Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro vs F6 Pro

86 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
VS
69 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on November 26, 2025, against the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 1 year 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
  • Delivers 188% higher peak brightness (3498 against 1214 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • Shows 57% longer battery life (30:03 vs 19:08 hours)
  • 77% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3124K versus 1767K)
  • Comes with 1210 mAh larger battery capacity: 6210 vs 5000 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
  • 26% higher pixel density (526 vs 419 PPI)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro and F6 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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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
87.5
(Very good)
Value Index
79.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1156 x 2510 pixels 1440 x 3200 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 419 ppi 526 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 4000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.5%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F8 Pro +188%
3498 nits
1214 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.5 mm (6.2 inches) 160.86 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) 74.95 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.21 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 209 g (7.37 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.63/5) -
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
90%
89.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 4470 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 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
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3013
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9287
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F8 Pro +113%
18324
Compute Score (GPU) 18324 8609
Single-core score 3013 1916
Multi-core score 9287 5305
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3124552
1767128
CPU 947041 573925
GPU 1160694 430773
Memory 387566 319179
UX 629251 443251
Total score 3124552 1767128
Samples [32 tests] [21 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 95%
Graphics test - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 996
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 18 FPS
Section 1 - 21 FPS
Section 2 - 18 FPS
Section 3 - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 4833
Sources: 3DMark [5]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-20 (Kain Le Main)AnTuTu 123251600
📘 2026-08-07 -> Jayjellyjafetjessy_88AnTuTu 113084676
📘 2026-07-31 (Takehashi)AnTuTu 113167640
📘 2026-07-22 (Chilliadx)AnTuTu 113043142
📘 2026-06-12 (Filbert)AnTuTu 113050130
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-25 (kyryl)AnTuTu 111827319
📘 2026-08-21 (Ploxou)AnTuTu 111769525
📘 2026-07-16 (TsukuGuru)AnTuTu 111751309
📘 2026-06-22 (ryu)AnTuTu 111687280
📘 2026-05-25 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 111838288

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3
OS updates 5 years 2 years
Security updates - 2 years

Battery

Capacity 6210 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (80% in 30 min) Yes (64% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:39 hr 0:27 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:55 hr 07:12 hr
Watching video 21:09 hr 09:49 hr
Gaming 07:36 hr 05:17 hr
Standby 122 hr 103 hr
General battery life
30:03 hr
19:08 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 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 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800 OmniVision OVX8000
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 60 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50M -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.612 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 16 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08F Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 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" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 24 mm
Sensor CMOS Omnivision OV16A1Q
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 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 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 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version - 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes 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
93 dB
88.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced November 2025 May 2024
Release date November 2025 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $579 $499
Successor - - Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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