Xiaomi Poco F6 vs Poco F3
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F6 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3) that was released on May 23, 2024, against the Xiaomi Poco F3, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G and came out 3 years and 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F6
- 76% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1784K versus 1014K)
- Delivers 70% higher peak brightness (1214 against 715 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Optical image stabilization
- Water-resistant body (IP64 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 33W)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
- The phone is 3 years and 3 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F3
- Shows 15% longer battery life (19:59 vs 17:19 hours)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
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 | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 395 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2400 nits | 700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 85.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.1% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 60 Hz | 490 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) | 163.7 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 179 g (6.31 oz) | 196 g (6.91 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP64 | IP53 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Green | White, Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon 698 |
| Graphics | Adreno 735 | Adreno 650 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 670 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS | ~1029.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9762 | 3392 |
| Single-core score | 1892 | 1125 |
| Multi-core score | 4769 | 3176 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 523012 | 390209 |
| GPU | 514765 | 183875 |
| Memory | 345707 | 166763 |
| UX | 400879 | 274110 |
| Total score | 1784363 | 1014957 |
| Samples | [84 tests] | [35 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 90% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1033 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 21 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 19 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 16 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 4994 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 90% |
| Graphics test | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1213 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14401 | 8717 |
| Video editing | 7665 | 6160 |
| Photo editing | 26444 | 28589 |
| Data manipulation | 14276 | 8731 |
| Writing score | 18485 | 14382 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco F6
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-14 (Limhi León) | AnTuTu | 1852696 |
| 📘 2026-08-19 (oxterspvce) | CPU Throttle | 89% |
| 📘 2026-08-19 (oxterspvce) | GeekBench GPU | 9159 |
| 📘 2026-08-19 (oxterspvce) | GeekBench GPU | 8746 |
| 📘 2026-08-19 (oxterspvce) | GeekBench CPU | 1473 / 4286 |
Xiaomi Poco F3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-23 (Ян) | AnTuTu | 983640 |
| 📘 2026-08-22 (DAP) | AnTuTu | 986264 |
| 📘 2026-08-01 (Gats) | AnTuTu | 1045854 |
| 📘 2026-06-25 (Ян) | GeekBench CPU | 1081 / 2905 |
| 📘 2026-06-25 (Ян) | AnTuTu | 978310 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | HyperOS 1.0 |
| OS size | 23 GB | 21 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | - |
| Security updates | 4 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4520 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 33 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 12 min) | Yes (67% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:37 hr | 0:56 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:19 hr | 08:42 hr |
| Watching video | 10:39 hr | 12:58 hr |
| Gaming | 05:08 hr | 05:31 hr |
| Standby | 86 hr | 85 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 119° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX882 | Sony IMX582 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 5 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 50 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5K5E8 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.75 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 20 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3888 | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV20B | Samsung S5K3T2 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, HID, 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 |
| DisplayPort | No | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 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 | March 2021 |
| Release date | May 2024 | March 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $379 | $350 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco F7 | - Xiaomi Poco F7 |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 90 W | - |
*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 Xiaomi Poco F6 is definitely a better buy.
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