Product Comparison
fēnix® 6X - Pro and Sapphire Editions
$749.99 USD and Up
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fēnix® 6X - Pro Solar Edition
$999.99 USD and Up
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fēnix® 6 - Pro and Sapphire Editions
$699.99 USD and Up
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Forerunner® 945
$599.99 USD and Up
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fēnix® 6X - Pro and Sapphire Editions
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$749.99 USD and Up
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fēnix® 6X - Pro Solar Edition
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$999.99 USD and Up
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fēnix® 6 - Pro and Sapphire Editions
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$699.99 USD and Up
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Forerunner® 945
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$599.99 USD and Up
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Ultimate multisport GPS watches with wrist-based heart rate, Pulse Ox, pace guidance, routable maps, music and more |
Ultimate solar-powered multisport GPS watch with pace guidance, wrist-based heart rate, Pulse Ox, routable maps, music and more |
Premium multisport GPS watches with wrist-based heart rate, Pulse Ox, pace guidance, routable maps, music and more |
Premium GPS running/triathlon smartwatch with music |
General
| Lens Material |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX or Sapphire Crystal |
Power Glass™ |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX or Sapphire Crystal |
Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bezel Material |
stainless steel or Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coated steel |
titanium or Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coated titanium |
stainless steel, titanium or Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coated steel |
fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Case material | fiber-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover | fiber-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover | Fiber-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover | |
| QuickFit™ watch band compatible |
included (26 mm) |
included (26 mm) |
included (22 mm) |
yes (22 mm) |
| Strap material |
silicone, leather, titanium or nylon |
silicone or titanium |
silicone, leather, titanium or nylon |
silicone |
| Physical size |
51 x 51 x 14.9 mm Fits wrists with the following circumference: |
51 x 51 x 14.9 mm Fits wrists with the following circumference: |
47 x 47 x 14.7 mm Fits wrists with the following circumference: |
47 x 47 x 13.7 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 130-220 mm |
| Color display | ||||
| Display size | 1.4” (35.56 mm) diameter | 1.4” (35.56 mm) diameter | 1.3” (33.02 mm) diameter | 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter |
| Display resolution | 280 x 280 pixels | 280 x 280 pixels | 260 x 260 pixels | 240 x 240 pixels |
| Display type | sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) | sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) | sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) | sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Weight |
Steel: 93 g - case with silicone band (case only: 66 g) |
Titanium: 82 g - case with silicone band (case only: 54 g) |
Steel: 83 g - case with silicone band (case only: 60 g) |
50 g |
| Battery life |
Smartwatch: Up to 21 days |
Smartwatch: Up to 21 days/24 days with solar* *Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions |
Smartwatch: Up to 14 days |
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 2 weeks GPS mode with music: Up to 10 hours GPS mode without music: Up to 36 hours |
| Water rating | 10 ATM | 10 ATM | 10 ATM | 5 ATM |
| Memory/History | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 200 hours of activity data |
Clock Features
| Time/date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPS Time Sync | ||||
| Automatic daylight saving time | ||||
| Alarm clock | ||||
| Timer | ||||
| Stopwatch | ||||
| Sunrise/sunset times |
Health Monitoring
| Wrist-based Heart Rate (constant, every second) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | ||||
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | yes (high and low) | yes (high and low) | yes (high and low) | yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate (24x7) | ||||
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) | yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) | yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) | yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) |
| Fitness Age | yes (in app) | yes (in app) | yes (in app) | yes (in app) |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor | ||||
| All-day Stress Tracking | ||||
| Relaxation reminders | ||||
| Relaxation breathing timer | ||||
| Sleep | ||||
| Advanced sleep monitoring (sleep score & insights) | ||||
| Hydration | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Menstrual Cycle | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) | yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
Sensors
| GPS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLONASS | ||||
| Galileo | ||||
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | ||||
| Barometric altimeter | ||||
| Compass | ||||
| Gyroscope | ||||
| Accelerometer | ||||
| Thermometer | ||||
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | yes (with Acclimation) | yes (with Acclimation) | yes (with Acclimation) |
Daily Smart Features
| Connectivity | Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® | Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | ||||
| Smart notifications | ||||
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | ||||
| Calendar | ||||
| Weather | ||||
| Battery Saver - customizable low power watch | ||||
| Controls smartphone music | ||||
| Plays and controls watch music | ||||
| Music Storage | up to 2,000 songs | up to 2,000 songs | up to 2,000 songs | Up to 1000 songs |
| Find My Phone | ||||
| Find My Watch | ||||
| VIRB® Remote | ||||
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ | iPhone®, Android™ | iPhone®, Android™ | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | ||||
| Garmin Pay™ |
Safety and Tracking Features
| LiveTrack | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group LiveTrack | ||||
| Live Event Sharing | Android™ Only | |||
| Incident Detection during select activities | ||||
| Assistance |
Tactical Features
| Dual grid coordinates |
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Activity Tracking Features
| Step counter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | ||||
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | ||||
| Calories burned | ||||
| Floors climbed | ||||
| Distance traveled | ||||
| Intensity minutes | ||||
| TrueUp™ | ||||
| Move IQ™ |
Gym & Fitness Equipment
