Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro vs Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G
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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 Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
- 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1604K versus 809K)
- Delivers 44% higher peak brightness (1146 against 796 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 394 PPI)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- 35% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1370 and 1017 points
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Shows 20% longer battery life (25:33 vs 21:20 hours)
- Water-resistant body (IP65 classification)
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| 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) | No |
| Max rated brightness | - | 950 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1800 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | - |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 90.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.7% | - |
| PWM | 1923 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.45 mm (6.32 inches) | 161.47 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 74.34 mm (2.93 inches) | 74.02 mm (2.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 186 g (6.56 oz) | 196 g (6.91 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP54 | IP65 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | - |
| Frame material | Plastic | - |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Yellow | Blue, Red, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.37/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 3350 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| 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 |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 780 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali G615 MC6 | Adreno 710 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1400 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4929 | - |
| Single-core score | 1370 | 1017 |
| Multi-core score | 4509 | 2893 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 482670 | 318536 |
| GPU | 432750 | 73437 |
| Memory | 299238 | 201727 |
| UX | 389647 | 216075 |
| Total score | 1604305 | 809775 |
| Samples | [70 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 85% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 852 | 254 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 14 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 13 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3458 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14649 | 12777 |
| Video editing | 6419 | 6844 |
| Photo editing | 23328 | 33125 |
| Data manipulation | 12555 | 9081 |
| Writing score | 18403 | 13862 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Putrz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1440126 |
| 📘 2026-10-02 -> uravinq | AnTuTu 12 | 1745585 |
| 📘 2026-10-01 (Michael Cheng) | AnTuTu 12 | 1933824 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 (Müller) | AnTuTu 12 | 1893547 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 (Johan) | AnTuTu 12 | 1773722 |
Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-10-12 -> vlaxouke | AnTuTu 11 | 818692 |
| 📘 2025-09-30 -> vlaxouke | AnTuTu 11 | 809775 |
| 📘 2025-09-30 -> vlaxouke | AnTuTu 11 | 798429 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| 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 | Realme UI 6.0 |
| OS size | 36 GB | - |
| OS updates | 2 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 2 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 67 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 (81% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:45 hr | 0:43 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 800 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:53 hr | 10:56 hr |
| Watching video | 12:36 hr | 15:00 hr |
| Gaming | 05:17 hr | 05:28 hr |
| Standby | 101 hr | 121 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9000 x 7000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| 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) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 112° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV64B | Sony IMX890 |
| 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 |
| Image resolution | - | 64 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 71 mm |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV64B |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 16 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08D10 | Hynix HI-846 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 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 | 6560 x 4928 |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 22 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV16A1Q | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 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 30 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 | 5.2 |
| 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 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 18 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | January 2024 | January 2024 |
| Release date | January 2024 | January 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $360 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max | - Realme 14 Pro Plus 5G |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Yes, 67 W |
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 display, performance, gaming, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro. But if the camera, battery life, and design are more of a priority – go for the Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G.
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