Xiaomi Poco X6 vs Samsung Galaxy S22

54 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X6
VS
63 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S22

Here we compared two 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 S22, which is powered by Exynos 2200 and came out 1 year and 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
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1400 mAh larger battery capacity: 5100 vs 3700 mAh
  • Delivers 56% higher peak brightness (1336 against 856 nits)
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (18:31 vs 16:55 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • The phone is 1 year and 11 months newer
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 85% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 754K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X6 and Samsung Galaxy S22 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
20.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
68.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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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 (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 780 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.8% 88.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.3%
PWM - 239 Hz
Response time - 10 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco X6
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Poco X6 +56%
1336 nits
856 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.15 mm (6.34 inches) 146 mm (5.75 inches)
Width 74.24 mm (2.92 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco X6 +1%
89.8%
88.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X6 and Samsung Galaxy S22
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 Samsung Exynos 2200
Max clock 2400 MHz 2800 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 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 710 Xclipse 920
GPU shading units 256 384
GPU clock 940 MHz 1306 MHz
FLOPS ~481.3 GFLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X6 and Samsung Galaxy S22
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1015
Galaxy S22 +58%
1600
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
2687
Galaxy S22 +43%
3840
Compute Score (GPU)
1767
Compute Score (GPU) 1767 -
Single-core score 1015 1600
Multi-core score 2687 3840
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
754967
Galaxy S22 +85%
1398273
CPU 294102 462329
GPU 72707 376985
Memory 146220 231805
UX 241938 327154
Total score 754967 1398273
Samples [15 tests] [11 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
252
Galaxy S22 +225%
820
Stability 98% 65%
Graphics test 2 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 252 820
3DMark Solar Bay
n/a
3751
Stability - 66%
Graphics test - 14 FPS
Section 1 - 17 FPS
Section 2 - 14 FPS
Section 3 - 11 FPS
Graphics score - 3751
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
n/a
1830
Stability - 66%
Graphics test - 10 FPS
Graphics score - 1830
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Poco X6 +1%
12420
12319
Web score 11685 11192
Video editing 7141 7372
Photo editing 23891 21608
Data manipulation 10182 11423
Writing score 14783 14877

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X6
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-12 (Roshan)Geekbench 6 CPU1021 / 2953
📘 2026-06-12 (Roshan)AnTuTu 11788172
📘 2026-05-04 -> SparxieAnTuTu 11906684
📘 2026-05-03 (Tera papa 🫵🏻😆)AnTuTu 11755685
📘 2026-04-26 (Dauren)AnTuTu 11762979
Samsung Galaxy S22
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGAnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGBattery lifeSOT 5:35 / 7:27
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGGeekbench 6 GPU10630
📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik))AnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal)AnTuTu 111587642

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 8.0
OS size - 30.2 GB
OS updates 2 years 4 years
Security updates 2 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5100 mAh 3700 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (78% in 30 min) Yes (63% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:45 hr 05:42 hr
Watching video 10:18 hr 10:16 hr
Gaming 04:35 hr 04:06 hr
Standby 99 hr 90 hr
General battery life
Poco X6 +9%
18:31 hr
16:55 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 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
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/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Samsung GN5
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 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 - Sony IMX772
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 Sony IMX355 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 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 S22 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 3872 x 2592
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 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 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 5.2
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 - Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2024 February 2022
Release date January 2024 March 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $799
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- 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
*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 S22 is definitely a better buy.

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