Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S23

63 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
VS
69 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S23

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra) that was released on January 11, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy S23, which is powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy and came out 11 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 Poco X6 Pro
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1100 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3900 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 10W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 45% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1987 and 1370 points
  • Weighs 18 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23 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
8 / 128 GB
92.8
(Very good)
Value Index
80.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 425 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (24-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits 1750 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 88%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 98.9%
PWM 1923 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco X6 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Galaxy S23
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1146 nits
1191 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.45 mm (6.32 inches) 146.3 mm (5.76 inches)
Width 74.34 mm (2.93 inches) 70.9 mm (2.79 inches)
Thickness 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Yellow White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy
Max clock 3350 MHz 3360 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 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
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MC6 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 1400 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S23 +45%
1987
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S23 +15%
5171
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S23 +91%
9410
Compute Score (GPU) 4929 9410
Single-core score 1370 1987
Multi-core score 4509 5171
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1604305
1712393
CPU 482670 587063
GPU 432750 434955
Memory 299238 275390
UX 389647 414985
Total score 1604305 1712393
Samples [70 tests] [29 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S23 +25%
1069
Stability 85% 76%
Graphics test 6 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 852 1069
3DMark Solar Bay
Galaxy S23 +55%
5348
Stability - 73%
Graphics test 13 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 14 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 13 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 11 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 3458 5348
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 61%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3669
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13963
Galaxy S23 +14%
15924
Web score 14649 15188
Video editing 6419 7873
Photo editing 23328 33939
Data manipulation 12555 12935
Writing score 18403 19390

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-14 -> Pocox6pro_5gCPU Throttle82%
📘 2026-10-14 -> Pocox6pro_5gAnTuTu 121694679
📘 2026-10-04 (Putrz)AnTuTu 111440126
📘 2026-10-02 -> uravinqAnTuTu 121745585
📘 2026-10-01 (Michael Cheng)AnTuTu 121933824
Samsung Galaxy S23
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (Ct)AnTuTu 121868238
📘 2026-09-21 (Mil)AnTuTu 121763249
📘 2026-09-16 (Fluffyicebite:3)AnTuTu 121835927
📘 2026-09-09 -> Rafarobbie22AnTuTu 111708074
📘 2026-09-09 (Rafa)AnTuTu 111708074

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 8.0
OS size 36 GB 29.7 GB
OS updates 2 years 4 years
Security updates 2 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3900 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (10 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 18 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 1:16 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:53 hr 08:12 hr
Watching video 12:36 hr 13:41 hr
Gaming 05:17 hr 05:20 hr
Standby 101 hr 109 hr
General battery life
21:20 hr
22:02 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 8160 x 6120
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Samsung S5KGN3
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 10 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 70 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size - 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 Sony IMX564
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Smartsens SC202PCS -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 72
Zoom - 126
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
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
90.3 dB
91.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2024 February 2023
Release date January 2024 February 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $799
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon)
SAR (head) - 0.96 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.3 W/kg
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Poco X6 Pro:
    - There is an eco-leather version of the X6 Pro that is 4 grams heavier and 0.10 mm thicker.
Notes on Galaxy S23:
    - The 128GB version uses slower UFS 3.1 memory, while the 256GB and 512GB models have UFS 4.0.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S23 is definitely a better buy.

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Jeslin March 6, 2024 at 04:05 PM
Brother, we can see most of the features on a brand's website. However, we don't always understand the functionality of these features. So, please include a detailed description of the features in all respective phones. For instance, IQOO flagship phones include a Q1 chip, and some Xiaomi flagship phones have MEMC features enabled. Additionally, it would be greatly appreciated if you could also mention whether the brand includes a headphone jack, as it's critically important for most gamers.
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