Xiaomi 13T vs Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G

65 out of 100
Xiaomi 13T
VS
51 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G

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 A52s 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 2 years and 2 months before. 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 Xiaomi 13T
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • 55% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1175K versus 758K)
  • Delivers 57% higher peak brightness (1256 against 799 nits)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (23:22 vs 21:34 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • 10% higher pixel density (446 vs 405 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 13T and Samsung Galaxy A52s 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 83% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G to Xiaomi 13T is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: camera, performance, and gaming.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 405 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 600 nits 400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5% 85%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.6% 138.1%
PWM 120 Hz 231 Hz
Response time 1 ms 9 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 13T +57%
1256 nits
799 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) 159.9 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 197 g (6.95 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Green White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
87.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 13T and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8200 Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 3100 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 580 Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 384 512
GPU clock 950 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~729.6 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 13T and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 13T +24%
1261
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 13T +35%
4018
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 13T +40%
3492
Compute Score (GPU) 3492 2487
Single-core score 1261 1021
Multi-core score 4018 2969
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 13T +55%
1175951
CPU 421303 313434
GPU 209708 100484
Memory 221082 135397
UX 323858 209450
Total score 1175951 758767
Samples [9 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 13T +156%
577
Stability 91% 98%
Graphics test 4 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 577 225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 685
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13055
Web score 11689 11369
Video editing 6802 7181
Photo editing 23185 25824
Data manipulation 12111 9429
Writing score 17261 13416

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-12 (Kubyshko)AnTuTu 111130854
📘 2026-07-23 (Maragidyne)AnTuTu 111291153
📘 2026-06-27 (Gadfiq)AnTuTu 111287453
📘 2026-06-15 (notmihnea1)Geekbench 6 CPU1346 / 4133
📘 2026-01-15 (DQP)AnTuTu 111169170
Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)Geekbench 7 CPU808 / 3022
📘 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)AnTuTu 12769103
📘 2026-09-27 (Andy Swas)AnTuTu 11725254
📘 2026-09-22 (bebequinhamota)AnTuTu 12805881
📘 2026-09-03 (Jaegerr)AnTuTu 11791396

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 One UI 6.0
OS size - 26 GB
OS updates 4 years 2 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 1:28 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr 07:27 hr
Watching video 12:58 hr 12:42 hr
Gaming 05:38 hr 04:56 hr
Standby 121 hr 116 hr
General battery life
23:22 hr
21:34 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 9000 x 7000
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: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX707 Sony IMX682
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
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 -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV13B -
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 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 65 -
Preview 65 -
Zoom 101 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 13T from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX596 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 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
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
91.4 dB
83.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2023 August 2021
Release date September 2023 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $495
Successor - Xiaomi 15T -
SAR (head) - 0.88 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.84 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W -
*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 Xiaomi 13T is definitely a better buy.

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