Xiaomi Mi 8 vs Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi Mi 8

Xiaomi Mi 8

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Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro

Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro

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Xiaomi Mi 8 or Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi Mi 8 Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro
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Release date 2018, May 2023, February 07
Dimensions (HxWxD) 154.9 x 74.8 x 7.6 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 2.94 in 162.9 x 76 x 7.9 mm | 6.41 x 6.41 x 2.99 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 181 g | 6.38 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame (7000 series) Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), plastic back, plastic frame
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Colors Black, Blue, White, Gold Astral Black, Horizon Blue, Poco Yellow
Battery 3400 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 1B
Screen size 6.21" in 6.67" in
Screen area 97.1 cm2 107.4 cm2
Screen format 19:9 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.8% 86.8%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2248 px 1080 x 2400 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 402 PPI 395 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-DCI-P3
- 120Hz
-Dolby Vision
-HDR10+
-500 nits (typ)
-900 nits (HBM)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 108 MP, Triple
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, 4-axis OIS, dual pixel PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.4, 56mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, AF, 2x optical zoom
-108 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.52", 0.7µm, PDAF
-8 MP, f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/4", 1.12µm
-2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Functions Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/120/240fps, 720p@960fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps
DxOMark Main Score 99
DxOMark Photo 105
DxOMark Video 88
Front camera, selfie 20 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9µm 16 MP, f/2.4, (wide), 1/3.06" 1.0µm
Functions HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30/60fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 10.1 Android 12, MIUI 14
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - Octa-core (1x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3x2.2 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Adreno 630 Adreno 642L
External memory No No
Internal memory 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 606594
Antutu 10 CPU 202727
Antutu 10 GPU 136778
Antutu 10 Mem 127494
Antutu 10 UX 202727
Antutu 9 Total 533258
Antutu 8 Total 353884
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 491
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1684
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2045
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1921
GeekBench 5 Single Core 447 870
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1898 280
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2280
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8242
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13089
GeekBench 4 Battery 3965

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-5G - SA/NSA
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A (CA), 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
GPS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes (market/region dependent)
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.2, A2DP, LE

Music and Audio

Radio No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 24-bit/192kHz audio

Other features

Sensors - Infrared face recognition, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 4.0+)

- Fast charging 67W, 100% in 45 min
-Power Delivery 3.0
-Quick Charge 4
-Reverse charging 5W
- IP53, dust and splash resistant

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