ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Air vs Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Air (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on April 16, 2025, against the Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Air
- Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5300 mAh
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F7 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
- Delivers 57% higher peak brightness (1594 against 1015 nits)
- 32% higher pixel density (526 vs 400 PPI)
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 80W)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- 32% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2858 and 2170 points
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1116 x 2480 pixels | 1440 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 400 ppi | 526 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 3200 nits |
| HDR support | - | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 520 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Poco Shield Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.7% | 89.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 99.3% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.3 mm (6.47 inches) | 160.26 mm (6.31 inches) |
| Width | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) | 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 212 g (7.48 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP54 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Orange | Black, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 4320 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Geekbench Compute (GPU) | - | 22968 |
| Single-core score | 2170 | 2858 |
| Multi-core score | 7471 | 8690 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 589063 | 536664 |
| GPU | 903334 | 981410 |
| Memory | 451662 | 466902 |
| UX | 392312 | 449346 |
| Total score | 2336371 | 2434322 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [3 tests] |
Memory
| RAM size | 12, 16 GB | 12, 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256, 512 GB | 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 15 |
| ROM | Redmagic OS 10 | HyperOS 2.0 |
| OS size | - | 33 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 5300 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 120 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | - |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (74% in 22 min) | Yes (60% in 15 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:45 hr | 0:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:28 hr | 11:39 hr |
| Watching video | 15:47 hr | 14:46 hr |
| Gaming | 06:18 hr | 05:50 hr |
| Standby | 145 hr | 124 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 2.5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 1920 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 32 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | - | 24 mm |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.5" | 1/1.55" |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 50 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 60 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.76" |
| Pixel size | - | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 32 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 15 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5KKD1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" | 1/3.44" |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 24 mm |
| Sensor | - | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.77" | 1/3.42" |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - 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 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | - |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | 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 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | April 2025 | March 2025 |
| Release date | April 2025 | April 2025 |
| Launch price | $599 | $649 |
| Configurations | - 12 / 256 GB - 16 / 512 GB | - 12 / 256 GB - 16 / 512 GB |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 80 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

