Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
73
out of 100
VS
89
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra) that was released on January 9, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 4 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 X7 Pro
- Comes with 1315 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4685 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 30W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1930K versus 1750K)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 32 grams less
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Shows 52% longer battery life (35:01 vs 23:02 hours)
- Delivers 42% higher peak brightness (1787 against 1259 nits)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 2.2x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3507 and 1573 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1320 x 2868 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1400 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3200 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.8% | 92.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 16 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Poco X7 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.75 mm (6.33 inches) | 163 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 75.24 mm (2.96 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 195 g (6.88 oz) | 227 g (8.01 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green, Yellow | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.83/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 3250 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-A725 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MC7 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 896 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2329.6 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 12162 | 33340 |
| Single-core score | 1573 | 3507 |
| Multi-core score | 6102 | 8789 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 621813 | 508577 |
| GPU | 602568 | 540541 |
| Memory | 295421 | 191233 |
| UX | 411049 | 509980 |
| Total score | 1930851 | 1750331 |
| Samples | [212 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 80% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1285 | 1718 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 28 FPS |
| Section 1 | 24 FPS | 34 FPS |
| Section 2 | 23 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 3 | 20 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5931 | 7448 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14924 | - |
| Video editing | 6707 | - |
| Photo editing | 23231 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12242 | - |
| Writing score | 18327 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 (JenKenny) | AnTuTu 11 | 2063774 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (POCOMAN) | AnTuTu 12 | 2112771 |
| 📘 2026-09-16 (Alex) | AnTuTu 11 | 2004654 |
| 📘 2026-09-15 (KillJoy0203) | AnTuTu 12 | 2238339 |
| 📘 2026-09-10 (ras) | AnTuTu 11 | 1916912 |
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-20 (thuanday) | AnTuTu 11 | 2043169 |
| 📘 2026-09-17 (Jonibek) | AnTuTu 11 | 1692383 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (l1tsemerr) | AnTuTu 11 | 1650968 |
| 📘 2026-04-27 -> hoduyhaodzso1tg | Battery life | SOT 12:58 / – |
| 📘 2026-04-12 -> hoduyhaodzso1tg | Battery life | Battery report |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3.0 | - |
| OS size | - | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 4685 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 17 min) | Yes (46% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 1:57 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:29 hr | 14:34 hr |
| Watching video | 15:22 hr | 22:01 hr |
| Gaming | 05:54 hr | 07:12 hr |
| Standby | 93 hr | 163 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#14th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.5 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX882 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 120 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Smartsens SC820CS | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 160 |
| Preview | - | 93 |
| Zoom | - | 130 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3888 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV20B | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 149 |
| Video | - | 155 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | 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 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2025 | September 2024 |
| Release date | January 2025 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $1199 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | 1.22 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | 1.45 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Poco X7 Pro:
- The eco-leather version is thicker at 8.43 mm and weighs 198 grams.
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro Max:
- The US version of the smartphone exclusively supports eSIM, while the international model features both a physical SIM slot and eSIM capability. In China, the device is available with dual physical SIM card slots only.
*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 Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.
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