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
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
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| 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 |
| 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)
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
Performance
| 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 |
| 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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 22758 | 6865 |
| Single-core score | 2819 | 1354 |
| Multi-core score | 8705 | 3789 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| 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
| 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 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| 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
Vivo X200 Pro mini
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-30 -> Bronelliant | AnTuTu 12 | 2833803 |
| 📘 2026-06-09 (adverse) | AnTuTu 11 | 2857775 |
| 📘 2026-05-31 (elega) | AnTuTu 11 | 2810299 |
| 📘 2026-05-24 (Tape) | AnTuTu 11 | 2812729 |
| 📘 2026-05-07 (Oleg) | AnTuTu 11 | 2820364 |
Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-11 -> Baogia_VN | AnTuTu 11 | 1281445 |
| 📘 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN) | AnTuTu 12 | 1090096 |
| 📘 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN) | AnTuTu 11 | 1278747 |
| 📘 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN) | AnTuTu 12 | 1090096 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (.) | CPU Throttle | 82% |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (72nd and 70th place)
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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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