Poco F7 Pro review

GSMArena Team, 28 March 2025.

Android 15 and HyperOS 2

The Poco F7 Pro runs Android 15, augmented by Xiaomi HyperOS, v. 2 (on the 'for POCO' software branch). The update policy comes with a promise for 4 major OS version updates in the future, while the security patch coverage should be 6 years.

Poco F7 Pro review

Pro or Ultra, the new Poco F7s' software is looking very much alike, and it's also very similar to the Xiaomi 15s recently. The usual version continuity can be observed and the general sense of being in a familiar place if you've used a Xiaomi or a Poco in recent times.

A few of the icons are specific to the 'Poco' builds, but there's not a whole lot else that's different from the 'regular' Xiaomis. The full suite of new Xiaomi AI tricks is on board as well.

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HyperOS 2.0 on the Poco F7 Pro

The Poco F7 Pro gives you the option for an app drawer, but you can also choose to have everything on the homescreens. Some software branches don't let you have the app drawer - more often on Pocos of the past, but we appreciate seeing that option here. The third, "Lite" UX option that makes icons bigger and things a bit more accessible seems to be missing though.

HyperOS 2 has separate Notifications and Control center pages with no option for a joint interface for the two. The homescreens support apps and widgets, as well as two flavors of large folders. The -1 homescreen can be Google Discover, but also Xiaomi's App Vault (that last one was missing on the Xiaomi 15).

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More HyperOS 2.0

Then there's the AI functionality, and the Poco doesn't appear to be missing anything we saw on the Xiaomi flagships.

Sure enough, there's Google Gemini. You can ask Gemini to do a bunch of different things and even make entire conversations. You can also have it create images for you. Circle to Search is available system-wide as well.

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Gemini • Gemini • Circle to Search

Beyond the generic Gemini stuff, there are plenty of in-house AI features. They're all neatly organized and bundled together in the Xiaomi HyperAI menu in Settings for explanation purposes. You still have to access the features themselves from their respective apps and locations, but it is very convenient to actually have a central location where everything is nicely laid out.

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AI stuff

The Notes app can do a host of text transformations and you can do translation, proofreading, summary and AI layout.

The Recorder app can do automatic transcription with speaker detection and separation, and you can translate the transcriptions. You can enable system-wide AI subtitles for multimedia consumption. There is also an AI interpreter that can do both face-to-face translation and call translation.

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More AI stuff

There's a whole lot of AI based image editing features in the gallery. There's an object/people remover, you can remove reflections, do content-aware expansion, or change how the sky looks in your shots.

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AI image editing features

Performance and benchmarks

The F7 Pro is no Ultra so it doesn't get the Snapdragon 8 Elite, but the Pro moniker does qualify it for last year's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 - sure, it's a year behind the state of the art, but it's a proper flagship chipset nonetheless.

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The F7 Pro doesn't get a 16GB RAM version like the Ultra does - it's 12GB of RAM for both the 256GB and 512GB (as reviewed) storage options. Maybe not all markets will get both versions, but also there may end up being other variants here or there.

In benchmarks, the F7 Pro does well - it scores roughly on par with other models that use the same chipset and it's a noticeable step up from the previous generation Poco Pro. The F7 Ultra with its Snapdragon 8 Elite is a better option if you're after ultimate performance, but the F7 Pro is still plenty powerful and will be so for a few more years.

GeekBench 6

  • Multi-core
  • Single-core
Poco F7 Ultra Poco F7 Ultra
8887
Snapdragon 8 Elite 512GB, 16GB RAM
Xiaomi 14T Pro Xiaomi 14T Pro
7081
Dimensity 9300+ 1TB, 12GB RAM
Xiaomi 14 Xiaomi 14
6810
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 512GB, 16GB RAM
OnePlus 13R OnePlus 13R
6803
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 256GB, 12GB RAM
Poco F7 Pro Poco F7 Pro
6661
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 512GB, 12GB RAM
Galaxy S24 FE Galaxy S24 FE
6299
Exynos 2400e 128GB, 8GB
Poco F6 Pro Poco F6 Pro
5310
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1TB, 16GB RAM
Xiaomi 14T Xiaomi 14T
4333
Dimensity 8300 Ultra 512GB, 12GB RAM
Galaxy A56 Galaxy A56
3899
Exynos 1580 128GB, 8GB RAM
Nothing phone (3a) Pro Nothing phone (3a) Pro
3327
Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 256GB, 12GB RAM
Poco F7 Ultra Poco F7 Ultra
2971
Snapdragon 8 Elite 512GB, 16GB RAM
OnePlus 13R OnePlus 13R
2238
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 256GB, 12GB RAM
Xiaomi 14T Pro Xiaomi 14T Pro
2235
Dimensity 9300+ 1TB, 12GB RAM
Poco F7 Pro Poco F7 Pro
2205
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 512GB, 12GB RAM
Xiaomi 14 Xiaomi 14
2125
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 512GB, 16GB RAM
Galaxy S24 FE Galaxy S24 FE
2040
Exynos 2400e 128GB, 8GB
Poco F6 Pro Poco F6 Pro
1922
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1TB, 16GB RAM
Xiaomi 14T Xiaomi 14T
1402
Dimensity 8300 Ultra 512GB, 12GB RAM
Galaxy A56 Galaxy A56
1364
Exynos 1580 128GB, 8GB RAM
Nothing phone (3a) Pro Nothing phone (3a) Pro
1209
Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 256GB, 12GB RAM

