Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro vs 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
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
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 | 6.67 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 |
| 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)
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
Performance
| 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 |
| 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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4929 | 11424 |
| Single-core score | 1370 | 1853 |
| Multi-core score | 4509 | 4890 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| 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
| Stability | 85% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 852 | 836 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 14 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 13 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3458 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | - | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2791 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14649 | - |
| Video editing | 6419 | - |
| Photo editing | 23328 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12555 | - |
| Writing score | 18403 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-14 (67) | GeekBench GPU | 5243 |
| 📘 2026-09-14 (67) | GeekBench CPU | 1403 / 4649 |
| 📘 2026-09-14 (Zix) | AnTuTu | 1623585 |
| 📘 2026-09-13 (67-2) | AnTuTu | 1833656 |
| 📘 2026-08-08 (atrix6) | AnTuTu | 1704521 |
Xiaomi 12T Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-22 (Euro Fighter Typhoon) | AnTuTu | 1505289 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 -> Strike Eagle | AnTuTu | 1502303 |
| 📘 2026-07-06 (Mihai) | AnTuTu | 1469069 |
| 📘 2026-07-02 (Mihai) | AnTuTu | 1490479 |
| 📘 2026-07-01 (Mihai) | AnTuTu | 1469069 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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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