Xiaomi Pocophone F1 vs Poco F7
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out of 100
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77
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.18-inch Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 845) that was released on August 1, 2018, against the Xiaomi Poco F7, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and came out 7 years after. 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 Pocophone F1
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
- Weighs 33.7 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F7
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 3.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2263K versus 595K)
- Delivers 214% higher peak brightness (1523 against 485 nits)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 2500 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 4000 mAh
- Has a 0.65 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Shows 34% longer battery life (26:05 vs 19:30 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 18W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Optical image stabilization
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 10
- The phone is 7 years newer
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.18 inches | 6.83 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2246 pixels | 1280 x 2772 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 18.7:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 447 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 1700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 3200 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 82.3% | 90.1% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 100% |
| PWM | 2315 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 30.4 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | 1438:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Poco F7
6.83″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Pocophone F1
6.18″ (18.7:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 155.5 mm (6.12 inches) | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 182 g (6.42 oz) | 215.7 g (7.61 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Red | White, Black, Silver |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, rear | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.61/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Average (D) · 45 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3210 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75) |
- 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 10 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 630 | Adreno 825 |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 710 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~727 GFLOPS | ~2355.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2583 | 13641 |
| Single-core score | 566 | 2040 |
| Multi-core score | 2130 | 6373 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 239257 | 632157 |
| GPU | 106881 | 793892 |
| Memory | 103783 | 365292 |
| UX | 145363 | 472016 |
| Total score | 595284 | 2263357 |
| Samples | [16 tests] | [170 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 83% |
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1688 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 33 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7708 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 82% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 508 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7162 | 15597 |
| Video editing | 5934 | 7750 |
| Photo editing | 18030 | 26988 |
| Data manipulation | 6494 | 13734 |
| Writing score | 9524 | 17764 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#196th place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Pocophone F1
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul) | CPU Throttle | 93% |
| 📘 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul) | GeekBench GPU | 2613 |
| 📘 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul) | GeekBench CPU | 570 / 2056 |
| 📘 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul) | AnTuTu | 640111 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Bisfy) | AnTuTu | 572788 |
Xiaomi Poco F7
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-26 (Short) | AnTuTu | 2231392 |
| 📘 2026-08-25 (Srinu) | AnTuTu | 2231007 |
| 📘 2026-08-23 (DavidB) | AnTuTu | 2260832 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Suleiman) | AnTuTu | 2408827 |
| 📘 2026-08-03 (wwerty) | AnTuTu | 2315301 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 1866 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 256 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 8.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 10) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | MIUI 12 POCO | HyperOS 3.0 |
| OS size | 12 GB | 44 GB |
| OS updates | - | 4 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 6500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 90 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes, Quick Charge 3.0 (50% in 40 min) | Yes (90% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 0:39 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:45 hr | 10:24 hr |
| Watching video | 11:43 hr | 14:33 hr |
| Gaming | 04:37 hr | 07:05 hr |
| Standby | 95 hr | 130 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#134th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Depth: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 20 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX363 | Sony IMX882 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 8 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 15 mm |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV08F |
| Sensor size | - | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Pocophone F1 from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 20 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3880 | 5184 x 3888 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3T1 | Omnivision OV20B |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.9 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 5 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, HID, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | No | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 16 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | August 2018 | June 2025 |
| Release date | August 2018 | June 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $300 | $399 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco F7 | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.537 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.582 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Yes, 90 W |
Further details
Notes on Poco F7:
- The Indian model has a larger battery — 7550 mAh.
*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 F7 is definitely a better buy.
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