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Fairphone 6 vs Fairphone 5

66 out of 100
Fairphone 6
VS
53 out of 100
Fairphone 5
Fairphone 6
Fairphone 5

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.31-inch Fairphone 6 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) that was released on June 25, 2025, against the Fairphone 5, which is powered by Qualcomm QCM6490 and came out 1 year and 10 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory 8 / 256 GB
  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Fairphone 6
  • 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1027K versus 736K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 1 year and 10 months newer
  • Weighs 19 grams less
Reasons to consider the Fairphone 5
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Fairphone 6 and Fairphone 5 crucial features
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.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
31.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
11.9
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Fairphone 6
vs
Fairphone 5

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.31 inches 6.46 inches
Resolution 1116 x 2484 pixels 1224 x 2700 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 432 ppi 459 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 880 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 83.9% 82.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97.2% 99.8%
PWM 120 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 2 ms 6 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Fairphone 6
739 nits
Fairphone 5 +5%
776 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 156.5 mm (6.16 inches) 161.6 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) 75.83 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 9.6 mm (0.38 inches) 9.6 mm (0.38 inches)
Weight 193 g (6.81 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
Waterproof IP55 IP55
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Repairability Excellent (4.77/5) Excellent (4.37/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 300 drops Excellent (A) · 300 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Fairphone 6 +2%
83.9%
Fairphone 5
82.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Fairphone 6 and Fairphone 5
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm QCM6490
Max clock 2500 MHz 2700 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) -
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)		 -
Manufacturing TSMC -
Lithography process 4 nanometers -
Neural processor (NPU) Yes -
GPU
Graphics Adreno 810 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 256 -
GPU clock 1050 MHz 812 MHz
FLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS -

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Fairphone 6 and Fairphone 5
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Fairphone 6 +4%
1161
Fairphone 5
1121
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Fairphone 6 +13%
3390
Fairphone 5
2990
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4823 -
Single-core score 1161 1121
Multi-core score 3390 2990
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Fairphone 6 +39%
1027025
Fairphone 5
736307
CPU 417057 256966
GPU 181597 154721
Memory 192786 104511
UX 235585 220109
Total score 1027025 736307
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Fairphone 6 +35%
413
Fairphone 5
305
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 3 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 413 305
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Fairphone 6 +41%
13160
Fairphone 5
9363
Web score 13557 7145
Video editing 7169 5798
Photo editing 21690 18366
Data manipulation 11111 8463
Writing score 16942 11497
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 2048 GB Up to 2048 GB

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
OS size - 30 GB
OS updates 8 years 8 years
Security updates 8 years -

Battery

Capacity 4415 mAh 4200 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable Yes Yes
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 25 min) Yes (50% in 20 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:05 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1300 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 06:03 hr
Watching video - 10:08 hr
Gaming - 04:16 hr
Standby - 117 hr
General battery life
Fairphone 6
n/a
Fairphone 5
19:25 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Depth
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Sensor Sony LYTIA-700C Sony IMX800
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor - Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 45
Preview - 64
Zoom - 79
Samples - Photo samples of Fairphone 5 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.45
Sensor Samsung KD1 Samsung JN1
Sensor size 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Optical Digital
Video resolution 1440p at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.0
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Fairphone 6 +3%
90 dB
Fairphone 5
87.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced June 2025 August 2023
Release date June 2025 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $699
SAR (head) 0.48 W/kg 0.4 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.38 W/kg 0.847 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Fairphone 6 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
28 (84.8%)
5 (15.2%)
Total votes: 33

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