Sony WF-1000XM6 alternatives Cheapest

Sony WF-1000XM6 alternatives ranked: cheapest

By maker list price, the EarFun Air Pro 4 Adaptive ANC True Wireless Earbuds is the cheapest mapped alternative at $89.99, against $329.99 for the Sony WF-1000XM6. Only models with a verified list price are ranked here.

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EarFun Air Pro 4 Adaptive ANC True Wireless Earbuds

For a quarter of the price: 7.5 hours with noise cancelling on against 8, multipoint, a wireless charging case, IPX5 against IPX4 and a 10 mm driver against 8.4. EarFun publishes 35 hours with the case; it does not publish a per-bud weight. $240 less.

$89.99 List price

89% $240 less (73%)

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Soundcore Liberty 5 Noise-Cancelling Earbuds

The best score against the XM6 here, at $200 less: the same 8 hours with noise cancelling on, multipoint, 4.6 g per bud against 6.5, IP55 against IPX4, and a 9.2 mm driver against 8.4. It also publishes 32 hours with the case, a figure Sony does not give. Soundcore does not say whether the case charges wirelessly.

$129.99 List price

95% $200 less (61%)

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Sony WF-C710N Truly Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds

Sony's own budget pair: half an hour more per charge with noise cancelling on, 2 g lighter per bud and the same multipoint and IPX4, for $200 less. You give up the wireless charging case, LDAC, and driver size - 5.1 mm against 8.4.

$129.99 List price

87% $200 less (61%)

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Samsung Galaxy Buds3 FE

Samsung's budget pair, $180 less: 1.5 g lighter per bud and Bluetooth 5.4 against 5.3, with 24 hours of noise cancelling with the case. Each charge is 6 hours against 8, and Samsung does not list multipoint, wireless charging or a driver size.

$149.99 List price

75% $180 less (55%)

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Beats Studio Buds + True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds

1.5 g lighter per bud and the same IPX4, with 24 hours of noise cancelling with the case, for $160 less. Each charge is 6 hours against 8, and Beats does not list multipoint, wireless charging, a Bluetooth version or a driver size, so much of this one is unproven.

$169.99 List price

70% $160 less (48%)

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Apple AirPods Pro 3

Lighter at 5.55 g a bud against 6.5, rated IP57 against IPX4, the same 8 hours with noise cancelling on and the same wireless charging, for $81 less. Apple does not list Bluetooth multipoint, or a driver size.

$249 List price

86% $81 less (25%)

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Samsung Galaxy Buds4 Pro

Lighter at 5.1 g per bud, rated IP57 against IPX4, Bluetooth 6.1 against 5.3, and a case that charges wirelessly, for $80 less. Each charge is shorter - 6 hours with noise cancelling on against 8 - and Samsung lists Auto Switch between its own devices rather than Bluetooth multipoint.

$249.99 List price

80% $80 less (24%)

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Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen)

The other $300 pair, $31 less. Same multipoint, wireless charging case, IPX4 and Bluetooth 5.3, but each charge is 6 hours with noise cancelling on against 8 and each bud is heavier, 7.3 g against 6.5. Bose publishes no driver size or case total.

$299 List price

87% $31 less (9%)

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Why rank by cheapest?

Every pair here cancels noise; the differences that show up in daily use are smaller and more specific. How many hours a bud lasts with noise cancelling on before it goes back in the case, how much the case adds, whether the pair will hold your laptop and your phone at once, how much water it is rated to survive, and whether the case charges on a pad.

The overall ranking on the Sony WF-1000XM6 alternatives page weighs every published spec. This page answers one question only, so a model can rank first here and lower overall. The DupeScore beside each model is the overall figure.