Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy A56 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 A56 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1580 and came out 9 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • 37% higher pixel density (526 vs 385 PPI)
  • 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1767K versus 1251K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 45W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • 42% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1916 and 1354 points
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
  • Shows 50% longer battery life (28:42 vs 19:08 hours)
  • Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
  • The phone is 9 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy A56 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
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)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
77.2
(Good)
Value Index
89.8
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 526 ppi 385 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 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 89.1% 87.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 99.1%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1200 nits
1204 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.86 mm (6.33 inches) 162.2 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 77.5 mm (3.05 inches)
Thickness 8.21 mm (0.32 inches) 7.4 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black 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
89.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Samsung Exynos 1580
Max clock 3200 MHz 2900 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Xclipse 540
GPU shading units 1536 256
GPU clock 680 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~1331.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1916
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5305
Compute Score (GPU)
8609
Compute Score (GPU) 8609 6865
Single-core score 1916 1354
Multi-core score 5305 3789
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1767128
1251512
CPU 573925 490457
GPU 430773 296896
Memory 319179 173263
UX 443251 290896
Total score 1767128 1251512
Samples [21 tests] [130 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
996
Stability 95% 97%
Graphics test 7 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 996 641
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Section 1 21 FPS -
Section 2 18 FPS -
Section 3 16 FPS -
Graphics score 4833 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 14131
Video editing - 7744
Photo editing - 22842
Data manipulation - 11699
Writing score - 18128

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-03 (Fraeier)AnTuTu 111779881
📘 2026-09-27 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 121974839
📘 2026-08-25 (kyryl)AnTuTu 111827319
📘 2026-08-21 (Ploxou)AnTuTu 111769525
📘 2026-07-16 (TsukuGuru)AnTuTu 111751309
Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 -> Baogia_VNAnTuTu 111281445
📘 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN)AnTuTu 121090096
📘 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN)AnTuTu 111278747
📘 2026-10-09 (Baogia_VN)AnTuTu 121090096
📘 2026-09-24 (.)CPU Throttle82%

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 8.5
OS size - 21.5 GB
OS updates 2 years 6 years
Security updates 2 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 45 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 (65% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:27 hr 1:13 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:12 hr 11:28 hr
Watching video 09:49 hr 19:50 hr
Gaming 05:17 hr 04:53 hr
Standby 103 hr 131 hr
General battery life
19:08 hr
28:42 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
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
Standard lens
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
Ultra-wide lens
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
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 -
Sensor size 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital 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 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 -
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Samsung S5K3LC
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1 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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes 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 Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 -
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
88.7 dB
87.7 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2024 March 2025
Release date May 2024 March 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $499
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro - 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, 120 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Poco F6 Pro:
    - The Chinese version of this phone released under Redmi K70 name.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, performance, and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco F6 Pro. But if the battery life and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G.

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