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Realme 6 Pro vs Apple iPhone XS

44 out of 100
Realme 6 Pro
VS
49 out of 100
Apple iPhone XS
Realme 6 Pro
Apple iPhone XS

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.6-inch Realme 6 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G) that was released on March 5, 2020, against the Apple iPhone XS, which is powered by Apple A12 Bionic and came out 1 year and 6 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  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 Realme 6 Pro
  • Comes with 1642 mAh larger battery capacity: 4300 vs 2658 mAh
  • Has a 0.8 inch larger screen size
  • Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
  • Shows 34% longer battery life (21:33 vs 16:06 hours)
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports higher wattage charging (30W versus 15W)
  • The phone is 1 year and 6 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone XS
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (756K versus 535K)
  • Delivers 52% higher peak brightness (631 against 416 nits)
  • Handles Qi wireless charging up to 10W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Stereo speakers
  • 15% higher pixel density (458 vs 399 PPI)
  • OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Realme 6 Pro and Apple iPhone XS 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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6 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
204.5
(Excellent)
Value Index
99.9
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Realme 6 Pro
vs
iPhone XS

Display

Type IPS LCD OLED
Size 6.6 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1125 x 2436 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 399 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 480 nits 625 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84.7% 81.1%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 98.4% 98.8%
PWM 2336 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 28.4 ms 4.4 ms
Contrast 1195:1 ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Realme 6 Pro
6.6β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
iPhone XS
5.8β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 12.8 in2
~27% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Realme 6 Pro
416 nits
iPhone XS +52%
631 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.8 mm (6.45 inches) 143.6 mm (5.65 inches)
Width 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) 70.9 mm (2.79 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 7.7 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 202 g (7.13 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
Waterproof No IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Blue, Red, Orange Silver, Gold, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Screen-to-body ratio
Realme 6 Pro +4%
84.7%
iPhone XS
81.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Realme 6 Pro and Apple iPhone XS
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G Apple A12 Bionic
Max clock 2300 MHz 2490 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)		 - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Tempest
- 2 cores at 2.49 GHz: Vortex
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 8 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 692 Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 618 Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock 750 MHz 1125 MHz
FLOPS ~384 GFLOPS ~576 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Realme 6 Pro and Apple iPhone XS
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Realme 6 Pro
756
iPhone XS +73%
1306
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Realme 6 Pro
1808
iPhone XS +53%
2770
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 1234 -
Single-core score 756 1306
Multi-core score 1808 2770
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Realme 6 Pro
535398
iPhone XS +41%
756483
CPU 218600 229658
GPU 48486 -
Memory 104887 141831
UX 163425 384994
Total score 535398 756483
Samples [3 tests] [5 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 61%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1446
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Realme 6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 -> naufallAnTuTu 11537053
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-11 (Zxcqverr)AnTuTu 11535398
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (gubebe96)AnTuTu 11526086
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-26 (Zeus3.0)Geekbench 6 GPU1234
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-26 (Zeus3.0)Geekbench 6 CPU756 / 1808
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Apple iPhone XS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-31 (Π”ΠΈΠΌΠ°)AnTuTu 11644981
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386Geekbench 6 GPU7868
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386Geekbench 6 CPU1306 / 2770
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-12 -> GiahuyAnTuTu 11756483
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-05 (tomoclaude)AnTuTu 11655571
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 NVMe
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 256 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) iOS 12 (Can be upgraded to iOS 18.7)
ROM Realme UI -
OS size 15 GB 11.8 GB

Battery

Capacity 4300 mAh 2658 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes, Qi (10 W)
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes, VOOC 4.0 (100% in 57 min) Yes (50% in 60 min)
Full charging time 0:57 hr 2:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:59 hr 05:44 hr
Watching video 11:41 hr 09:44 hr
Gaming 05:09 hr 03:54 hr
Standby 108 hr 84 hr
General battery life
Realme 6 Pro +34%
21:33 hr
iPhone XS
16:06 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 2x
Flash LED Quad LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
4) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung Bright S5KGW1 Apple iSight X
Sensor size 1/1.72" (β‰ˆ 0.58 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.4 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.4
Focal length 54 mm 52 mm
Sensor size 1/3.4" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch) 1/3.4" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.5 -
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 22 mm -
Sensor size 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 7 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 3088 x 2316
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 32 mm
Sensor Sony IMX471 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS
Additional lens 8 MP, 1/4.0" -
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.1 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP SPP, PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, HDP, GAP, GAVDP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C No
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 6 16
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Realme 6 Pro
82 dB
iPhone XS +6%
87.3 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced March 2020 September 2018
Release date March 2020 September 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $230 $1000
Successor - - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) 1.19 W/kg 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) 0.92 W/kg 0.99 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
*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 Apple iPhone XS is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
7 (87.5%)
1 (12.5%)
Total votes: 8

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