Both Canon R6 and Olympus E-M1 II have 20.0 MP resolution sensors but Canon R6's sensor is Full frame (36 x 24 mm ) and Olympus E-M1 II's sensor is Four Thirds (17.4 x 13 mm ).
Since Canon R6's has a larger sensor area with the same resolution, this means that it also has a larger pixel area hence better light collecting capacity for a given aperture compared to Olympus E-M1 II.
One other difference between these two cameras that is worth mentioning is that Olympus E-M1 II's sensor doesn't have an anti-alias (Low-Pass) filter. Removing anti-alias filter increases the sharpness and level of detail but at the same time, it increases the chance of moiré occurring in certain scenes.
Below you can see the R6 and E-M1 II sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Canon R6 has a 3.8x Larger sensor area than Olympus E-M1 II. Larger sensors give photographer more control on the depth of field and blurry background compared to smaller sensor when shot in same focal length and aperture.
DxOMark Sensor Scores
Both Canon R6 and Olympus E-M1 II sensors have been tested by DxoMark. DxoMark scores camera sensors for color depth (DXO Portrait), dynamic range (DXO Landscape) and low-light sensitivity (DXO Sports), and also gives them an overall score. Of the two cameras that we are comparing, R6 has scored 90, 10 points higher than E-M1 II.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Canon R6 |
90 |
24.2 bits |
14.3 Evs |
3394 ISO |
Olympus E-M1 II |
80 |
23.7 bits |
12.8 Evs |
1312 ISO |