Poco F9 Ultra Scores Big on Geekbench, Confirms Specs

Think of a phone running a sprint and stopping the clock with a grin. That’s the gist of the latest leak around the Poco F9 Ultra: a Geekbench 7 entry that posts a single-core score of 2,980 and a multi-core result of 10,030.

Those numbers point to serious silicon. The benchmarked prototype was packing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and 16GB of RAM. Manufacturers often show high-memory prototypes before trimming options for retail, so expect multiple RAM and storage configurations when the device formally debuts.

Curious about software? The unit ran Android 16. Yes, Android 17 has been available for some time, but Xiaomi and its offshoots rarely race to the newest OS at launch. If the F9 Ultra ships soon, Android 16 out of the box would be perfectly in line with past behavior.

Rumors also peg the F9 Ultra as a sibling to the Redmi K100 Pro Max — essentially a rebrand with one notable change: a slightly smaller battery. The leak points to an 8,050 mAh cell, down from the K100 Pro Max’s capacity, but the rest of the hardware looks lifted wholesale.

• 6.9-inch AMOLED display, 1200 x 2608 resolution, 185Hz refresh rate, 4,500-nit peak brightness
• 200MP main camera with OIS
• 50MP periscope telephoto with OIS and 5x optical zoom
• 50MP ultrawide and 32MP selfie camera
• Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, prototype shown with 16GB RAM
• Android 16, ~8,050 mAh battery

Look past the raw numbers and you see a strategy: deliver flagship-level display and imaging, then tweak battery and branding to hit different price points. It’s a familiar play for Xiaomi’s family of brands, but one that matters to buyers hunting for camera chops and sustained performance.

Will the final phone match the benchmarked scores? Benchmarks are a snapshot, not a promise. Still, this leak makes one thing clear: Poco’s next Ultra claims the kind of firepower that can quietly steal headlines — and maybe a few share points from rivals.