Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G vs Poco F6
55
out of 100
VS
65
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 1080) that was released on October 27, 2022, against the Xiaomi Poco F6, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 7 months after. 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 Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G
- Shows 10% longer battery life (19:05 vs 17:19 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F6
- 2.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1784K versus 713K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Water-resistant body (IP64 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (1213 against 987 nits)
- 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 395 PPI)
- The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer
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
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1220 x 2712 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 395 ppi | 446 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 2400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1200 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.7% | 89.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 104.3% | 99.1% |
| PWM | 121 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) | 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) |
| Width | 76 mm (2.99 inches) | 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.98 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 210.5 g (7.43 oz) | 179 g (6.31 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP64 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | Black, Gray, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 1080 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2600 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 6 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 3.0 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G68 MC4 | Adreno 735 |
| GPU shading units | 128 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 950 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~243.2 GFLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 9762 |
| Single-core score | 960 | 1892 |
| Multi-core score | 2372 | 4769 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 270693 | 523012 |
| GPU | 75675 | 514765 |
| Memory | 155637 | 345707 |
| UX | 211815 | 400879 |
| Total score | 713820 | 1784363 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [84 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 95% | 90% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 226 | 1033 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 21 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 4994 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 629 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9868 | 14401 |
| Video editing | 7093 | 7665 |
| Photo editing | 23432 | 26444 |
| Data manipulation | 10684 | 14276 |
| Writing score | 13253 | 18485 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-21 (Gaben) | AnTuTu 11 | 713820 |
Xiaomi Poco F6
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-13 (Thobias) | AnTuTu 12 | 2020478 |
| 📘 2026-10-10 (Md Khoyrul Islam) | AnTuTu 12 | 1972292 |
| 📘 2026-09-30 -> NeroSSSrank | AnTuTu 12 | 1987539 |
| 📘 2026-09-29 (itzmelvl8) | AnTuTu 12 | 2030011 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 (Nikolas) | AnTuTu 12 | 1720086 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | MIUI 14 | HyperOS 3 |
| OS size | 56 GB | 23 GB |
| OS updates | - | 3 years |
| Security updates | - | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 90 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (80% in 15 min) | Yes (50% in 12 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:23 hr | 0:37 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:29 hr | 06:19 hr |
| Watching video | 12:08 hr | 10:39 hr |
| Gaming | 05:15 hr | 05:08 hr |
| Standby | 89 hr | 86 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16384 x 12288 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HPX | Sony IMX882 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K4H7 | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV02B1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | - |
| Preview | 62 | - |
| Zoom | 77 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 20 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 5184 x 3888 |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX471 | Omnivision OV20B |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 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 6E (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 | 5.4 |
| 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, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| 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 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | October 2022 | May 2024 |
| Release date | March 2023 | May 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $379 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G | - Xiaomi Poco F7 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Yes, 90 W |
*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 F6 is definitely a better buy.
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