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Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE vs Samsung Galaxy A35 5G

52 out of 100
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
VS
57 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
Samsung Galaxy A35 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.55-inch Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G) that was released on September 15, 2021, against the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1380 and came out 2 years and 6 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • Weighs 51 grams less
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (22:25 vs 20:31 hours)
  • Delivers 28% higher peak brightness (1017 against 793 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Comes with 750 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4250 mAh
  • The phone is 2 years and 6 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE and Samsung Galaxy A35 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 30% Yes
Mostly no. The difference is too small to matter in everyday use.
The overall difference between Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE and Samsung Galaxy A35 5G is not big enough to justify updating.
Main improvements: display, battery life, and connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
11 Lite 5G NE
vs
Galaxy A35 5G

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.55 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 402 ppi 390 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 800 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 85.3% 84.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.9%
PWM 373 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 3.4 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
11 Lite 5G NE
793 nits
Galaxy A35 5G +28%
1017 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) 161.7 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 6.8 mm (0.27 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 158 g (5.57 oz) 209 g (7.37 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP67
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Pink Black, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
11 Lite 5G NE +1%
85.3%
Galaxy A35 5G
84.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE and Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Samsung Exynos 1380
Max clock 2400 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 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)		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 642L Mali-G68 MP5
GPU shading units 512 160
GPU clock 550 MHz 949 MHz
FLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE and Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
11 Lite 5G NE
2311
Galaxy A35 5G +31%
3033
Compute Score (GPU) 2311 3033
Single-core score 1012 1006
Multi-core score 2801 2855
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
11 Lite 5G NE +3%
791030
Galaxy A35 5G
768212
CPU 322951 311721
GPU 100623 89942
Memory 153686 136276
UX 213770 230273
Total score 791030 768212
Samples [12 tests] [23 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 226 279
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 4 FPS -
Graphics score 688 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
11 Lite 5G NE
10994
Galaxy A35 5G +19%
13073
Web score 8806 11340
Video editing 6423 7357
Photo editing 22314 25659
Data manipulation 8898 10930
Writing score 13001 16320
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (tosaino)AnTuTu 12806833
📘 2026-04-17 -> tosainoCPU Throttle88%
📘 2026-04-13 -> tosainoAnTuTu 11792686
📘 2026-03-18 (Vynx)AnTuTu 11738260
📘 2026-03-07 (Shornmino)AnTuTu 11791030
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Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 (P3RF3CT)AnTuTu 12866054
📘 2026-09-27 -> LessPlum3393AnTuTu 12857296
📘 2026-09-25 (ttk:kotakbass.official)Geekbench 6 CPU1010 / 2895
📘 2026-09-22 (ttk:kotakbass.official)AnTuTu 12922710
📘 2026-09-17 (kotakbass.official)AnTuTu 11829716
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 One UI 8.5
OS size 14.8 GB 28 GB
OS updates 3 years 4 years
Security updates 4 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4250 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 33 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 (60% in 30 min) Yes (52% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:04 hr 1:26 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:37 hr 08:47 hr
Watching video 13:17 hr 14:03 hr
Gaming 04:48 hr 05:56 hr
Standby 100 hr 106 hr
General battery life
11 Lite 5G NE
20:31 hr
Galaxy A35 5G +9%
22:25 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6936 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital 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 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung GW3 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8
Sensor size 1/1.97" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor - GalaxyCore GC08A3
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 50 mm -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 50
Preview - 52
Zoom - 71
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A35 5G from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 27 mm -
Sensor CMOS Samsung ISOCELL S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.12 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 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC 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 Yes
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 20 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
11 Lite 5G NE
89.3 dB
Galaxy A35 5G +2%
90.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced September 2021 March 2024
Release date October 2021 March 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $320 $380
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy A37 5G
SAR (head) - 0.44 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.92 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger - Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A35 5G:
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 2.2 memory, other models have UFS 3.1.
    - Only SM-A356E/DS and SM-A356B/DS models support two physical SIM cards.
*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 A35 5G is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 77

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