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Poco X6 Pro review
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4. Software, performance
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Xiaomi Poco Android

MIUI turns Hyper, Android 14 underneath

The Poco X6 Pro is the first phone we get in the office that runs on Xiaomi's newly rebranded
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Android overlay, now called HyperOS, out of the box. The Poco X6, for example, showed up
still on MIUI, though it's promised to get a HyperOS update 'as soon as possible'. Some other
devices, like the 13T Pro and the 13 Pro just got their updates, but that doesn't change the X6
Pro's status as 'first'. The underlying Android version is 14, so the Poco's software is about as
recent as it comes.

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Now, if you've seen any Xiaomi phone in recent years, you'll still be able to easily find your
way around the Poco X6 Pro, though it will also help if you've encountered Pocos, because
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some of the app icons are brand-specific. A few of the Hyper-related changes are universal,
though, and we'll have a look at some right about now.
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One of the major changes is in the Control center which is now redesigned to remove the text
labels of the icons. If you're not familiar with which icon does what, you may toggling the
wrong thing on the first few tries, particularly for settings you access less frequently. The
labels do appear in the menu where you can rearrange the icons, so you can at least look up
the names every now and then. Mind you, there's no old-school combined interface for quick
settings and notifications on the Poco X6 Pro - it's two separate panes, and that's that.

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Control center • Control center settings • Notification shade • Settings menu

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MIUI has always been very customizeable, and HyperOS builds on that with further options for
personalization of the lockscreen. Several types of designs are available, each with its own
distinct clock style and an always-on display style to match.

You may have picked up on it already, but let's mention it - HyperOS comes with a new
system-wide font. It could have been named HySans instead of MiSans, but it's not our call.

Personalization

Also tweaked is the multi-window interface, with new buttons and somewhat more intuitive
operation. The Task switcher on the Poco only gets the two-column vertically scrollable
interface, while Xiaomi phones can still opt for a more classic horizontally scrollable layout.

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Task switcher • Multi-window

A HyperOS addition is an option for large folders, and there's not just one type, but two -
Enlarged and XXL.

The default homescreen arrangement features an app drawer, though you could opt for a
single-tiered UI with all your apps on the homescreens. That's yet another instance of 'will this
Poco have it?' - oftentimes in the past Pocos didn't have both options.

Homescreen • App drawer • App drawer • Large folders

Naturally, there's a host of in-house apps for doing this or that. There's a Gallery, a Music
player, a Videos app, a File manager, a Security app, as well as the Mi Browser. Also included
is the Mi Remote app, to make use of the IR emitter on the X6 Pro.

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Gallery • Music • Videos • File Manager • Security • Mi Remote

There's a gaming utility too - Game Center/Game Turbo has the usual set of features for
limiting interruptions while gaming, as well as screen capture and an fps counter.

Game turbo

Benchmarks and performance

The X6 Pro is powered by the Dimensity 8300-Ultra - a Mediatek chip built on a 4nm process

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that so far appears exclusive to the X6 Pro and its alter ego, the Redmi K70E. The SoC
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Cortex-A715 cores (1x3.35GHz
features an octa-core CPU with four big 
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four Cortex-A510 cores (4x2.20GHz). The GPU is Mali-G615 MC6.

Memory configurations for the X6 Pro include 8GB/256GB and 12GB/512GB (as is our review
unit).

As is all too often the case with Xiaomi phones we receive a little early, the Poco X6 Pro
wasn't willing to run our full suite of benchmarks. We did get to run GeekBench and Antutu, so
we do have some numbers for you.

With specs like those above, it's no wonder that the Poco X6 Pro is essentially unrivaled in
benchmarks, among more or less similarly priced handsets. Only a Pixel 7a might have

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something to say under sing-core CPU load, but that's about it.
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GeekBench 6
Multi-core Single-core

Poco X6 Pro 4696

4696
 Dimensity 8300 Ultra  256GB, 8GB RAM

Poco X6 Pro
(non-perf
4369
mode)  Dimensity 8300 Ultra  256GB, 8GB RAM

Xiaomi 13T 4089

4089
 Dimensity 8200 Ultra  256GB, 8GB RAM

Xiaomi 13T
(non-perf 3841
3841
mode)  Dimensity 8200 Ultra  256GB, 8GB RAM

vivo V29 Pro 3764

3764
 Dimensity 8200  256GB, 12GB RAM

Pixel 7a 3631
3631
 Google Tensor G2  128GB, 8GB RAM

Poco X6 2945
2945
 Snapdragon 7s Gen 2  512GB, 12GB RAM
EXPAND
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Poco X6 Pro 1396547

1396547
 Dimensity 8300 Ultra  256GB, 8GB RAM  1220 x 2712 px

Poco X6 Pro
(non-perf 1321311
1321311
mode)  Dimensity 8300 Ultra  256GB, 8GB RAM  1220 x 2712 px

vivo V29 Pro 904412

904412
 Dimensity 8200  256GB, 12GB RAM  1260 x 2800 px

Xiaomi 13T
(non-perf 888714
888714
mode)  Dimensity 8200 Ultra  256GB, 8GB RAM  1220 x 2712 px

694546
694546
Honor 90
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
  512GB, 12GB RAM  1200 x 2664 px
Accelerated Edition

Poco X6 605803
605803
 Snapdragon 7s Gen 2  512GB, 12GB RAM  1220 x 2712 px

Realme 11 605783
Pro+
 Dimensity 7050  512GB, 12GB RAM  1080 x 2412 px
EXPAND
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When it came to sustained load, the X6 Pro exhibited gradual rampdown in performance and
around 20minutes an hour-long run of the CPU throttling test, it was able to settle at around
80% of its initial result. Pretty impressive. That was in Balanced battery mode, though, as
opposed to Performance mode. In performance mode, it posted a higher initial result, but

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slightly shakier behavior down the line, though the 71% result in the test isn't too bad either.
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CPU Throttling test

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