Oppo Realme 8 Pro vs Realme 6 Pro
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.4-inch Oppo Realme 8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G) that was released on March 24, 2021, against the Oppo Realme 6 Pro, which is powered by the same chip and came out 13 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Oppo Realme 8 Pro
- Shows 17% longer battery life (37:28 vs 32:09 hours)
- Delivers 49% higher peek brightness (621 against 418 nits)
- More recent OS version: Android 12 versus 11
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Super AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- The phone is 1-year and 1-month newer
- Weighs 26 grams less
Reasons to consider the Oppo Realme 6 Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.4 inches | 6.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 409 ppi | 399 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 430 nits | 480 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1000 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | No |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.3% | 84.7% |
| Display features | - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
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| RGB color space | 99.9% | 98.4% |
| PWM | 114 Hz | 2336 Hz |
| Response time | 7 ms | 28.4 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 1195:1 |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.6 mm (6.32 inches) | 163.8 mm (6.45 inches) |
| Width | 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) | 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 176 gramm (6.21 oz) | 202 gramm (7.13 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | No |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Yellow | Blue, Red, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in home button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G |
| Max. clock | 2300 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) |
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Lithography process | 8 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 618 | Adreno 618 |
| GPU clock | 750 MHz | 800 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~435 GFLOPS | ~435 GFLOPS |
| RAM size | 6, 8 GB | 6, 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64, 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max. size | Up to 512 GB | Up to 256 GB |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 106626 | 102953 |
| GPU | 87560 | 90578 |
| Memory | 60532 | 53199 |
| UX | 90802 | 99445 |
| Total score | 343345 | 343882 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1050 | 775 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 8979 | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) |
| ROM | Realme UI 3.0 | Realme UI |
| OS size | 13 GB | 15 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 4300 mAh |
| Charge power | 50 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (88% in 30 min) | Yes, VOOC 4.0 (100% in 57 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:39 hr | 0:57 hr |
| Web browsing | 12:52 hr | 12:44 hr |
| Watching video | 17:32 hr | 11:21 hr |
| Gaming | 06:03 hr | 05:29 hr |
| Standby | 119 hr | 107 hr |
General battery life
Mobile Phone Battery Life Ranking (45th and 144th place)
Camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12032 x 9204 | 9000 x 7000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 119° |
| Lenses | 4 (108 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) | 4 (64 MP + 12 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 108 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 0.7 micron - Sensor: 1/1.52", Samsung S5KHM2 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 64 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.72", Samsung Bright S5KGW1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
| Telephoto lens | - | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.5 - Focal length: 54 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.4" (CMOS) |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.3 - Focal length: 16 mm - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/4.0" (CMOS) |
- 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.5 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/4.0" |
| Monochrome lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
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| Macro lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
- 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 22 mm - Pixel size: 1.75 micron - Sensor: 1/5.0" (CMOS) |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Oppo Realme 8 Pro from DxOMark | - |
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4920 x 3264 | 4920 x 3264 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 1 microns | 1 microns |
| Sensor type | Exmor-RS CMOS | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" | 1/3.1" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 120 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5.1 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 15 | 6 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | Yes |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | - | Yes |
Speakers test
Max. loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2021 | March 2020 |
| Release date | March 2021 | March 2020 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.19 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.92 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Oppo Realme 8 Pro. But if the sound is more of a priority – go for the Oppo Realme 6 Pro.
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