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Xiaomi Poco F5 vs Samsung Galaxy A25

60 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F5
VS
51 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A25
Xiaomi Poco F5
Samsung Galaxy A25

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2) that was released on May 9, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy A25, which is powered by Exynos 1280 and came out 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F5
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1302K versus 617K)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (21:08 vs 18:26 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A25
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • The phone is 7 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Samsung Galaxy A25 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)

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8 / 256 GB
VS
4 / 128 GB
69.4
(Good)
Value Index
57.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Poco F5
vs
Galaxy A25

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 396 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 84.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 145.1%
PWM 120 Hz 119 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco F5
961 nits
Galaxy A25 +7%
1030 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.11 mm (6.34 inches) 161 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Blue, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F5 +6%
88.9%
Galaxy A25
84.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Samsung Galaxy A25
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Samsung Exynos 1280
Max clock 2910 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.49 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X2		 - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 725 Mali-G68 MP4
GPU shading units 1024 128
GPU clock 580 MHz 897 MHz
FLOPS ~1187.8 GFLOPS ~229.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Samsung Galaxy A25
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F5 +70%
1627
Galaxy A25
957
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F5 +100%
4184
Galaxy A25
2095
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F5 +75%
4119
Galaxy A25
2348
Compute Score (GPU) 4119 2348
Single-core score 1627 957
Multi-core score 4184 2095
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F5 +111%
1302969
Galaxy A25
617315
CPU 522997 246621
GPU 166455 71605
Memory 227236 102085
UX 386281 197004
Total score 1302969 617315
Samples [35 tests] [22 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F5 +169%
608
Galaxy A25
226
Stability 98% 95%
Graphics test 5 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 608 226
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco F5
1956
Galaxy A25
n/a
Stability 85% 99%
Graphics test 11 FPS -
Graphics score 1956 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (Martin)AnTuTu 121421599
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Zaviee)AnTuTu 121483091
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 121442782
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh)AnTuTu 111318003
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway)AnTuTu 111304220
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Samsung Galaxy A25
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 -> Black_KRGMAnTuTu 12765124
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-09 (James)AnTuTu 11612157
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-14 (DJ)AnTuTu 11651423
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (OmPhanLaoRaBien)AnTuTu 11637428
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-02 (MusteryLodall)Geekbench 6 CPU936 / 2053
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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 2.2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 14
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 6
OS size 32 GB 20 GB
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 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 (83% in 30 min) Yes (49% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 1:24 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr 06:44 hr
Watching video 12:47 hr 11:34 hr
Gaming 05:49 hr 04:52 hr
Standby 95 hr 91 hr
General battery life
Poco F5 +15%
21:08 hr
Galaxy A25
18:26 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6936 8160 x 6120
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual 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 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length - 27 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV64B40 Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Sony IMX355 Samsung ISOCELL (S5K)4HA
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital No

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.2
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 Hynix Hi-1339
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region 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 No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 20 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Poco F5 +14%
90.6 dB
Galaxy A25
79.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2023 December 2023
Release date May 2023 December 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $299
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F7 - Samsung Galaxy A26 5G
SAR (head) - 0.46 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.19 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Xiaomi Poco F5 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
9 (64.3%)
5 (35.7%)
Total votes: 14

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