Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro vs Apple iPhone 16e

73 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
VS
74 out of 100
Apple iPhone 16e

Here we compared two mid-range 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 16e, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 2 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1995 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4005 mAh
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Delivers 51% higher peak brightness (1259 against 835 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 25W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1930K versus 1612K)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16e
  • Shows 16% longer battery life (26:44 vs 23:02 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • 2.1x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3281 and 1573 points
  • Weighs 28 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Apple iPhone 16e 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
107.5
(Excellent)
Value Index
46.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 457 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Ceramic Shield
Screen-to-body ratio 88.8% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.9%
PWM 120 Hz 60 Hz
Response time 1 ms 10 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco X7 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 16e
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1259 nits
835 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.75 mm (6.33 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 75.24 mm (2.96 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.29 mm (0.33 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Green, Yellow White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Average (2.79/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
88.8%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Apple iPhone 16e
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra Apple A18
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
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MC7 4 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 896 640
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1490 MHz
FLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS ~1907 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro and Apple iPhone 16e
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iPhone 16e +109%
3281
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iPhone 16e +32%
8035
Compute Score (GPU)
12162
iPhone 16e +98%
24041
Compute Score (GPU) 12162 24041
Single-core score 1573 3281
Multi-core score 6102 8035
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1930851
1612788
CPU 621813 485100
GPU 602568 445832
Memory 295421 185536
UX 411049 496320
Total score 1930851 1612788
Samples [212 tests] [5 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1285
1226
Stability 80% 82%
Graphics test 10 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 1285 1226
3DMark Solar Bay
5931
5507
Graphics test 23 FPS 21 FPS
Section 1 24 FPS 26 FPS
Section 2 23 FPS 21 FPS
Section 3 20 FPS 15 FPS
Graphics score 5931 5507
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14924 -
Video editing 6707 -
Photo editing 23231 -
Data manipulation 12242 -
Writing score 18327 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 (JenKenny)AnTuTu 112063774
📘 2026-09-20 (POCOMAN)AnTuTu 122112771
📘 2026-09-16 (Alex)AnTuTu 112004654
📘 2026-09-15 (KillJoy0203)AnTuTu 122238339
📘 2026-09-10 (ras)AnTuTu 111916912
Apple iPhone 16e
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-11 (Matviy)AnTuTu 111600106
📘 2026-02-27 (iPhone user)AnTuTu 111591246
📘 2026-02-10 (Virtuose)AnTuTu 111721718
📘 2026-01-14 (Glib)AnTuTu 111656396
📘 2026-01-13 (киря)AnTuTu 111612788

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 -
OS size - 24 GB
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 4 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 4005 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 25 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 17 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:50 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:29 hr 11:59 hr
Watching video 15:22 hr 15:01 hr
Gaming 05:54 hr 05:04 hr
Standby 93 hr 127 hr
General battery life
23:02 hr
iPhone 16e +16%
26:44 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.6
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Sony IMX972
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Smartsens SC820CS -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

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 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby 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
91.5 dB
88.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2025 February 2025
Release date January 2025 February 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $599
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max -
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg -
SAR (body) 0.99 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 16e:
    - The smartphone doesn’t have a cinematic mode like the higher-end models in the series.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16e. But if the display is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro.

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saveforuslater July 24, 2025 at 09:51 AM
i would rather buy x7 pro phone instead of apple's 16e
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