Xiaomi Poco X6 vs Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G

54 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X6
VS
51 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X6 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) that was released on January 11, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 2 years and 5 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
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Delivers 67% higher peak brightness (1336 against 799 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • 10% higher pixel density (446 vs 405 PPI)
  • The phone is 2 years and 5 months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus UFS 2.1
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
  • Shows 16% longer battery life (21:34 vs 18:31 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X6 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
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)

Should I update?
No 20% Yes
No, we don't think this update is worth it.
Moving from Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G to Xiaomi Poco X6 will likely not feel like a meaningful upgrade.
Main improvements: display.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in connectivity.

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 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits 800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.8% 85%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 138.1%
PWM - 231 Hz
Response time - 9 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X6 +67%
1336 nits
799 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 159.9 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 74.24 mm (2.92 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco X6 +6%
89.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X6 and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 2400 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 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)
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 940 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X6 and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1015
1021
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
2687
2969
Compute Score (GPU)
1767
2487
Compute Score (GPU) 1767 2487
Single-core score 1015 1021
Multi-core score 2687 2969
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
754967
758767
CPU 294102 313434
GPU 72707 100484
Memory 146220 135397
UX 241938 209450
Total score 754967 758767
Samples [15 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco X6 +12%
252
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 252 225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 685
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
12420
Web score 11685 11369
Video editing 7141 7181
Photo editing 23891 25824
Data manipulation 10182 9429
Writing score 14783 13416

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X6
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 (Roshan)Geekbench 6 CPU1021 / 2953
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-12 (Roshan)AnTuTu 11788172
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 -> SparxieAnTuTu 11906684
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Tera papa πŸ«΅πŸ»πŸ˜†)AnTuTu 11755685
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Dauren)AnTuTu 11762979
Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)Geekbench 7 CPU808 / 3022
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)AnTuTu 12769103
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Andy Swas)AnTuTu 11725254
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (bebequinhamota)AnTuTu 12805881
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (Jaegerr)AnTuTu 11791396

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 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 16) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 6.0
OS size - 26 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5100 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 (78% in 30 min) Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 1:28 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:45 hr 07:27 hr
Watching video 10:18 hr 12:42 hr
Gaming 04:35 hr 04:56 hr
Standby 99 hr 116 hr
General battery life
18:31 hr
21:34 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 9000 x 7000
Zoom Digital 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 120 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 123Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Sony IMX682
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/1.7" (β‰ˆ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 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 - 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.2 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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes 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* No No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2024 August 2021
Release date January 2024 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $495
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro -
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

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi Poco X6. It has a better display, performance, software, and design.

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