Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro vs Vivo iQOO Neo 9 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on May 23, 2024, against the Vivo iQOO Neo 9 Pro, which is powered by the same chip and came out 3 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 16% higher pixel density (526 vs 453 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO Neo 9 Pro
  • 35% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2386K versus 1767K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Weighs 19 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and Vivo iQOO Neo 9 Pro 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
79.9
(Good)
Value Index
177.9
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 526 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Schott Xensation Up
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1214 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 160.86 mm (6.33 inches) 163.53 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 75.68 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.21 mm (0.32 inches) 8.34 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Eco-leather
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black Black, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.1%
89.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and Vivo iQOO Neo 9 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
- 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
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 680 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and Vivo iQOO Neo 9 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5445
Compute Score (GPU)
9319
Compute Score (GPU) 8609 9319
Single-core score 1916 2009
Multi-core score 5305 5445
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1767128
2386903
CPU 573925 740543
GPU 430773 764361
Memory 319179 401230
UX 443251 480769
Total score 1767128 2386903
Samples [21 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 95% 84%
Graphics test 7 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 996 866
3DMark Solar Bay
4833
Graphics test 18 FPS 16 FPS
Section 1 21 FPS 19 FPS
Section 2 18 FPS 16 FPS
Section 3 16 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 4833 4286
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#169th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (kyryl)AnTuTu 111827319
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Ploxou)AnTuTu 111769525
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (TsukuGuru)AnTuTu 111751309
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-22 (ryu)AnTuTu 111687280
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-25 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 111838288
Vivo iQOO Neo 9 Pro
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14
ROM HyperOS 3 FuntouchOS 14
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5160 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (64% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 11 min)
Full charging time 0:27 hr 0:21 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:12 hr -
Watching video 09:49 hr -
Gaming 05:17 hr -
Standby 103 hr -
General battery life

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 Up to 24FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.9
Sensor OmniVision OVX8000 Sony IMX920
Sensor size 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch) 1/1.31" (β‰ˆ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 -
Sensor size 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 -
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.5
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 5.3 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
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* 20 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced May 2024 February 2024
Release date May 2024 February 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $490
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro - Vivo IQOO Neo 10 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on Poco F6 Pro:
    - The Chinese version of this phone released under Redmi K70 name.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Vivo iQOO Neo 9 Pro. But if the display and software are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro.

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