Every smartphone gives different performance in real life. In this blog, I’m sharing the gaming performance of Poco F6 5G after using it for a few days, doing heavy tasks, playing BGMI, PUBG and sharing thoughts.
Recently Poco announced to launch mobile “F6” in India 23rd May. Poco F6 5G comes with top level specifications under Rs 35,000 range in India and it will be under 30,000 after applying all offer.
Hardware Review as per Gaming Performance Requirement
Speaker
- The Poco F6 has dual speakers with Dolby Atmos, which will help in gaming if you don’t have earphones or earbuds.
- Its bass is low, louder, clear and decent but doesn’t feel like premium speaker.
Dual 5g VoNR
- F6 comes with 5G VoNR, VoNR essential for calling features.
- Nowadays, without VoNR, you can’t do the calls to anyone on a 5G network.
- If you’re using a 5G device, you may notice that whenever someone calls you, your network automatically converts to 4G. This can be frustrating, while playing games.
So, VoNR calling features and good network coverage boost your gaming performance on Poco F6 5G.
Poco F6 5G Display
| Specs | Poco F6 5g |
|---|---|
| Size | 6.67-inch |
| Type | 1.5K Amoled |
| Refresh Rate | 120Hz |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels |
| PPI | 430 PPI |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Peak Brightness | 2400 nits |
- 120Hz AMOLED Punch-hole display with HDR10+ support
- It has thin bezels, looks brighter, punchier and colorful.
- Poco F6 comes with IP64 rating.
- So, poco has great display but we need better graphic hardware also so we can play heavy games at smoothly and it has better graphic. See Processor section.
Graphic GPU
- We need better graphics hardware, and Poco F6 5G has better graphic Adreno™ 735 with 449 PPI.
- 480 Hz Touch sampling rate which is best for high graphic game play.
Peak Brightness
- Poco F6 5g has 2400 nits peak brightness, highest one, providing better visibility in outdoor.
- So 1100 Peak brightness will help to give better visibility at outdoors and enhance your Poco F6 5G gaming performance.
Weight
- weight of Poco F6 5G is 179g which is under 200g.
- Honestly, gamers don’t like smartphones that weigh more than 200g, as this is lighter side, playing games are easy.
- when I was playing for one hour I didn’t feel any pain in my hand.
- In terms of weight, I can say that during gaming, it will enhance your gaming performance.
Poco F6 5G – Processor Performance
| Specifications | Poco F6 5G |
|---|---|
| Processor | Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (4 nm) |
| RAM Type | LPDDR5X |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 |
| GPU | Adreno 735 |
| Antutu Scores | 15,25,677 |
| CPU Throttling | 86℅ |
| Read Score | 45685 |
| Write score | 34658 |
- From the above table, it is easy to understand the performance of Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with Poco F6 which scores on Antutu 15,25,677.
- It works really faster than F5 and Nothing 2 and better in many performance specs.
This new 4nm processor saves more battery, AI enhancement inbuilt, so you can play games smoothly or doing lots of things at once, the F6 handles it and performs well.
Poco F6 RAM – Upto 16GB
Poco F6 has LPDDR5 RAM, which is the latest. It works fast during heavy use, app opening, background app opening, User Interface and much more.
This Expandable RAM helpful to play normal to heavy games easily with lower settings.
Poco F6 Storage – UFS 4.0
- It comes with UFS 4.0 Storage, this is great to see under 30k.
- So file transfer, copy paste, also downloading and taking files from other devices through nearby share works ultra fast.
- Poco F6 has higher read write speed compare to compare to at this price and gives great gaming performance.
Hardware Scores for Poco F6 gaming performance
- Antutu score: 15,25,677
- Geekbench Single core score: 1944
- Geekbench Multi core score: 5147
- No throttling issues: 86% (Peak Performance)
This is a decent scores for playing BGMI, PUBG at 60 FPS and 90 FPS settings as well.
These benchmark scores solidify the Poco F6 5G’s position as a gaming powerhouse.
Poco F6 5G BGMI PUBG Graphics settings and Gameplay
| BGMI Graphics | Poco F6 5g Frame Rate |
|---|---|
| Smooth | Extreme |
| Balanced | Extreme |
| HD | Extreme |
| HDR | Extreme |
| Ultra HDR | Ultra |
| Extreme HDR | NA |
Graphics Settings:
- The above picture is given to understand easily how fast and smooth BGMI (PUBG) runs on Poco F6.
- Gyroscope works good and enhances the performance of F6.
- Due to 480 Hz Touch sampling rate, it gives good response (firing in game).
Gameplay:
- I have played for one hour with smooth + Extreme setting and does not feel any lag, and heating issue.
- Erangel, Sanhok, Livik I have played and it maintains 60FPS. Sometimes it drops to 55 and even 38-39fps while playing HDR + Extreme but again it maintains 60FPS.
- Currently its Frame rate is inconsistent may be due to new processor and update will be fixed.
- After 1 hrs. battery drop is 19% to 21% which is ok.
- Little bit hot at back side
COD and Genshin Impact Settings
Call of Duty on Poco F6 runs at 60 FPS without any frame drops.
It works well also for heavy games like Genshin Impact without lag at 60fps and gives 55 to 60fps frame rate.
Battery and Charging
- This large capacity 5000mAh battery offers extended gaming sessions.
- Battery backup during BGMI after one hour of gameplay, the battery drops by only 16%.
Heating Issue: Is it generate heat?
The Poco F6 5G exhibits slightly elevated temperatures on the back panel during intense gaming while room temperature is high.
- It comes with 90W charging support and can charge from 0% to 100% in about 40min.
- So it charges faster and ready to play.
- So in charging, it enhance your gaming performance.
Price
Its starting price or its base varient 8/256 GB price is 25,999 rupees (after applying bank offers).
Conclusion
Why you should Buy-
- If you’re a gamer and want a gaming mobile phone under Rs 30,000 of a reputed brand, this is the right choice for you.
- The Poco F6 clearly outperforms the competition in terms of graphics processing power, display quality, storage technology, camera quality also better than F5 and overall gaming experience.
- It has a greater of an Antutu score, runs BGMI at high settings, and boasts incredibly fast charging.
In conclusion, the Poco F6 5G is a fantastic choice for gamers seeking a powerful and feature-rich smartphone under Rs 30,000. It delivers exceptional performance, a smooth gaming experience, and long battery life.
Why you should not Buy-
This phone is not for those who loves photographic as it does not a camera centric phone, its UI is too Old I feel I am using 5 years old MIUI and no update on time, but as I know it will be fixed.
I prefer wait for time its price will reduce.
The iQOO Neo 9 Pro, Motorola Edge 50 Pro and Nothing phone 2 are the best mid range all rounder performance centric phones now days for gamers.
Also under 20000, Motorola edge 50 fusion one of the best.
I recommend this phone for above casual gaming because at this price, there are some phones that offer higher specs and hardware.
