{"id":518824,"date":"2026-03-06T20:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518824\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:09:07","slug":"new-xiaomi-poco-x8-pro-max-struggles-in-early-benchmarks-with-global-launch-date-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/518824\/","title":{"rendered":"New Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max struggles in early benchmarks with global launch date revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">Based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Xiaomi-leaks-European-price-of-Poco-X8-Pro-Max-with-up-to-8-500-mAh-battery.1221408.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">other leaks<\/a>, this will be the only RAM configuration in which the Poco X8 Pro Max will be available. Reportedly, the Poco X8 Pro Max will start at \u20ac529 (~$610) with 256 GB of storage and will rise by \u20ac50 (~$60) for twice as much storage. On the other hand, the listings provide insights into the device&#8217;s prospective performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/SD-8-Gen-5-vs-Dimensity-9400-vs-Dimensity-9500_19990_18562_18724.247596.0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our benchmarks<\/a>, single-core averages of 2,673 put the Poco X8 Pro Max ahead of older\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Mediatek-Dimensity-9400-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.921380.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dimensity 9400<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Mediatek-Dimensity-9400-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.1015980.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dimensity 9400 Plus<\/a>-powered flagships but over 10% short of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-Gen-5-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.1152086.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Snapdragon 8 Gen 5<\/a>-powered\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/OnePlus-15R-launches-globally-with-new-Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-Gen-5-and-165-Hz-AMOLED-display.1187948.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OnePlus 15R<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/OnePlus-Dual-SIM-Unlocked-Smartphone-Snapdragon\/dp\/B0FXFZXCRG?tag=nbcnewsnet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">(curr. $699 on Amazon)<\/a>. Likewise, multi-core averages of 8,471 see the Poco X8 Pro Max coming up well short of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-Gen-5-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.1152086.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Snapdragon 8 Gen 5<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/MediaTek-Dimensity-9500-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.957550.0.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dimensity 9500<\/a>-powered devices we have tested so far. Currently, Xiaomi is expected to launch the Poco X8 Pro Max globally on March 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Based on other leaks, this will be the only RAM configuration in which the Poco X8 Pro Max&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[204940,1121,214,49,48,215,207,213,206,182882,216,212,208,209,1574,61,211,210,21663,204941,182881],"class_list":["post-518824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-2602bpc18g","tag-android","tag-benchmarks","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-graphics-card","tag-laptop","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-poco-x8-pro-max","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-smartphone","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-xiaomi","tag-xiaomi-2602bpc18g","tag-xiaomi-poco-x8-pro-max"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}