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Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC vs Poco M3

50 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
VS
41 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco M3
Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
Xiaomi Poco M3

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G) that was released on September 7, 2020, against the Xiaomi Poco M3, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 and came out 3 months after. 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 X3 NFC
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • 65% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (536K versus 325K)
  • Delivers 45% higher peak brightness (636 against 440 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 12 versus 11
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 18W)
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco M3
  • Shows 24% longer battery life (29:39 vs 24:00 hours)
  • Comes with 840 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5160 mAh
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Weighs 17 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC and Poco M3 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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Currency
6 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
200.8
(Excellent)
Value Index
145.4
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco X3 NFC
vs
Poco M3

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 6.67 inches 6.53 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 450 nits 440 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 84.6% 83.4%
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 96.5%
PWM 2358 Hz 892 Hz
Response time 35.4 ms 36 ms
Contrast - 2214:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X3 NFC +45%
636 nits
Poco M3
440 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) 162.3 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 77.3 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 9.4 mm (0.37 inches) 9.6 mm (0.38 inches)
Weight 215 g (7.58 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Gray, Blue Black, Blue, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco X3 NFC +1%
84.6%
Poco M3
83.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC and Xiaomi Poco M3
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
Max clock 2300 MHz 2000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 8 nanometers 11 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 688 Hexagon 683
GPU
Graphics Adreno 618 Adreno 610
GPU shading units 256 128
GPU clock 800 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~409.6 GFLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC and Xiaomi Poco M3
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco X3 NFC +123%
754
Poco M3
338
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X3 NFC +67%
1876
Poco M3
1122
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco X3 NFC +167%
1279
Poco M3
479
Compute Score (GPU) 1279 479
Single-core score 754 338
Multi-core score 1876 1122
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X3 NFC +65%
536494
Poco M3
325844
CPU 203232 146000
GPU 53110 23060
Memory 98643 72520
UX 181509 84264
Total score 536494 325844
Samples [12 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 96%
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Graphics score 336 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco X3 NFC +49%
9394
Poco M3
6303
Web score 7961 5861
Video editing 6640 3698
Photo editing 17026 12581
Data manipulation 7986 5159
Writing score 10347 7436
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-17 (LywKessy)AnTuTu 12628215
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (KoKo)AnTuTu 12610548
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 (KoKo)AnTuTu 12592191
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (zzkyand__)AnTuTu 11548347
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-13 (dittt)AnTuTu 11544448
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Xiaomi Poco M3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Absabsabsbsa)AnTuTu 12391827
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Wayne)AnTuTu 11338756
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-06 (Linode)AnTuTu 11335094
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-13 (Linode)Geekbench 6 CPU338 / 1122
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-13 (Linode)AnTuTu 11335059
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 256 GB Up to 256 GB

Software

Operating system Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 11)
ROM MIUI 14 MIUI 12.5 Enhanced
OS size 20.5 GB 20.5 GB

Battery

Capacity 5160 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (55% in 30 min) Yes (25% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 3:00 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:56 hr 11:51 hr
Watching video 13:59 hr 15:49 hr
Gaming 05:35 hr 06:39 hr
Standby 116 hr 155 hr
General battery life
Poco X3 NFC
24:00 hr
Poco M3 +24%
29:39 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6920 4000 x 3000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Sensor Sony IMX682 Samsung S5KGM1
Sensor size 1/1.73" (β‰ˆ 0.58 inch) 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor - Hynix HI-259
Sensor size - 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 5963 x 3354 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.1
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.4" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.12 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 5.1 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- USB-Host mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes No
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 No
LTE Cat* 15 12
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco X3 NFC +5%
89.2 dB
Poco M3
85.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Budget
Announced September 2020 November 2020
Release date September 2020 December 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $245 $150
SAR (head) 0.558 W/kg -
SAR (body) 0.986 W/kg -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
*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 X3 NFC is definitely a better buy.

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