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POCO M5
A leather-textured budget 4G phone built around the Helio G99 - the most sensible chip choice in its class. Nothing else about it is remarkable, which at $189 is the point.
Pros
- Efficient Helio G99
- Distinctive leather-look back
- 5000mAh battery
- 90Hz display
Cons
- 720p-adjacent LCD quality
- 18W charging
- Mono speaker
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the POCO M5
Display
- Screen size
- 6.58 ″
- Panel type
- IPS LCD
- Resolution
- 2408x1080
- Pixel density
- 401 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 90 Hz
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio G99
- AnTuTu 10
- 555,354Top 72%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 730Top 83%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,010Top 81%
- RAM (max)
- 4 GB
- Storage options
- 64GB / 128GB
- Storage type
- eMMC 5.1
Camera
- Main camera
- 50 MP
- Main aperture
- f/1.8
- Max video
- 1080p@30fps
- Front camera
- 5 MP
- OIS
- No
Battery
- Capacity
- 5,000 mAh
- Wired charging
- 18 W
Design
- Weight
- 201 g
- Thickness
- 8.9 mm
- Frame material
- Plastic
Connectivity
- 5G
- No
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- USB-C 2.0
- eSIM
- No
Software
- OS at launch
- Android 12 (MIUI 13)
- OS update pledge
- 2 years
Audio
- Stereo speakers
- No
- 3.5mm jack
- Yes
Quick answers
Is the POCO M5 good in 2026?
The POCO M5 earns an Inno Score of 33.6/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. A leather-textured budget 4G phone built around the Helio G99 - the most sensible chip choice in its class. Nothing else about it is remarkable, which at $189 is the point.
What is the POCO M5 AnTuTu score?
The POCO M5 scores 555,354 points in AnTuTu 10. That puts it in the top 72% of the chips and devices we have measured in this category. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 730 single-core and 2,010 multi-core.
What are the key specs of the POCO M5?
Chipset: MediaTek Helio G99 · Screen size: 6.58 ″ · Capacity: 5,000 mAh · Main camera: 50 MP
What are the closest alternatives to the POCO M5?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are iPhone XS, Samsung Galaxy S10, iPhone XS Max — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
