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| Global Score | |
| 78.2 | 80.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Xiaomi | Xiaomi |
| Android 13 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2023-05-09 | 2018-04-20 |
| 6.34 x 2.95 x 0.31 inches | 6.36 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches |
| 6.38 ounces | 6.70 ounces |
| Black, Blue and White | Black, Blue and Gray |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 6 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 393 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| 1000 cd/m2 brightness | 550 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.8 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 SM7475-AB (4 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 725 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.79 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Black Shark has a global score of 80.4, which is just a bit better than Xiaomi Poco F5's 78.2 general score. Xiaomi Black Shark is an a lot older, just a little bit heavier and somewhat thicker device than the Xiaomi Poco F5. These devices use Android operating system, but Xiaomi Black Shark has a newer 9.0 Pie version and Xiaomi Poco F5 has Android 13, providing lots of additional features.
Xiaomi Black Shark features an extremely better CPU than Xiaomi Poco F5. They have the same RAM amount and 8 processing cores. Xiaomi Poco F5 features a little bit better screen than Xiaomi Black Shark, because although it has a just a bit worse pixel quantity per inch of screen, it also counts with a really brighter screen, a quite bigger screen and a slightly better resolution of 1080 x 2400px.
The Xiaomi Poco F5 and the Xiaomi Black Shark have incredibly similar cameras, and although the Xiaomi Black Shark has a back-facing camera with a much worse 12 mega-pixels resolution, they both have a F1.8 camera aperture. The Xiaomi Poco F5 has a very superior storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Xiaomi Black Shark, because it has 256 GB internal storage capacity.
The Xiaomi Poco F5 has longer battery duration than Xiaomi Black Shark, because it has a 25% larger battery capacity.
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