Oppo Find X6 Pro review

Android 13 with ColorOS 13.1

The Oppo Find X6 Pro runs Android 13, with an in-house layer of ColorOS on top (also v.13).

At the phone's launch event, Oppo promised 4 years of major updates and 5 years of security patches, which sounds great.

We are using the Chinese model of the Find X6 Pro, which has Google Services, but uses its own App Market. We installed the Google Play Store hassle-free.

Be aware that some Android features you may be used to may never work on a Chinese ROM even after you install the Google PLay services - these include Android Auto, Nearby Share, Google backup, and even the Google location history.

As far as bloatware is concerned - well, there is plenty, and ads (okay, recommendations) are available in many places. The good news is that most of the Chinese apps can be uninstalled, and most "recommendations" can be disabled.

Always-on display is supported on the Find X6 Pro - it can be power-saving, always-on, or scheduled. And there's a lot of customization possible here, plus you can download more from the (Chinese) Theme Store.

Always-on display

Customizability is a common theme across all of ColorOS, really. There is an entire Wallpapers & style page in Settings, where in addition to the AoD settings, you can change wallpapers (live and static), switch to different icon packs, different quick toggles icon shapes, change fonts (there's an 'exclusive' Oppo sans), and choose completely different colors that will change the entire UI look. You can turn on/off Edge Lighting, which is independent of the Always-On Display.

Personalization options

The launcher has no-nonsense homescreens, a simplistic and clean notification/toggles area, and an easy-to-use task switcher. An optional App drawer is available, too, and it is as clutter-free as one could hope for. Quick Glance is the leftmost widget pane here instead of Google Discover.

ColorUS fundamentals: Lockscreen • Homescreen • Quick Glance • Notifications • Quick toggles

The new launcher adds support for Large Folders and Dynamic Widgets. Any folder can be enlarged or shrunk.

Dark Mode is available, and it does offer three different dark styles.

Large folders • Large folders • Large folders • Dark Mode

There are many powerful tools within the settings menu if you want full control over your Find X6 Pro. The features are wide-ranging but generally carried over from previous ColorOS versions. A host of screen-on and screen-off gestures are available; the Smart Sidebar is a handy pane of shortcuts you pull from the side, and split-screen and Flexible windows are available.

Assorted features

Multimedia apps such as Photos, Music, and Videos all come courtesy of ColorOS. There is also a revamped File Manager and a Phone Manager app to keep track of battery, storage, app permissions, and whatnot.

Photos • Music • Videos • File Manager • Phone Manager

The online services in Music and Videos can be disabled from their Settings.

Music • Video

IR Remote app is also available, so you can make use of the IR blaster right out of the box.

IR remote

Performance and benchmarks

The Oppo Find X6 Pro uses the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset - Qualcomm's most current flagship hardware. It is coupled with LPDDR5X RAM and UFS4.0 storage chips.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 packs an octa-core processor with one prime core, four performance ones (2+2), and three efficient cores, a.k.a. 1+2+2+3 configuration. This means the CPU contains 1x3.2GHz Cortex-X3 + 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0GHz Cortex-A510 CPU cores.

Then there is the Adreno 740 GPU - currently the most capable mobile GPU on the market.

The Find X6 Pro supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC, and dual-SIM 5G. There is even an IR port.

Our unit has 16GB RAM + 512GB storage - the most beefed up one. There are also two 256GB versions - one with 12GB RAM and one with 16GB RAM.

The Oppo Find X6 Pro has this High Performance battery mode, which allows the Prime CPU core to reach higher temperatures and thus offers faster performance when it matters. We tried all sorts of benchmarks, and we found out that only the Prime CPU core seems to be affected by this mode.

Let's start with the Geekbench tests. They show that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has the best mobile processor on the market right now.

GeekBench 5 (multi-core)

Higher is better

• Xiaomi 13 Pro
  5087
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
  4927
• OnePlus 11
  4899
• Oppo Find X6 Pro (Performance)
  4791
• Oppo Find X6 Pro
  4759
• Honor Magic5 Pro
  4378
• Xiaomi 12S Ultra
  4300
• vivo X90 Pro
  4273
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  3839
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  3433
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
  3191

GeekBench 6 (multi-core)

Higher is better

• Xiaomi 13 Pro
  5323
• Oppo Find X6 Pro (Performance)
  5226
• Honor Magic5 Pro
  5096
• Oppo Find X6 Pro
  5082
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
  5077
• OnePlus 11
  5043
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  4378
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
  3564

Looking at the single-core charts we can see the thermal constraints for the Find X6 Pro and the OnePlus 11, while other phones like the Xiaomi 13 Pro and S23 Ultra featuring similar hardware had no such limitations.

