9248 x 6920
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 118Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Sensor OmniVision OV48B Sony IMX682
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/1.73" (β‰ˆ 0.58 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor OmniVision -
Sensor size 1/4.4" (β‰ˆ 0.23 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4208 x 3120 5963 x 3354
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung 3L6 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.4" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
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 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.1
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- USB-Host mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 18 15
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco X5 +4%
93 dB
Poco X3 NFC
89.2 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced February 2023 September 2020
Release date February 2023 September 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $250 $245
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro -
SAR (head) - 0.558 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.986 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 33 W -
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, battery life, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC. But if the display, performance, gaming, and software are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Poco X5.

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So, which phone would you choose?
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Total votes: 243

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