Xiaomi Poco M6 Pro 5G vs M4 Pro 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.79-inch Xiaomi Poco M6 Pro 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2) that was released on August 5, 2023, against the Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 810 and came out 1 year and 9 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 M6 Pro 5G
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • The phone is 1 year and 9 months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 35% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 924 and 684 points
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G
  • Stereo speakers
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco M6 Pro 5G and M4 Pro 5G 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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4 / 64 GB
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4 / 64 GB
61.1
(Average)
Value Index
32.4
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.79 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2460 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 21:9 20:9
PPI 396 ppi 399 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 550 nits 450 nits
HDR support No No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 83.7% 84.9%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
Response time - 42 ms
Contrast - 700:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 168.6 mm (6.64 inches) 163.56 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 76.28 mm (3 inches) 75.78 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.17 mm (0.32 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP53
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Green Black, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
84.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco M6 Pro 5G and Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 MediaTek Dimensity 810
Max clock 2200 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A76
L3 cache - 2 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek NPU 3.0
GPU
Graphics Adreno 613 Mali-G57 MC2
GPU shading units 128 64
GPU clock 955 MHz 1068 MHz
FLOPS ~244.5 GFLOPS ~136.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco M6 Pro 5G and Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Single-core score 924 684
Multi-core score 2227 1900
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 201238 228631
GPU 46388 46684
Memory 157900 137506
UX 162869 157092
Total score 568395 569913
Samples [4 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test - 1 FPS
Graphics score - 150
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 360
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7846 8724
Video editing 4388 6058
Photo editing 18943 26572
Data manipulation 7576 7484
Writing score 12948 10586

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco M6 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Sharwin)AnTuTu 12561406
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (Arun gurjar)AnTuTu 11531608
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-10 (Potyshnuy)AnTuTu 11568395
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-08 (@sachu_ddx)AnTuTu 11590569
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-05 (Rugged Being)AnTuTu 11511594
Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-23 (Klim)AnTuTu 11569913
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Gab)AnTuTu 11560120

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 HyperOS 1.0
OS size - 13 GB

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (25% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:19 hr 1:07 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:59 hr
Watching video - 14:09 hr
Gaming - 05:54 hr
Standby - 123 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 Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens - 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Depth: 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/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor - Samsung JN1
Sensor size - 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.28 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 8 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Sensor - Sony IMX355
Sensor size - 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.14 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4920 x 3264
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.45
Sensor CMOS Omnivision OV16A10
Sensor size - 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.1
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* No 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 Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 18 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced August 2023 November 2021
Release date August 2023 November 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $150 $265
Successor - Xiaomi Poco M8 Pro 5G - Xiaomi Poco M8 Pro 5G
SAR (head) - 0.59 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1 W/kg
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 18 W Yes, 33 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, camera, performance, gaming, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco M6 Pro 5G. But if the battery life and sound are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G.

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