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Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro vs Nothing Phone (2a)

64 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
VS
63 out of 100
Nothing Phone (2a)
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
Nothing Phone (2a)

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra) that was released on January 11, 2024, against the Nothing Phone (2a), which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro and came out 2 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 (8)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
  • 63% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1604K versus 985K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 45W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (1146 against 977 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 394 PPI)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (2a)
  • Shows 40% longer battery life (29:55 vs 21:20 hours)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Nothing Phone (2a) 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
96.5
(Very good)
Value Index
71.4
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco X6 Pro
vs
Phone (2a)

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2412 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (30-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 87.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 99.3%
PWM 1923 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X6 Pro +17%
1146 nits
Phone (2a)
977 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.45 mm (6.32 inches) 161.7 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 74.34 mm (2.93 inches) 76.3 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Yellow White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco X6 Pro +3%
90%
Phone (2a)
87.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Nothing Phone (2a)
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro
Max clock 3350 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715		 - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 MediaTek APU 650
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MC6 Mali-G610 MC4
GPU shading units 768 256
GPU clock 1400 MHz 1130 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~578.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Nothing Phone (2a)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco X6 Pro +21%
1370
Phone (2a)
1133
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X6 Pro +75%
4509
Phone (2a)
2581
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco X6 Pro +21%
4929
Phone (2a)
4085
Compute Score (GPU) 4929 4085
Single-core score 1370 1133
Multi-core score 4509 2581
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X6 Pro +63%
1604305
Phone (2a)
985261
CPU 482670 363418
GPU 432750 172332
Memory 299238 158940
UX 389647 290571
Total score 1604305 985261
Samples [70 tests] [16 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco X6 Pro +90%
852
Phone (2a)
449
Stability 85% 98%
Graphics test 6 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 852 449
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 13 FPS -
Section 1 14 FPS -
Section 2 13 FPS -
Section 3 11 FPS -
Graphics score 3458 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14649 -
Video editing 6419 -
Photo editing 23328 -
Data manipulation 12555 -
Writing score 18403 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-02 -> uravinqAnTuTu 121745585
📘 2026-10-01 (Michael Cheng)AnTuTu 121933824
📘 2026-09-28 (Müller)AnTuTu 121893547
📘 2026-09-28 (Johan)AnTuTu 121773722
📘 2026-09-28 (Josh)AnTuTu 121748777
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Nothing Phone (2a)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Kaiser)AnTuTu 121001163
📘 2026-09-19 (Vedurijuht2425)AnTuTu 121045921
📘 2026-07-12 (note8techh)AnTuTu 11984744
📘 2026-05-06 (legusk)AnTuTu 111025139
📘 2026-04-13 (Divyanshu Raj)AnTuTu 111006410
Add View all (22)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3 Nothing OS 3.0
OS size 36 GB 21 GB
OS updates 2 years 3 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 45 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 18 min) Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:53 hr 11:32 hr
Watching video 12:36 hr 18:30 hr
Gaming 05:17 hr 06:26 hr
Standby 101 hr 148 hr
General battery life
Poco X6 Pro
21:20 hr
Phone (2a) +40%
29:55 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Samsung ISOCELL GN9
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Smartsens SC202PCS -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 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 6 (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 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 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes No
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
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco X6 Pro +2%
90.3 dB
Phone (2a)
88.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2024 March 2024
Release date January 2024 March 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $329
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max - Nothing Phone (4a)
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Poco X6 Pro:
    - There is an eco-leather version of the X6 Pro that is 4 grams heavier and 0.10 mm thicker.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro. But if the camera and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Nothing Phone (2a).

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
271 (79.9%)
68 (20.1%)
Total votes: 339

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Nothing 2a August 15, 2024 at 01:03 AM
The UFS 2.2 is wrong it uses UFS 3.1 lol and LPDDR5.
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POCO Fanboy June 5, 2024 at 07:30 PM
Poco x6 pro 5g is a better device in terms of display and processor which does not mean that the Dymensity 7200 pro of the Nothing phone 2(a) is not enough to perform any daily task, in the contrary, it performs very well at gaming, giving 60FPS at Smooth+Extreme graphics at PUBG. Talking about the Nothing phone 2(a), it is better in terms of OS (it has no blockware as the HyperOS of Poco x6 pro), the battery of the nothing phone is also better (in gaming with the maximum brightness and 4G Wi-fi network it lasts for 6h30min while the poco just lasts for 5h15min). The camera in both devices are good, especially looking at the price, but sometimes, depending on the environment, the photos will be better in one device than in the other, for example night photoes are mostly more bright on the nothing phone which some people will like more and other not much. In general terms i would say that the Nothing phone 2(a) is a better device, because even if it does not have such a powerfull processor as the poco, it´s enugh for any daily task. Also the nothing has a better OS which will give you a better experience as user, and other fact in favour of teh nothing phone is that i have hear about some issues of the Poco x6 pro motherboard and i also have noticed that sometimes there is a bit of dilay when using phone. Also mention that the poco x6 pro does not have proximity sensor as the nothing phone, it uses the speaker and the microphone has a proximity sensor, which most of the time doesn´t works well. -I have been a user of both devices and i have written this article based on my own experience using both phones. My conclusion is that the Nothing Phone 2(a) is a more balanced device.
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poconothing April 22, 2024 at 07:05 AM
Which is better for long-term use (4-5 years)?
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nox April 23, 2024 at 11:14 AM
I would recommend the X6 Pro because it has LPDDR5X and UFS 4.0. Plus, it also features a much stronger SoC compared to the 2A.
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sizzler March 12, 2024 at 06:36 PM
Along with the tech specs, another important dimension is to understand the OS aspect: HyperOS vs NothingOS
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Saptarshi March 10, 2024 at 02:52 AM
I believe you would be better off adding a little extra to your budget and purchasing the Poco X6 Pro.
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BlackBeast March 8, 2024 at 10:02 AM
There appear to be a number of inaccuracies on the spec sheet for the Phone 2a. Ideally, the camera scores should outperform those of the Poco X6 Pro based on real-world tests seen in review videos. Moreover, the weight of the Phone 2a is around 189-190g, so it's almost the same as the X6 Pro. There are also errors in the build quality details, which need correction. Contrary to the comparison that suggests the back panel and frame are made of glass and metal, they are actually plastic. Finally, numerous reviews indicate that both of the rear sensors are made by Samsung. Therefore, it might be worth verifying whether the primary sensor is actually made by Sony or Samsung.
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Everything April 13, 2024 at 05:12 PM
Everything is absolutely correct. You need to update your knowledge - the camera of the Poco X6 Pro is far superior to having nothing at all.
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