Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro vs 12T Pro

64 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
VS
66 out of 100
Xiaomi 12T Pro

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 Xiaomi 12T Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 3 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 X6 Pro
  • Delivers 26% higher peak brightness (1155 against 917 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 1 year and 3 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • Weighs 19 grams less
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12T Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 67W)
  • 35% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1853 and 1370 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and 12T Pro 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
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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
96.5
(Very good)
Value Index
72.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits 900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 86.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 98.2%
PWM 1923 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1155 nits
917 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.45 mm (6.32 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 74.34 mm (2.93 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Yellow Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90%
86.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Xiaomi 12T Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Max clock 3350 MHz 3190 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 4 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MC6 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 768 1024
GPU clock 1400 MHz 900 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Xiaomi 12T Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
12T Pro +35%
1853
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12T Pro +8%
4890
Compute Score (GPU)
12T Pro +132%
11424
Compute Score (GPU) 4929 11424
Single-core score 1370 1853
Multi-core score 4509 4890
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1604305
1469638
CPU 482670 561039
GPU 432750 242939
Memory 299238 255410
UX 389647 410250
Total score 1604305 1469638
Samples [70 tests] [27 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
852
836
Stability 85% 98%
Graphics test 6 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 852 836
3DMark Solar Bay
n/a
Graphics test 13 FPS -
Section 1 14 FPS -
Section 2 13 FPS -
Section 3 11 FPS -
Graphics score 3458 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
2791
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 2791
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13963
n/a
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
📘 2026-09-14 (67)GeekBench GPU5243
📘 2026-09-14 (67)GeekBench CPU1403 / 4649
📘 2026-09-14 (Zix)AnTuTu1623585
📘 2026-09-13 (67-2)AnTuTu1833656
📘 2026-08-08 (atrix6)AnTuTu1704521
Xiaomi 12T Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon)AnTuTu1505289
📘 2026-07-21 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu1502303
📘 2026-07-06 (Mihai)AnTuTu1469069
📘 2026-07-02 (Mihai)AnTuTu1490479
📘 2026-07-01 (Mihai)AnTuTu1469069

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 3
OS size 36 GB 33 GB
OS updates 2 years 3 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 120 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 (50% in 7 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:53 hr 08:18 hr
Watching video 12:36 hr 12:36 hr
Gaming 05:17 hr 05:04 hr
Standby 101 hr 94 hr
General battery life
21:20 hr
20:18 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 12288 x 16384
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 1920 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 25 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Samsung HP1
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/1.22" (≈ 0.82 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 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 Samsung S5K4H7
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 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Smartsens SC202PCS GalaxyCore GC02
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 71
Zoom - 101
Samples - Photo samples of Xiaomi 12T Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 -
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Sony IMX596
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.47" (≈ 0.29 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 MiMO
- 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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 Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
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
90.3 dB
90.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2024 October 2022
Release date January 2024 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $750
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max - Xiaomi 15T Pro
SAR (head) - 1 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1 W/kg
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

If the camera and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 12T Pro. But if the display and software are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro.

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