Xiaomi 15T vs Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
78
out of 100
VS
74
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.83-inch Xiaomi 15T (with MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra) that was released on September 24, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2400. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15T
- Shows 8% longer battery life (26:15 vs 24:20 hours)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 45W)
- Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (1525 against 1240 nits)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 16% higher pixel density (447 vs 385 PPI)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- 30% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2126 and 1632 points
Review
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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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.83 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2772 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 447 ppi | 385 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1100 nits | 1300 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3200 nits | 1900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 89.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.7% | - |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.2 mm (6.43 inches) | 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) |
| Width | 78 mm (3.07 inches) | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.5 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 194 g (6.84 oz) | 190 g (6.7 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Rose gold | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Average (2.63/5) | Good (3.19/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra | Samsung Exynos 2400 |
| Max clock | 3250 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-A725 |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MP7 | Xclipse 940 |
| GPU shading units | 896 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1095 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2329.6 GFLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 11228 | 18209 |
| Single-core score | 1632 | 2126 |
| Multi-core score | 6505 | 6910 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 601024 | 714011 |
| GPU | 581727 | 653511 |
| Memory | 320685 | 303868 |
| UX | 412008 | 416496 |
| Total score | 1915524 | 2087886 |
| Samples | [16 tests] | [48 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 88% | 62% |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1281 | 1840 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | 32 FPS |
| Section 1 | 24 FPS | 37 FPS |
| Section 2 | 23 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 3 | 20 FPS | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5899 | 8302 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15808 | 12949 |
| Video editing | 6673 | 8051 |
| Photo editing | 23714 | 34315 |
| Data manipulation | 13815 | 13202 |
| Writing score | 18234 | 23460 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 15T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-31 (chebypeli100500) | AnTuTu 11 | 1926611 |
| 📘 2026-03-15 (Bers2409) | AnTuTu 11 | 2029273 |
| 📘 2026-01-24 (8arusadar) | AnTuTu 11 | 1940768 |
| 📘 2025-12-09 (Darwish) | AnTuTu 11 | 1881055 |
| 📘 2025-11-29 (Viktor) | AnTuTu 11 | 1939706 |
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Halil) | AnTuTu 12 | 2426875 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (Omar_syriangamerr) | AnTuTu 12 | 2245977 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 -> Viljami22 | AnTuTu 12 | 2321618 |
| 📘 2026-09-11 -> S25fe6833 | AnTuTu 12 | 2388378 |
| 📘 2026-08-17 (Neto) | AnTuTu 11 | 2303141 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 16 |
| ROM | HyperOS 3.0 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 33 GB | 23.8 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5500 mAh | 4900 mAh |
| Max charge power | 67 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (69% in 30 min) | Yes (52% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:51 hr | 1:10 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1600 cycles | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 11:09 hr | 13:29 hr |
| Watching video | 14:55 hr | 14:24 hr |
| Gaming | 06:40 hr | 06:03 hr |
| Standby | 125 hr | 87 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#131st place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 46 mm | 75 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | OmniVision OV08A10 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV13B | Samsung S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 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 | - | 150 |
| Zoom | - | 83 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung KD1S5KKD1 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2025 | September 2025 |
| Release date | September 2025 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $650 | $649 |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 15T. But if the performance, gaming, and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE.
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