GeekBench 5 (single-core)

Higher is better

• Galaxy S23 Ultra
  1537
• Oppo Find X6 Pro (Performance)
  1496
• Xiaomi 13 Pro
  1490
• vivo X90 Pro
  1387
• Xiaomi 12S Ultra
  1324
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  1277
• Oppo Find X6 Pro
  1166
• OnePlus 11
  1150
• Honor Magic5 Pro
  1130
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
  1126
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  1002

GeekBench 6 (single-core)

Higher is better

• Xiaomi 13 Pro
  1987
• Oppo Find X6 Pro (Performance)
  1952
• Honor Magic5 Pro
  1943
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
  1913
• Oppo Find X6 Pro
  1532
• OnePlus 11
  1527
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
  1472
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  1396

The offscreen GPU tests clearly show the Find X6 Pro has the best mobile GPU.

GFX Car Chase ES 3.1 (offscreen 1080p)

Higher is better

• Xiaomi 13 Pro
  127
• Oppo Find X6 Pro
  126
• OnePlus 11
  126
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
  126
• vivo X90 Pro
  105
• Xiaomi 12S Ultra
  104
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  101
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  94
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
  69

GFX Manhattan ES 3.0 (offscreen 1080p)

Higher is better

• OnePlus 11
  327
• Xiaomi 13 Pro
  326
• Oppo Find X6 Pro
  324
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
  311
• vivo X90 Pro
  287
• Xiaomi 12S Ultra
  268
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  264
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  244
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
  174

Unfortunately, the Oppo Find X6 Pro, being a BBK phone, has no native support for High Frame Rate gaming and benchmarks. This means all games and GPU tests are locked at 60fps unless a game is specifically optimized for this phone in partnership with Oppo.

GFX Car Chase ES 3.1 (onscreen)

Higher is better

• vivo X90 Pro
  74
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  68
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
  67
• Xiaomi 13 Pro
  64
• Oppo Find X6 Pro
  60
• OnePlus 11
  57
• Xiaomi 12S Ultra
  51
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  44
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
  34

GFX Manhattan ES 3.0 (onscreen)

Higher is better

• Xiaomi 13 Pro
  121
• vivo X90 Pro
  120
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  120
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
  119
• Xiaomi 12S Ultra
  118
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
  96
• Oppo Find X6 Pro
  60
• OnePlus 11
  60

The Oppo Find X6 Pro posted the best score we've seen on the AnTuTu test so far, but it's good to know that the moment we launched AnTuTu, a pop-up appeared to warn us that this app benefits from various optimizations (a polite way to say cheating, we guess).

AnTuTu 9

Higher is better

• Oppo Find X6 Pro
  1294797
• Xiaomi 13 Pro
  1281666
• Galaxy S23 Ultra
  1241531
• vivo X90 Pro
  1228735
• OnePlus 11
  1140661
• Xiaomi 12S Ultra
  1039412
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  1012896
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  979921
• Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
  794016

Finally, we tested the stability and the sustained performance, as usual.

The Find X6 Pro scored 70% on the CPU Throttle test, which is fine for a smartphone with passive cooling. The phone kept about 90% of its maximum processor performance during the first 20 minutes and then dropped down to 70% for the remainder of the test.

The GPU sustained performance is, unfortunately, rather bad. The Find X6 Pro scored 40% stability on the 3D Mark stress test, which runs 20x 1-minute loops. The smartphone did alright for the first 8 loops, and then it throttled the performance to prevent it from overheating.

CPU test • GPU test

The Oppo Find X6 Pro became warm during the tests but never uncomfortably hot, which is nice.

Of course, in real life, things are a bit different - we have never felt the phone throttling under any circumstances - be it gaming, video editing, or multi-tasking. And that's what really matters for most people.

The Oppo Find X6 Pro runs on the most powerful chipset, which is sort of a must for a flagship. Its passive cooling solution is not the best on the market judging by the thermal constraints applied by default and when running at peak GPU performance. And while this is quite common, we've seen phones do better here (like the Xiaomi 13 Pro).

Game Assistant is available as a sidebar in games, and it offers three modes - Low Power, Balanced and Gaming (Pro). It says these control the image quality, plus you can turn on/off the High Refresh Rate and Ultra Touch response for each of these modes. This alone means High Refresh Rate gaming has been baked into the software, but Oppo needs to whitelist titles specifically which is not ideal.

Game Assistant

Long story short, even with the throttling, we would have still given the Find X6 Pro an Excellent mark. But considering the lack of High Frame Rate gaming right out of the box, and then the throttling itself, we'd rate it as Very Good.