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Xiaomi Poco Pad vs Xiaomi Pad 6

64 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco Pad
VS
61 out of 100
Xiaomi Pad 6
Poco Pad
Pad 6

Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 12.1-inch Xiaomi Poco Pad (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on May 23, 2024, against the Xiaomi Pad 6, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and came out 1 year 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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Memory 8 / 256 GB
  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 tablet
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco Pad
  • Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
  • Comes with 1160 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 8840 mAh
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Pad 6
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • 29% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1005K versus 778K)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • 24% higher pixel density (309 vs 249 PPI)
  • Much smaller footprint: 18% more compact case (64.9 vs 78.9 square inches)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • 27% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1315 and 1032 points
  • Weighs 81 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco Pad and Pad 6 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Poco Pad
86
Pad 6
77
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Poco Pad
52
Pad 6
46
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Poco Pad
41
Pad 6
49
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Poco Pad
18
Pad 6
26
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Poco Pad
91*
Pad 6
78
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Poco Pad
64
Pad 6
71
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Poco Pad
64*
Pad 6
61
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
73.8
(Good)
Value Index
44.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Poco Pad
vs
Pad 6

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 12.1 inches 11 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels 1800 x 2880 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
PPI 249 ppi 309 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 600 nits 550 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 83.4% 83.6%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 97%
PWM - 181600 Hz
Response time - 26 ms
Contrast - 832:1
Screen space comparison
Poco Pad
12.1″ (16:10 ratio) = 65.8 in2
Pad 6
11″ (16:10 ratio) = 54.4 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco Pad
n/a
Pad 6
503 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 280 mm (11.02 inches) 253.95 mm (10 inches)
Width 181.85 mm (7.16 inches) 165.18 mm (6.5 inches)
Thickness 7.52 mm (0.3 inches) 6.51 mm (0.26 inches)
Weight 571 g (20.14 oz) 490 g (17.28 oz)
Waterproof - No
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Blue Silver, Gold, Blue
Fingerprint scanner No No
Area 509 cm2 (78.9 inches2) 419 cm2 (65 inches2)
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco Pad
83.4%
Pad 6
83.6%
Tablet Ranking (87th and 95th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (66th and 71st place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco Pad and Xiaomi Pad 6
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Max clock 2400 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 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
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 698
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 650
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 940 MHz 670 MHz
FLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS ~1029.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco Pad and Xiaomi Pad 6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco Pad
1032
Pad 6 +27%
1315
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco Pad
2976
Pad 6 +18%
3506
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco Pad
2314
Pad 6 +46%
3371
Compute Score (GPU) 2314 3371
Single-core score 1032 1315
Multi-core score 2976 3506
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco Pad
778166
Pad 6 +29%
1005598
CPU 297225 376827
GPU 73188 151343
Memory 152467 182214
UX 255286 295214
Total score 778166 1005598
Samples [2 tests] [15 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco Pad
n/a
Pad 6
1147
Graphics test - 6 FPS
Graphics score - 1147
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco Pad
12964
Pad 6
n/a
Web score 13631 -
Video editing 6946 -
Photo editing 24734 -
Data manipulation 11507 -
Writing score 13590 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco Pad
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-29 (SRG)Geekbench 6 CPU1025 / 2768
📘 2026-03-28 (SRG)AnTuTu 11770063
📘 2026-01-15 (Jeff)AnTuTu 11778166
📘 2025-04-20 (Vxmpiri)Geekbench 6 GPU2314
📘 2025-04-20 (Vxmpiri)Geekbench 6 CPU1032 / 2976
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Xiaomi Pad 6
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 -> sbx.777AnTuTu 121143560
📘 2026-08-04 (Арсен)AnTuTu 11933942
📘 2026-07-21 (Peso Penguin)AnTuTu 11993797
📘 2026-06-27 (Aaru)AnTuTu 11932844
📘 2026-04-17 (Priyansh)AnTuTu 111010069
Add View all (19)

Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 HyperOS 1.0
OS size - 21 GB

Battery

Capacity 10000 mAh 8840 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 33 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (29% in 30 min) Yes (38% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:00 hr 1:30 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 11:51 hr
Watching video - 15:38 hr
Gaming - 07:18 hr
Standby - 139 hr
General battery life
Poco Pad
n/a
Pad 6
28:21 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 8 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution - 4160 x 3120
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion No 120 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 8 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode -
Standard lens
Image resolution 8 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.2
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Aperture - f/2.2
Sensor CMOS -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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/a/ac) 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 5.2 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 -
Type of SIM card Nano No
eSIM support* No -
Hybrid slot No -
5G support Yes -

Sound

Speakers 4.0 4.0
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco Pad
n/a
Pad 6
88.1 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2024 April 2023
Release date May 2024 April 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $299
Successor - - Xiaomi Pad 8
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 33 W Yes, 33 W
Further details
Notes on Poco Pad:
    - The 5G model has water resistance, a 128 GB memory option, and GPS. The Wi-Fi model has none of these features.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, camera, battery life, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco Pad. But if the performance, gaming, and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Pad 6.

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So, which tablet would you choose?
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Total votes: 559

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