Xiaomi Poco F5 vs Samsung Galaxy A54 5G

60 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco F5
VS
56 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco F5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2) that was released on May 9, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1380 and came out 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 Poco F5
  • 67% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1302K versus 779K)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Thinner bezels – 6.1% more screen real estate
  • 61% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1627 and 1009 points
  • Weighs 21 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Samsung Galaxy A54 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
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8 / 256 GB
VS
4 / 128 GB
69.4
(Good)
Value Index
73.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 403 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 82.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% 99.6%
PWM 120 Hz 253 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
970 nits
986 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.11 mm (6.34 inches) 158.2 mm (6.23 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 76.7 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Poco F5 +7%
88.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Samsung Exynos 1380
Max clock 2910 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.49 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X2
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 725 Mali-G68 MP5
GPU shading units 1024 160
GPU clock 580 MHz 949 MHz
FLOPS ~1187.8 GFLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco F5 and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco F5 +61%
1627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco F5 +46%
4184
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco F5 +37%
4119
Compute Score (GPU) 4119 3003
Single-core score 1627 1009
Multi-core score 4184 2865
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco F5 +67%
1302969
779380
CPU 522997 320379
GPU 166455 91502
Memory 227236 118771
UX 386281 248788
Total score 1302969 779380
Samples [35 tests] [28 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco F5 +119%
608
Stability 98% 97%
Graphics test 5 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 608 278
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco F5 +142%
1956
Stability 85% 99%
Graphics test 11 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 1956 808
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 11039
Video editing - 7267
Photo editing - 25604
Data manipulation - 9921
Writing score - 15745

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco F5
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 121442782
📘 2026-09-03 (Rehan shaikh)AnTuTu 111318003
📘 2026-08-15 (MobileEngineer Harway)AnTuTu 111304220
📘 2026-08-12 (Koreia27)AnTuTu 111450376
📘 2026-08-09 (emptyset0.00sec)CPU Throttle93%
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-08 (Chillorgil)AnTuTu 12856948
📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltailsGeekbench 6 CPU1027 / 3015
📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltailsAnTuTu 11811942
📘 2026-05-27 (Matheus)AnTuTu 11779380
📘 2026-05-22 (SParkle)AnTuTu 11792970

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 8.0
OS size 32 GB 28 GB
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 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
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (83% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:04 hr 08:04 hr
Watching video 12:47 hr 14:16 hr
Gaming 05:49 hr 05:24 hr
Standby 95 hr 106 hr
General battery life
21:08 hr
21:52 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6936 8160 x 6120
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual 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 (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 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 - 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV64B40 Sony IMX766
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
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 Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 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
Focal length - 25 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 55
Preview - 53
Zoom - 79
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 Sony IMX616
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus 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 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 5.3 5.3
Bluetooth features LE 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region 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 Yes
LTE Cat* 20 18
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
Poco F5 +2%
90.6 dB
88.7 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2023 March 2023
Release date May 2023 March 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $490
Successor - Xiaomi Poco F7 - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
SAR (head) - 0.69 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.34 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A54 5G:
    - Only phones with model numbers SM-A546B and SM-A546E support eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, battery life, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco F5. But if the camera and software are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G.

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what conclusion ? November 21, 2023 at 03:25 AM
The design of a phone is subjective, based on the preferences of the individual user, you can't definitively say that the A54 looks better and thus should be chosen over the F5. Such a suggestion seems nonsensical. If performance and gaming are priorities, then undoubtedly the F5 would be the preferable choice. It's unfair to say the A54's better design is its winning feature over the F5. In my opinion, the F5's design is superior. I prefer it over the generic designs that all Samsung phones tend to have. A possible advantage of the A54 is the inclusion of a microSD card slot, which is very beneficial for users who store large amounts of data on their devices. A 256GB phone may not provide enough storage space for such users, but a 200GB expansion via a microSD card might just be the solution. The battery life as stated by some reviews is quite surprising. A standby time of only 86 hours for the F5 seems questionable. My 8GB RAM version lasts approximately 7 days on standby, which should be around 168 hours. This disparity leads me to question the legitimacy of this site's reviews and whether they favor certain brands.
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Nobadi July 9, 2023 at 03:05 PM
Poco F5 is better than A54 even though its cheaper, so you should go for Poco F5 the value is better.
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FindTheBestSide August 18, 2023 at 05:26 PM
The Samsung Galaxy A54 5G features an external Micro SD card slot that supports up to 1TB, making it ideal for photography, videography, travel, work documents/business, content creation, and productivity. Additionally, it boasts the top-notch One UI 5.1, which is packed with features and offers a stunning user interface. This enhances the user experience for productivity, quick access, design aesthetics, and ensures a cohesive ecosystem along with extended software and security updates.
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Sultan November 1, 2023 at 07:47 AM
FindTheBestSide, Really? The S series and older flagships are more worth buying if you're considering a Samsung in this price range. The A54 doesn't offer good performance.
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