Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on May 23, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1480 and came out 3 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
- 73% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1767K versus 1021K)
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
- 35% higher pixel density (526 vs 390 PPI)
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (1200 against 1001 nits)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- 69% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1916 and 1137 points
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
- Shows 39% longer battery life (26:41 vs 19:08 hours)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- 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 | 6.67 inches | 6.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 526 ppi | 390 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4000 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.1% | 85.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 100% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.86 mm (6.33 inches) | 161.1 mm (6.34 inches) |
| Width | 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) | 77.4 mm (3.05 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.21 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 209 g (7.37 oz) | 213 g (7.51 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP54 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black | White, Blue, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Samsung Exynos 1480 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Xclipse 530 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 128 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~665.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 8609 | 4101 |
| Single-core score | 1916 | 1137 |
| Multi-core score | 5305 | 3437 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 573925 | 348485 |
| GPU | 430773 | 226076 |
| Memory | 319179 | 182794 |
| UX | 443251 | 264381 |
| Total score | 1767128 | 1021736 |
| Samples | [21 tests] | [29 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 95% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 996 | 459 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 21 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 18 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 16 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 4833 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 98% |
| Graphics test | - | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 982 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 11788 |
| Video editing | - | 7255 |
| Photo editing | - | 23283 |
| Data manipulation | - | 10941 |
| Writing score | - | 17673 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Fraeier) | AnTuTu 11 | 1779881 |
| 📘 2026-09-27 (bySK1LL) | AnTuTu 12 | 1974839 |
| 📘 2026-08-25 (kyryl) | AnTuTu 11 | 1827319 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Ploxou) | AnTuTu 11 | 1769525 |
| 📘 2026-07-16 (TsukuGuru) | AnTuTu 11 | 1751309 |
Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-17 (Артем) | AnTuTu 11 | 1080442 |
| 📘 2026-08-23 (No) | AnTuTu 11 | 965699 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Brice) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1115 / 3126 |
| 📘 2026-08-06 (Mazen) | AnTuTu 11 | 1057022 |
| 📘 2026-06-28 (SK.EMTIAZ) | AnTuTu 11 | 1021736 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | - | 20.1 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 2 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (64% in 15 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:27 hr | 1:03 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:12 hr | 10:24 hr |
| Watching video | 09:49 hr | 17:52 hr |
| Gaming | 05:17 hr | 05:16 hr |
| Standby | 103 hr | 125 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#116th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 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 |
| Sensor | OmniVision OVX8000 | Sony IMX906 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | Sony IMX258 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | 5 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | - |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC02M1 | GalaxyCore GC5035 |
| Sensor size | 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 45 |
| Preview | - | 54 |
| Zoom | - | 75 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A55 5G from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 6464 x 4864 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV16A1Q | Sony IMX616 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) 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 | 5.3 | 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 |
| DisplayPort | No | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Depends on the region |
| 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 | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 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 | May 2024 | March 2024 |
| Release date | May 2024 | March 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $439 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.68 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.04 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Poco F6 Pro:
- The Chinese version of this phone released under Redmi K70 name.
Notes on Galaxy A55 5G:
- The barometer is only available in the model for the USA.
- SM-A556B/DS and A556E/DS models come with two physical SIM cards.
*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 F6 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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