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates and Yoga | Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates and Yoga | Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates and Yoga | Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates and Yoga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardio workouts | ||||
| Strength workouts | ||||
| Yoga workouts | ||||
| Pilates workouts | ||||
| On-screen workout animations | ||||
| Automatic rep counting |
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
| HR zones | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR alerts | ||||
| HR calories | ||||
| % HR max | ||||
| % HRR | ||||
| Recovery time | ||||
| Auto max HR | ||||
| HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) | ||||
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| GPS speed and distance | ||||
| Customizable data pages | ||||
| Customizable activity profiles | ||||
| Auto Pause® | ||||
| Interval training | ||||
| Advanced workouts | ||||
| Downloadable training plans | ||||
| Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | ||||
| Auto Lap® | ||||
| Manual lap | ||||
| Configurable lap alerts | ||||
| Heat and altitude acclimation | ||||
| Vo2 max | ||||
| Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) | ||||
| Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) | ||||
| Training load focus | ||||
| Training Effect | ||||
| Training Effect (anaerobic) | ||||
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | ||||
| Custom alerts | ||||
| Audio prompts | ||||
| Finish time | ||||
| Virtual Partner | ||||
| Race an Activity | ||||
| Auto multisport activities | ||||
| Manual multisport activities | ||||
| Course guidance | ||||
| Garmin Live Segments | ||||
| Strava Live Segments | ||||
| Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | ||||
| Trendline™ Popularity Routing | ||||
| Touch and/or button lock | ||||
| Hot keys | ||||
| Auto scroll | ||||
| Activity history on watch | ||||
| Physio TrueUp |
Running Features
| Available run profiles |
Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running |
Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running |
Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running |
Running, Indoor and Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running |
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| GPS-based distance, time and pace | ||||
| Running dynamics | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | ||||
| Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) | ||||
| Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | ||||
| Run workouts | ||||
| Race predictor | ||||
| Foot pod capable |
Golfing Features
| Preloaded with 41,000 courses worldwide | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | ||||
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | ||||
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Digital scorecard | ||||
| Custom targets | ||||
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | ||||
| Garmin AutoShot™ | ||||
| Full vector map | ||||
| Auto CourseView updates | ||||
| Green View with manual pin position | ||||
| Hazards and course targets | ||||
| PinPointer | ||||
| PlaysLike distance | ||||
| Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) | ||||
| Handicap scoring | ||||
| TruSwing™ compatible | ||||
| Round timer/odometer | ||||
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) |
Outdoor Recreation
| Available outdoor recreation profiles |
Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Jumpmaster, Tactical |
Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Jumpmaster, Tactical |
Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Jumpmaster, Tactical |
Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point-to-point navigation | ||||
| Bread crumb trail in real time | ||||
| Back to start | ||||
| TracBack® | ||||
| UltraTrac mode | ||||
| Around Me mode | ||||
| Elevation profile | ||||
| Distance to destination | ||||
| Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert | ||||
| ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner | ||||
| Trail run auto climb | ||||
| Vertical speed | ||||
| Total ascent/descent | ||||
| Future elevation plot | ||||
| Preloaded topographical maps | ||||
| Preloaded ski resort maps | ||||
| Downloadable cartography support | ||||
| Compatible with BaseCamp™ | ||||
| GPS coordinates | ||||
| Sight 'N Go | ||||
| Area calculation | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Hunt/fish calendar | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Projected waypoint | ||||
| Sun and moon information | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| XERO™ Locations | ||||
| Expedition GPS Activity | ||||
| Tides | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
Cycling Features
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courses | ||||
| Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) | ||||
| MTB Grit & Flow | ||||
| Available cycling profiles |
Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, Triathlon |
Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, Triathlon |
Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, Triathlon |
Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Trail Biking |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | ||||
| Race an activity | ||||
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Compatible with Vector™ (power meter) | ||||
| Power meter compatible | ||||
| Advanced Vector support | ||||
| Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) | ||||
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | ||||
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | ||||
| Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) |
yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) |
yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) |
yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) |
yes |
Swimming Features
| Available swim profiles |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimrun |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | ||||
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | ||||
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | ||||
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | ||||
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | ||||
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | ||||
| Auto Rest (Pool Swim Only) | ||||
| Time and distance alerts | ||||
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) | ||||
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | ||||
| Pool swim workouts | ||||
| Critical swim speed | ||||
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | ||||
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) | yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) | yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) | yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) |
Kid Activity Tracking Features
| Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges | yes (optional Connect IQ app) | yes (optional Connect IQ app) | yes (optional Connect IQ app) | yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
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