Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G vs Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 3 years and 2 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 Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
  • Delivers 52% higher peak brightness (1212 against 799 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1001K versus 758K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • The phone is 3 years and 2 months newer
  • 10% higher pixel density (446 vs 405 PPI)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Weighs 16 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G 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 81% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G to Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: camera, display, and battery life.

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 (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits 800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 85%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.1% 138.1%
PWM 120 Hz 231 Hz
Response time 1 ms 9 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1212 nits
799 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.53 mm (6.4 inches) 159.9 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 74.67 mm (2.94 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 2500 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 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 TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Adreno 810 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 1050 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4464 2487
Single-core score 1174 1021
Multi-core score 3157 2969
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 388668 313434
GPU 177263 100484
Memory 186944 135397
UX 248908 209450
Total score 1001783 758767
Samples [27 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 3 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 362 225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 685
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12562 11369
Video editing 7767 7181
Photo editing 22920 25824
Data manipulation 11977 9429
Writing score 15830 13416

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (Crxzy)AnTuTu 12992985
📘 2026-09-16 (Arkelian)AnTuTu 121060019
📘 2026-09-12 (MishaDesher)AnTuTu 121029598
📘 2026-08-11 (Đat)AnTuTu 11959029
📘 2026-07-24 (Super)AnTuTu 111018676
Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)Geekbench 7 CPU808 / 3022
📘 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)AnTuTu 12769103
📘 2026-09-27 (Andy Swas)AnTuTu 11725254
📘 2026-09-22 (bebequinhamota)AnTuTu 12805881
📘 2026-09-03 (Jaegerr)AnTuTu 11791396

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 One UI 6.0
OS size 32 GB 26 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5110 mAh 4500 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 -
Fast charging Yes (75% in 30 min) Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:21 hr 1:28 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:26 hr 07:27 hr
Watching video 13:31 hr 12:42 hr
Gaming 05:43 hr 04:56 hr
Standby 102 hr 116 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 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 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 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 200 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.65 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHP3 Sony IMX682
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 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 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 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
Sensor Omnivision OV02B -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B40 CMOS
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.4 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
DisplayPort No -
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* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2024 August 2021
Release date January 2025 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $495
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G -
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, 120 W -
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G:
    - The black and blue models (glass back) are 8.75 mm thick and weigh 210.14g, while the purple model (eco-leather) is 8.85 mm and 205.13g.
*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 Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G is definitely a better buy.

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