Xiaomi Poco X6 vs Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X6 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on January 11, 2024, against the Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G99 Ultimate 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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Memory
8 / 256 GB

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X6
  • Delivers 143% higher peak brightness (1346 against 553 nits)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Water-resistant body (IP54 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 33W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • 29% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (754K versus 585K)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 393 PPI)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus
  • Shows 37% longer battery life (25:25 vs 18:31 hours)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X6 and Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus 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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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
20.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
29.3
(Mediocre)

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 1080 x 2436 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 21:9
PPI 446 ppi 393 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.8% 86.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 138.1%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 5 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X6 +143%
1346 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 164.7 mm (6.48 inches)
Width 74.24 mm (2.92 inches) 75 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 179 g (6.31 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP53
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Gold, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco X6 +3%
89.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X6 and Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 MediaTek Helio G99 Ultimate
Max clock 2400 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Mali-G57 MC2
GPU shading units 256 64
GPU clock 940 MHz 1000 MHz
FLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS ~128 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X6 and Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco X6 +46%
1015
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X6 +61%
2687
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 1767 -
Single-core score 1015 694
Multi-core score 2687 1665
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X6 +29%
754967
CPU 294102 222393
GPU 72707 48801
Memory 146220 151606
UX 241938 162544
Total score 754967 585344
Samples [15 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco X6 +76%
252
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 2 FPS 1 FPS
Graphics score 252 143
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco X6 +14%
12420
Web score 11685 10645
Video editing 7141 6395
Photo editing 23891 25479
Data manipulation 10182 6978
Writing score 14783 12570

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X6
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-12 (Roshan)Geekbench 6 CPU1021 / 2953
📘 2026-06-12 (Roshan)AnTuTu 11788172
📘 2026-05-04 -> SparxieAnTuTu 11906684
📘 2026-05-03 (Tera papa 🫵🏻😆)AnTuTu 11755685
📘 2026-04-26 (Dauren)AnTuTu 11762979
Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-29 (Wil)Geekbench 6 CPU694 / 1665
📘 2025-11-23 (Djeison_Stethem)AnTuTu 11585344
📘 2025-09-13 (Александр)AnTuTu 11551592
📘 2024-04-04 (Maaz)Geekbench 6 CPU544 / 1060

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14
ROM HyperOS 3 HIOS 14
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5100 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (78% in 30 min) Yes (54% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 1:12 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:45 hr 09:46 hr
Watching video 10:18 hr 12:13 hr
Gaming 04:35 hr 04:58 hr
Standby 99 hr 144 hr
General battery life
18:31 hr
25:25 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 12000 x 9000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Quad LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens 120° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Samsung S5KHM6SX
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/1.67" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.14 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 Galaxycore GC02M3
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Galaxycore GC32E1
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
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
LTE Cat* 18 13
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2024 December 2023
Release date January 2024 February 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $215
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Yes, 33 W
*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. But if the camera and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus.

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