Poco X7 vs Poco X6 performance comparison: Upgrading does not seem to make much sense
Xiaomi's Poco X7 debuted last month alongside the Poco X7 Pro. The vanilla Poco X7 features MediaTek's Dimensity 7300 Ultra beneath its hood, a step away from Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 on the Poco X6, but how much of an upgrade does the switch over to MediaTek deliver?
Thankfully we've put the Poco X7 through our tests and benchmark suite and can offer a definitive answer to that question. Starting off with Geekbench 6.3, the Poco X7 earns a score of 1030 on the single-core test and 2908 on the multi-core test. While we don't have in-house benchmarks for the Poco X6, we've tested another Xiaomi device also powered by the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2—the Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G. That phone scores 1029 on the Geekbench single-core test, and 2955 on the multi-core test. Those results are consistent with external tests for the Poco X6 as well.
AnTuTu tells a similar story. The Poco X7 records a CPU score of 210,104 on the popular benchmark; the Poco X6's delivers an identical 209,039 score. All of these numbers tell a rather disappointing story: the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Ultra on the Poco X7 is barely any better than the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 on the Poco X6. At least in the CPU department.
GPU-wise, there's not much between the two devices either. The Poco X7 earns a score of 146,179 on the GPU side, while the Poco X6 scores 117,863. On 3DMark's WildLife Extreme test, the Poco X7 scores 842 versus the Poco X6's 788. On the 2560x1440 Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited test, it's 5308 points for the Poco X7, while the Poco X6 scores 4993 points.
In conclusion, the Dimensity 7300 Ultra-powered Poco X7 fails to provide a significant enough upgrade over the Poco X6 and its Snapdragon 7s Gen 2. While the Poco X7 performs about 10-15% better than its predecessor in GPU tests, things are rather grim on the CPU side—the newer phone flat-out isn't any better.
We were critical of the Poco X7 Pro for not offering a significant enough performance upgrade on the Poco X6 Pro but it still managed to perform around 20% better than last year's model. The Poco X7 fails to manage even that—why bother upgrading?
