Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro vs F6 Pro

90 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro
VS
68 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series) that was released on September 1, 2026, against the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 2 years and 4 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 F9 Pro
  • Delivers 242% higher peak brightness (4098 against 1200 nits)
  • Shows 85% longer battery life (35:27 vs 19:08 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 2.5x optical zoom
  • 83% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3228K versus 1767K)
  • Comes with 1330 mAh larger battery capacity: 6330 vs 5000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The phone is 2 years and 4 months newer
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
  • 26% higher pixel density (526 vs 419 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F9 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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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 88% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro to Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: battery life, gaming, and camera.

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 185 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2200 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 10000 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 89.9% 89.1%
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)
Poco F9 Pro +242%
4098 nits
1200 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.49 mm (6.2 inches) 160.86 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 75.25 mm (2.96 inches) 74.95 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 8.79 mm (0.35 inches) 8.21 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 209 g (7.37 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
89.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 V Series Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 4600 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 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 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 1200 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2457.6 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F9 Pro and Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3377
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10344
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F9 Pro +102%
17372
Compute Score (GPU) 17372 8609
Single-core score 3377 1916
Multi-core score 10344 5305
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3228426
1767128
CPU 959225 573925
GPU 1064864 430773
Memory 500444 319179
UX 703893 443251
Total score 3228426 1767128
Samples Less than 3 [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 F9 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 (Mj)AnTuTu 113457874
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-26 (@kyryl202)AnTuTu 122010196
📘 2026-10-24 (flyyy)AnTuTu 111781411
📘 2026-10-03 (Fraeier)AnTuTu 111779881
📘 2026-09-27 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 121974839
📘 2026-08-25 (kyryl)AnTuTu 111827319

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 4 years 2 years
Security updates - 2 years

Battery

Capacity 6330 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (64% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 0:27 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:00 hr 07:12 hr
Watching video 25:47 hr 09:49 hr
Gaming 07:46 hr 05:17 hr
Standby 136 hr 103 hr
General battery life
35:27 hr
19:08 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2.5x Digital
Flash 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 1920 FPS (1080p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 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
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP5 OmniVision OVX8000
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 60 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.2
Focal length - 16 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX355
Sensor size - 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 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32D Omnivision OV16A1Q
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 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 6.0 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* Depends on the region 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
88.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced September 2026 May 2024
Release date September 2026 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $499
Successor - - Xiaomi Poco F9 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 F9 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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