Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro vs Vivo iQOO Neo 9

64 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
VS
70 out of 100
Vivo iQOO Neo 9

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra) that was released on January 11, 2024, against the Vivo iQOO Neo 9, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 1 month 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 X6 Pro
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO Neo 9
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1819K versus 1604K)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 48% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2032 and 1370 points

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Vivo iQOO Neo 9 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
96.5
(Very good)
Value Index
114.7
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% -
PWM 1923 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1155 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 160.45 mm (6.32 inches) 163.53 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 74.34 mm (2.93 inches) 75.68 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) 8.34 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP54 -
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Yellow Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Vivo iQOO Neo 9
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3350 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
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
- 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 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MC6 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 1400 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Vivo iQOO Neo 9
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO Neo 9 +48%
2032
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO Neo 9 +26%
5692
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO Neo 9 +88%
9287
Compute Score (GPU) 4929 9287
Single-core score 1370 2032
Multi-core score 4509 5692
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1604305
iQOO Neo 9 +13%
1819685
CPU 482670 591408
GPU 432750 432514
Memory 299238 297458
UX 389647 498305
Total score 1604305 1819685
Samples [70 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
iQOO Neo 9 +28%
1090
Stability 85% 98%
Graphics test 6 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 852 1090
3DMark Solar Bay
iQOO Neo 9 +52%
5260
Graphics test 13 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 14 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 13 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 11 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 3458 5260
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 97%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3641
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14649 -
Video editing 6419 -
Photo editing 23328 -
Data manipulation 12555 -
Writing score 18403 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (192828)AnTuTu 121736165
📘 2026-09-22 (Rittik)AnTuTu 121800238
📘 2026-09-22 (Rittik)Geekbench 7 CPU1244 / 4214
📘 2026-09-19 (1222)AnTuTu 121746951
📘 2026-09-18 (Qing)AnTuTu 121686350
Vivo iQOO Neo 9
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-21 (meph1lesu_)AnTuTu 111862932
📘 2026-02-23 (MAKENZI)AnTuTu 111831926
📘 2026-01-25 -> KhiemTech05AnTuTu 111816571
📘 2026-01-25 (KhiêmTech)AnTuTu 111856957
📘 2026-01-20 (Mephilesu_)AnTuTu 111858274

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14
ROM HyperOS 3 OriginOS 4
OS size 36 GB -
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5160 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 18 min) Yes (40% in 9 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:21 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:53 hr -
Watching video 12:36 hr -
Gaming 05:17 hr -
Standby 101 hr -
General battery life
21:20 hr

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 Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Sony IMX920
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 Omnivision OV08D10
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 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 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 -
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.5
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 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 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 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 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
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* 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 -
Speakers test
Max loudness
90.3 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2024 December 2023
Release date January 2024 December 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $600
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max - Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global)
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Yes, 120 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Vivo iQOO Neo 9 is definitely a better buy.

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Julian May 4, 2024 at 08:05 AM
Planning to buy IQOO Neo 9 on my birthday and I'm looking forward to it!
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