AnTuTu 10

Poco F7 Ultra Poco F7 Ultra
2580520
Snapdragon 8 Elite 512GB, 16GB RAM 1440 x 3200 px
OnePlus 13R OnePlus 13R
2109299
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 256GB, 12GB RAM 1264 x 2780 px
Poco F7 Pro Poco F7 Pro
2065265
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 512GB, 12GB RAM 1440 x 3200 px
Xiaomi 14T Pro Xiaomi 14T Pro
2015655
Dimensity 9300+ 1TB, 12GB RAM 1220 x 2712 px
Xiaomi 14 Xiaomi 14
2003429
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 512GB, 16GB RAM 1200 x 2670 px
Poco F6 Pro Poco F6 Pro
1584439
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1TB, 16GB RAM 1440 x 3200 px
Galaxy S24 FE Galaxy S24 FE
1548896
Exynos 2400e 128GB, 8GB 1080 x 2340 px
Xiaomi 14T Xiaomi 14T
1334481
Dimensity 8300 Ultra 512GB, 12GB RAM 1220 x 2712 px
Galaxy A56 Galaxy A56
908689
Exynos 1580 128GB, 8GB RAM 1080 x 2340 px
Nothing phone (3a) Pro Nothing phone (3a) Pro
820097
Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 256GB, 12GB RAM 1080 x 2412 px

3DMark

  • Wild Life Extreme (2160p)
  • Solar Bay (1440p)
Poco F7 Ultra Poco F7 Ultra
6204
Snapdragon 8 Elite Adreno 830 1440 x 3200 px
OnePlus 13R OnePlus 13R
4979
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Adreno 750 1264 x 2780 px
Poco F7 Pro Poco F7 Pro
4795
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Adreno 750 1440 x 3200 px
Xiaomi 14 Xiaomi 14
4567
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Adreno 750 1200 x 2670 px
Xiaomi 14T Pro Xiaomi 14T Pro
3998
Dimensity 9300+ Immortalis-G720 MC12 1220 x 2712 px
Galaxy S24 FE Galaxy S24 FE
3889
Exynos 2400e Xclipse 940 1080 x 2340 px
Xiaomi 14T Xiaomi 14T
2942
Dimensity 8300 Ultra Mali G615-MC6 1220 x 2712 px
Galaxy A56 Galaxy A56
1332
Exynos 1580 Xclipse 540 1080 x 2340 px
Nothing phone (3a) Pro Nothing phone (3a) Pro
1061
Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Adreno 720 1080 x 2412 px
Poco F7 Ultra Poco F7 Ultra
11119
Snapdragon 8 Elite Adreno 830 1440 x 3200 px
OnePlus 13R OnePlus 13R
8628
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Adreno 750 1264 x 2780 px
Poco F7 Pro Poco F7 Pro
8430
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Adreno 750 1440 x 3200 px
Galaxy S24 FE Galaxy S24 FE
8228
Exynos 2400e Xclipse 940 1080 x 2340 px

Under prolonged load, we recorded a very stable behavior from the F7 Pro's CPU. There was only a momentary blip down to 40-ish % spoiling what would otherwise have been a steady graph above 80% of the initial performance. The GPU stability wasn't as praiseworthy, the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme stress test returning a 58% stability rating.

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CPU Throttling test • 3DMark Wildlife Extreme stress test

Reader comments

  • Anonymous
  • 14 hours ago
  • Sr6

No audio jack!!!

So this is worse than X7 Pro which scored 4.3? I'm deciding if the additional price is worth it

Who actually uses the speakers for music etc on a phone, most people use a headset of some kind?