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Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro vs Xiaomi 12X

64 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
VS
57 out of 100
Xiaomi 12X
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
Xiaomi 12X

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 12X, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and came out 2 years and 1 month before. 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

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • 61% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1604K versus 994K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Has a 0.39 inch larger screen size
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1155 against 927 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • The phone is 2 years and 1 month newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Dimensity 8300 Ultra
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 12X
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (22:44 vs 21:20 hours)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Xiaomi 12X 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)

Should I update?
No 41% Yes
Mostly no. The difference is too small to matter in everyday use.
The overall difference between Xiaomi 12X and Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro is not big enough to justify updating.
Main improvements: performance, gaming, and display.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco X6 Pro
vs
Xiaomi 12X

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.28 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 419 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits 1100 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 98.6%
PWM 1923 Hz 523 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco X6 Pro
6.67β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Xiaomi 12X
6.28β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 14.8 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X6 Pro +25%
1155 nits
Xiaomi 12X
927 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.45 mm (6.32 inches) 152.7 mm (6.01 inches)
Width 74.34 mm (2.93 inches) 69.9 mm (2.75 inches)
Thickness 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) 8.16 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 176 g (6.21 oz)
Waterproof IP54 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Yellow Black, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco X6 Pro +1%
90%
Xiaomi 12X
89.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Xiaomi 12X
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Max clock 3350 MHz 3200 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 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Hexagon 698
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MC6 Adreno 650
GPU shading units 768 768
GPU clock 1400 MHz 670 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~1029.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Xiaomi 12X
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco X6 Pro +6%
1370
Xiaomi 12X
1297
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X6 Pro +32%
4509
Xiaomi 12X
3428
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4929 -
Single-core score 1370 1297
Multi-core score 4509 3428
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X6 Pro +61%
1604305
Xiaomi 12X
994972
CPU 482670 389144
GPU 432750 137246
Memory 299238 189635
UX 389647 278947
Total score 1604305 994972
Samples [70 tests] [15 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 85% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
Graphics score 852 -
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
Stability - 91%
Graphics test - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 1216
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
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (INDONESIA #1 CORRUPTION!!!!)AnTuTu 122078431
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Toni)AnTuTu 121997354
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Toni)AnTuTu 121886537
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Wowok)AnTuTu 122108625
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Yuno)AnTuTu 122214593
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Xiaomi 12X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Forsic)AnTuTu 111020372
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 -> cnprtAnTuTu 111070681
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-17 (cnprt)AnTuTu 111052508
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (cnprt)AnTuTu 11902096
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-25 (Pasergg)AnTuTu 11973586
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 2
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 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM HyperOS 3 HyperOS 1.0
OS size 36 GB 29.3 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4500 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 (78% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:48 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:53 hr 09:35 hr
Watching video 12:36 hr 14:39 hr
Gaming 05:17 hr 05:35 hr
Standby 101 hr 101 hr
General battery life
Poco X6 Pro
21:20 hr
Xiaomi 12X +7%
22:44 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 8700 x 5800
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) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 123Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Macro: 5 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 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length - 12 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 OmniVision OV13B10
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length - 50 mm
Sensor Smartsens SC202PCS Samsung S5K5E9
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.4
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q OmniVision OV32B40
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 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 5.1
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, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* 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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco X6 Pro
90.3 dB
Xiaomi 12X
90.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2024 December 2021
Release date January 2024 December 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $650
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max -
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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
53 (34.6%)
100 (65.4%)
Total votes: 153

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