Xiaomi 13T vs Samsung Galaxy A36 5G
65
out of 100
VS
63
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi 13T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra) that was released on September 26, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy A36 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 5 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 Xiaomi 13T
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1175K versus 844K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 45W)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- 16% higher pixel density (446 vs 385 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A36 5G
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | 6.67 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2712 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 446 ppi | 385 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1200 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | 1900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.5% | 86.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.6% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) | 78.2 mm (3.08 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 197 g (6.95 oz) | 195 g (6.88 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | White, Black, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.19/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3100 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex A55 - 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex A78 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex A78 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 580 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G610 MC6 | Adreno 710 |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 950 MHz | 1010 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~729.6 GFLOPS | ~517.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3492 | 3506 |
| Single-core score | 1261 | 1004 |
| Multi-core score | 4018 | 2919 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 421303 | 311567 |
| GPU | 209708 | 134619 |
| Memory | 221082 | 162720 |
| UX | 323858 | 235541 |
| Total score | 1175951 | 844447 |
| Samples | [9 tests] | [66 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 91% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 577 | 315 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11689 | 14144 |
| Video editing | 6802 | 7296 |
| Photo editing | 23185 | 24677 |
| Data manipulation | 12111 | 10326 |
| Writing score | 17261 | 14497 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 13T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Kubyshko) | AnTuTu 11 | 1130854 |
| 📘 2026-07-23 (Maragidyne) | AnTuTu 11 | 1291153 |
| 📘 2026-06-27 (Gadfiq) | AnTuTu 11 | 1287453 |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (notmihnea1) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1346 / 4133 |
| 📘 2026-01-15 (DQP) | AnTuTu 11 | 1169170 |
Samsung Galaxy A36 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Jhzinnn) | AnTuTu 12 | 934820 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 -> Arcticmonkeys98 | AnTuTu 12 | 953956 |
| 📘 2026-10-02 (A36XQHYPER) | AnTuTu 12 | 938148 |
| 📘 2026-09-30 (kazew_) | AnTuTu 12 | 1005038 |
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Abdulgani) | AnTuTu 12 | 991604 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | - | 22.6 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (70% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:51 hr | 1:14 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:04 hr | 10:13 hr |
| Watching video | 12:58 hr | 16:02 hr |
| Gaming | 05:38 hr | 04:55 hr |
| Standby | 121 hr | 115 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX707 | Sony IMX882 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) | 1/1.96" (≈ 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | - |
| Focal length | 50 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50D40 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV13B | GalaxyCore GC08A3 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 5 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | GalaxyCore GC05A3 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | - |
| Preview | 65 | - |
| Zoom | 101 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3888 | 3184 x 2388 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX596 | GalaxyCore GC12A2 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.4 |
| 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | September 2023 | March 2025 |
| Release date | September 2023 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $600 | $399 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 15T | - Samsung Galaxy A37 5G |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.53 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.29 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 67 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 13T. But if the battery life and software are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A36 5G.
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