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Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro vs OnePlus Nord 3

68 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
VS
64 out of 100
OnePlus Nord 3
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
OnePlus Nord 3

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on May 23, 2024, against the OnePlus Nord 3, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9000 and came out 11 months 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 F6 Pro
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 80W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • 15% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1767K versus 1542K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (1200 against 1114 nits)
  • 17% higher pixel density (526 vs 451 PPI)
  • The phone is 11 months newer
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord 3
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (21:57 vs 19:08 hours)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and OnePlus Nord 3 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
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
77.2
(Good)
Value Index
74.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F6 Pro
vs
Nord 3

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.74 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1240 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20.1:9
PPI 526 ppi 451 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits 1450 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 89.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 98.7%
PWM 120 Hz 366 Hz
Response time 1 ms 7 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F6 Pro +8%
1200 nits
Nord 3
1114 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.86 mm (6.33 inches) 162.6 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.21 mm (0.32 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 193.5 g (6.83 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F6 Pro
89.1%
Nord 3
89.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and OnePlus Nord 3
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Max clock 3200 MHz 3050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 590
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 680 MHz 848 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~1085.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and OnePlus Nord 3
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F6 Pro +12%
1916
Nord 3
1710
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F6 Pro +18%
5305
Nord 3
4477
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F6 Pro +34%
8609
Nord 3
6409
Compute Score (GPU) 8609 6409
Single-core score 1916 1710
Multi-core score 5305 4477
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F6 Pro +15%
1767128
Nord 3
1542660
CPU 573925 576859
GPU 430773 296679
Memory 319179 223305
UX 443251 445817
Total score 1767128 1542660
Samples [21 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F6 Pro +29%
996
Nord 3
775
Stability 95% 63%
Graphics test 7 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 996 775
3DMark Solar Bay
Poco F6 Pro
4833
Nord 3
n/a
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Section 1 21 FPS -
Section 2 18 FPS -
Section 3 16 FPS -
Graphics score 4833 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Fraeier)AnTuTu 111779881
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 121974839
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (kyryl)AnTuTu 111827319
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Ploxou)AnTuTu 111769525
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (TsukuGuru)AnTuTu 111751309
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OnePlus Nord 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> alominzikkAnTuTu 111500307
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Alominzikk)AnTuTu 111500307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-20 (LukisekCZ)AnTuTu 111584537
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-11 (DG)AnTuTu 111542660
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-30 (Gigimutu1)AnTuTu 111561642
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
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 13
ROM HyperOS 3 OxygenOS 13.1
OS updates 2 years 3 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (64% in 15 min) Yes (60% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:27 hr 0:32 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:12 hr 08:39 hr
Watching video 09:49 hr 15:44 hr
Gaming 05:17 hr 05:40 hr
Standby 103 hr 94 hr
General battery life
Poco F6 Pro
19:08 hr
Nord 3 +15%
21:57 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision OVX8000 Sony IMX890
Sensor size 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 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
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 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
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.75 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q 1/5
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/3.09" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.3 5.3
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, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes 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 No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 19
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 F6 Pro +12%
88.7 dB
Nord 3
78.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2024 July 2023
Release date May 2024 July 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $499
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro - OnePlus Nord 5
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 80 W
Further details
Notes on Poco F6 Pro:
    - The Chinese version of this phone released under Redmi K70 name.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the OnePlus Nord 3.

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