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Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 vs Poco F3

40 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8
VS
52 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F3
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8
Xiaomi Poco F3

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.3-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 665) that was released on August 29, 2019, against the Xiaomi Poco F3, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G and came out 1 year and 7 months after. 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 Redmi Note 8
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F3
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • 3.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1014K versus 329K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
  • Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
  • More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 11
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2x more RAM: 6GB versus 3GB
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 870 5G
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Stereo speakers
  • Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (717 against 637 nits)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 and Poco F3 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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Currency
3 / 32 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
67.7
(Good)
Value Index
40.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Redmi Note 8
vs
Poco F3

Display

Type IPS LCD AMOLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 409 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 450 nits 700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1300 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 81.8% 85.9%
Display features - - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
PWM - 490 Hz
Response time - 3 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco F3
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Redmi Note 8
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~10% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Redmi Note 8
637 nits
Poco F3 +13%
717 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 158.3 mm (6.23 inches) 163.7 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 76.4 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
Waterproof No IP53
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Redmi Note 8
81.8%
Poco F3 +5%
85.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 and Xiaomi Poco F3
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
Max clock 2000 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 11 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon 698
GPU
Graphics Adreno 610 Adreno 650
GPU shading units 128 768
GPU clock 950 MHz 670 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~1029.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 and Xiaomi Poco F3
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Redmi Note 8
508
Poco F3 +121%
1125
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Redmi Note 8
1549
Poco F3 +105%
3176
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 3392
Single-core score 508 1125
Multi-core score 1549 3176
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi Note 8
329457
Poco F3 +208%
1014957
CPU 147902 390209
GPU 24130 183875
Memory 68847 166763
UX 88578 274110
Total score 329457 1014957
Samples [5 tests] [35 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 96% 90%
Graphics test - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 1213
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Redmi Note 8
6596
Poco F3 +71%
11262
Web score 6072 8717
Video editing 5062 6160
Photo editing 11822 28589
Data manipulation 5151 8731
Writing score 6677 14382
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-17 (SR Saani)AnTuTu 11345256
📘 2026-06-05 (Thomas 🇧🇷)AnTuTu 11319538
📘 2026-05-10 -> NursAnTuTu 11329457
📘 2026-05-09 -> NursAnTuTu 11329457
📘 2025-11-13 -> LolAnTuTu 11313923
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Xiaomi Poco F3
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (zetor)Battery lifeSOT 7:14 / 7:14
📘 2026-09-23 (Ambarukmo_id)AnTuTu 121182612
📘 2026-08-23 (Ян)AnTuTu 11983640
📘 2026-08-22 (DAP)AnTuTu 11986264
📘 2026-08-01 (Gats)AnTuTu 111045854
Add View all (48)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 3 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 1866 MHz 2750 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 32 GB 128 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 256 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM MIUI 12.5 Enhanced HyperOS 1.0
OS size - 21 GB

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4520 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes, Quick Charge 4.0 (50% in 35 min) Yes (67% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:05 hr 0:56 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:46 hr 08:42 hr
Watching video 12:22 hr 12:58 hr
Gaming 05:10 hr 05:31 hr
Standby 88 hr 85 hr
General battery life
Redmi Note 8
19:18 hr
Poco F3 +4%
19:59 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8000 x 6000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 118° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGM2 Sony IMX582
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV8856 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length - 50 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV02A10 Samsung S5K5E8
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4224 x 3136 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.5
Focal length 28.21 mm 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV13855 Samsung S5K3T2
Sensor size 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 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 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 5.1
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP LE, HID, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
NFC* No 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 No No
LTE Cat* 12 20
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Redmi Note 8
81.3 dB
Poco F3 +10%
89.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced August 2019 March 2021
Release date September 2019 March 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $190 $350
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 5G - Xiaomi Poco F7
SAR (head) 0.191 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.034 W/kg -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - 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 F3 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
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Total votes: 57

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