Venu 4 was recently launched by Garmin in September 2025. We compare it with Garmin’s Vivoactive 6 and give you a perspective about which watch is suitable for your needs.
Let us dig deeper into a comparison of specifications and features of Venu 4 and Vivoactive 6.
Main differences between Venu 4 and Vivoactive 6
Venu 4 is almost twice the cost of a Vivoactive 6. Both watches sit in different price segments.
Both watches have quite a few similarities. Some of these include:
- Similar water rating of 5 ATM (SWIM rating)
- Internal storage of 8 GB
- GPS support for GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou
- Wireless support for Bluetooth, ANT+, and Wi-Fi
- Similar battery backups
- Full music features including music storage for offline listening of music
Display size
Venu 4 and Vivoactive 6 use AMOLED technology. But, Venu 4 has a 36 mm display while Vivoactive 6 has a smaller display of 33 mm only.
The display resolution of Venu 4 is 454 x 454 pixels and Vivoactive 6 has a display resolution of 390 x 390 pixels.
Both watches use 3rd generation Corning Gorilla Glass in the display.
GPS
Garmin Venu 4 supports multi-band GPS or the dual band frequency for GPS.
The multi-band sensor allows the watch to pull GPS data from multiple satellite systems at any given point in time. If the GPS connectivity is poor, the multi-band sensor will connect to an alternate GPS satellite system to pull GPS data.
Multi-band GPS helps in improving GPS reliability of data.
Vivoactive 6 does not have a multi-band GPS sensor.
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Garmin ECG
Venu 4 is compatible with the Garmin ECG app. With the ECG app, you can take on demand electrocardiogram readings. The ECG app helps in regular cardiac health monitoring.
Vivoactive 6 does not have the Garmin ECG app compatibility.
Speaker and mic
Venu 4 has an inbuilt speaker and microphone. You can answer calls from the watch itself.
Venu 4 also supports Bluetooth calling.
Vivoactive 6 lacks an inbuilt speaker and mic. So, you would need to rely on the paired smartphone.
Physical size and material
Venu 4 comes in 41 mm and 45 mm sizes. Vivoactive 6 comes in 42 mm size only.
Venu 4 uses stainless steel bezel and fiber body. Vivoactive 6 uses aluminium bezel and fiber body.
Vivoactive 6 is thinner (10.9 mm thick) than Venu 4 (12.5 mm thick).
Altimeter
Venu 4 has a sensor for barometric altimeter. Vivoactive 6 misses on barometric altimeter.
Costs
Venu 4 is priced at $549.99 while Vivoactive 6 is priced at $299.99. The price of Vivoactive 6 is almost half of Garmin Venu 4 price.