Sony Xperia 1 VI vs Google Pixel 6 Pro
79
out of 100
VS
66
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.5-inch Sony Xperia 1 VI (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on May 15, 2024, against the Google Pixel 6 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor and came out 2 years and 7 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Sony Xperia 1 VI
- 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2096K versus 1010K)
- Shows 58% longer battery life (29:19 vs 18:34 hours)
- The rear camera has a 7.1x optical zoom
- Delivers 52% higher peak brightness (1322 against 868 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- The phone is 2 years and 7 months newer
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 6 Pro
- 30% higher pixel density (513 vs 396 PPI)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.5 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1440 x 3120 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 396 ppi | 513 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.5% | 88.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 98.5% |
| PWM | - | 360 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162 mm (6.38 inches) | 163.9 mm (6.45 inches) |
| Width | 74 mm (2.91 inches) | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 192 g (6.77 oz) | 210 g (7.41 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Green | White, Black, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Google Tensor |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex-A76 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X1 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Tensor Processing Unit |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Mali-G78 MP20 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 850 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1085.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Single-core score | 2125 | 1477 |
| Multi-core score | 6119 | 3595 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 562725 | 365546 |
| GPU | 735671 | 169803 |
| Memory | 319925 | 178763 |
| UX | 478260 | 295913 |
| Total score | 2096581 | 1010025 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [17 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 68% | 66% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1553 | 670 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 20 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 7505 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 59% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1899 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14369 | 9483 |
| Video editing | 8074 | 6934 |
| Photo editing | 33057 | 19835 |
| Data manipulation | 16875 | 12712 |
| Writing score | 19796 | 16245 |
Recent User Tests
Sony Xperia 1 VI
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-19 (Belgieca) | AnTuTu 11 | 2096581 |
Google Pixel 6 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-29 (rulz_103) | AnTuTu 12 | 1225085 |
| 📘 2026-08-04 (nguyen van nguyen) | AnTuTu 11 | 990021 |
| 📘 2026-05-30 (Khakan Ali) | AnTuTu 11 | 1138804 |
| 📘 2026-03-31 (Albert Wesker) | AnTuTu 11 | 918665 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (Ivan2010shadoy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1111076 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | - | Stock Android |
| OS size | - | 14 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5003 mAh |
| Max charge power | 30 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes | Yes (23 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:59 hr |
| Web browsing | 11:45 hr | 06:56 hr |
| Watching video | 20:22 hr | 10:55 hr |
| Gaming | 07:25 hr | 04:56 hr |
| Standby | 127 hr | 94 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#58th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 7.1x | Optical, 4x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 114° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX888 | Samsung GN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.35" (≈ 0.74 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.3 - 3.5 | f/3.5 |
| Focal length | 170 mm | 104 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX650 | Sony IMX586 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | 17 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX563 | Sony IMX386 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.25 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 6 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 11.1 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 3840 x 2880 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX663 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 143 |
| Video | - | 115 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2024 | October 2021 |
| Release date | June 2024 | October 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1399 | $900 |
| Successor | - Sony Xperia 1 VII | - Google Pixel 10 Pro |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Xperia 1 VI:
- Wi-Fi 7 support depends on the region.
*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 Sony Xperia 1 VI is definitely a better buy.
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