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Xiaomi Poco F6 vs Poco F4

65 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F6
VS
54 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F4
Xiaomi Poco F6
Xiaomi Poco F4

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 F4, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and came out 1 year and 11 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 Xiaomi Poco F6
  • 78% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1784K versus 1002K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Water-resistant body (IP64 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 67W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Delivers 21% higher peak brightness (1216 against 1001 nits)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 11 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F4
  • Shows 11% longer battery life (19:09 vs 17:19 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F6 and Poco F4 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Poco F6
57*
Poco F4
47*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Poco F6
65*
Poco F4
54*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
94.0
(Very good)
Value Index
62.6
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F6
vs
Poco F4

Display

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 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 86.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.1% 97.3%
PWM 60 Hz 443 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F6 +21%
1216 nits
Poco F4
1001 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) 163.2 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) 75.95 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.7 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 179 g (6.31 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
Waterproof IP64 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Green Black, Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F6 +4%
89.9%
Poco F4
86.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F6 and Xiaomi Poco F4
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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
GPU
Graphics Adreno 735 Adreno 650
GPU shading units 768 768
GPU clock 1100 MHz 670 MHz
FLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS ~1029.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F6 and Xiaomi Poco F4
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F6 +46%
1892
Poco F4
1298
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F6 +35%
4769
Poco F4
3520
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F6 +197%
9762
Poco F4
3291
Compute Score (GPU) 9762 3291
Single-core score 1892 1298
Multi-core score 4769 3520
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F6 +78%
1784363
Poco F4
1002919
CPU 523012 400129
GPU 514765 190347
Memory 345707 154414
UX 400879 258029
Total score 1784363 1002919
Samples [84 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F6
1033
Poco F4
n/a
Stability 90% -
Graphics test 8 FPS -
Graphics score 1033 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Poco F6
4994
Poco F4
n/a
Graphics test 19 FPS -
Section 1 21 FPS -
Section 2 19 FPS -
Section 3 16 FPS -
Graphics score 4994 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco F6
n/a
Poco F4
1232
Stability - 90%
Graphics test - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 1232
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco F6
15232
Poco F4
n/a
Web score 14401 -
Video editing 7665 -
Photo editing 26444 -
Data manipulation 14276 -
Writing score 18485 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F6
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 -> NeroSSSrankAnTuTu 121987539
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (itzmelvl8)AnTuTu 122030011
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Nikolas)AnTuTu 121720086
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (PenIsVrot)AnTuTu 121889355
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Rukoo_Blood)AnTuTu 111820000
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Xiaomi Poco F4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Shiro1577)AnTuTu 121179210
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (sayato)AnTuTu 121239133
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (alvyan)AnTuTu 121096940
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (DisnaroπŸ‡§πŸ‡·)AnTuTu 111029687
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (fx_one_love)AnTuTu 111090236
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 23 GB 24 GB
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 67 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 (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:37 hr 0:39 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:19 hr 07:39 hr
Watching video 10:39 hr 12:20 hr
Gaming 05:08 hr 04:57 hr
Standby 86 hr 88 hr
General battery life
Poco F6
17:19 hr
Poco F4 +11%
19:09 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 9000 x 7000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 25 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 OmniVision OV64B
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 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
Sensor Sony IMX355 Omnivision OV8856
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - GalaxyCore GC02M1
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.45
Sensor Omnivision OV20B Sony IMX596
Sensor size - 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 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 30 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 MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
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 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 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
Poco F6 +5%
90.5 dB
Poco F4
86.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced May 2024 June 2022
Release date May 2024 June 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $400
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F7 - Xiaomi Poco F7
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Yes, 67 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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
65 (47.1%)
73 (52.9%)
Total votes: 138

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