Vivo X200 Pro mini vs Samsung Galaxy A56 5G

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.31-inch Vivo X200 Pro mini (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400) that was released on October 14, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1580 and came out 4 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo X200 Pro mini
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2779K versus 1251K)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Delivers 50% higher peak brightness (1805 against 1204 nits)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 30W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 45W)
  • Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 5700 vs 5000 mAh
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 19% higher pixel density (460 vs 385 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
  • Has a 0.39 inch larger screen size
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X200 Pro mini and Samsung Galaxy A56 5G crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
42.2
(Average)
Value Index
89.8
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.31 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 385 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 87.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.1%
PWM 361 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A56 5G
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
X200 Pro mini
6.31″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1805 nits
1204 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 150.8 mm (5.94 inches) 162.2 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) 77.5 mm (3.05 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 7.4 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 187 g (6.6 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Pink Black, Gray, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.19/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X200 Pro mini and Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Samsung Exynos 1580
Max clock 3630 MHz 2900 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.62 GHz: Cortex-X925
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 890 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Xclipse 540
GPU shading units 1536 256
GPU clock 1612 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~4952.1 GFLOPS ~1331.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X200 Pro mini and Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2819
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8705
Compute Score (GPU)
22758
Compute Score (GPU) 22758 6865
Single-core score 2819 1354
Multi-core score 8705 3789
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2779129
1251512
CPU 853223 490457
GPU 971718 296896
Memory 348906 173263
UX 605282 290896
Total score 2779129 1251512
Samples [14 tests] [130 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2283
Stability 62% 97%
Graphics test 17 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 2283 641
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 39 FPS -
Section 1 45 FPS -
Section 2 40 FPS -
Section 3 31 FPS -
Graphics score 10156 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 60% -
Graphics test 33 FPS -
Graphics score 5665 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
14626
Web score 13655 14131
Video editing 5778 7744
Photo editing 30547 22842
Data manipulation 12752 11699
Writing score 22229 18128
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#135th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X200 Pro mini
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 -> BronelliantAnTuTu 122833803
📘 2026-06-09 (adverse)AnTuTu 112857775
📘 2026-05-31 (elega)AnTuTu 112810299
📘 2026-05-24 (Tape)AnTuTu 112812729
📘 2026-05-07 (Oleg)AnTuTu 112820364
Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 -> Baogia_VNAnTuTu 111281445
📘 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN)AnTuTu 121090096
📘 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN)AnTuTu 111278747
📘 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN)AnTuTu 121090096
📘 2026-09-24 (.)CPU Throttle82%

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OriginOS 6 One UI 8.5
OS size 55 GB 21.5 GB
OS updates 3 years 6 years
Security updates 3 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5700 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 45 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (30 W) No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (62% in 30 min) Yes (65% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:52 hr 1:13 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:58 hr 11:28 hr
Watching video 18:31 hr 19:50 hr
Gaming 05:59 hr 04:53 hr
Standby 131 hr 131 hr
General battery life
28:40 hr
28:42 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Sony LYT-818 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.6 -
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX882 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX258
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 5 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 145
Zoom - 59
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A56 5G from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 -
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 20 mm -
Sensor Samsung KD1 Samsung S5K3LC
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
85.7 dB
87.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced October 2024 March 2025
Release date October 2024 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $499
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
SAR (head) - 0.61 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.05 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Vivo X200 Pro mini is definitely a better buy.

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