Xiaomi Poco X4 GT vs Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.6-inch Xiaomi Poco X4 GT (with MediaTek Dimensity 8100) that was released on June 23, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 10 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 X4 GT
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • 42% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1080K versus 758K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Shows 14% longer battery life (24:29 vs 21:34 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
  • Delivers 33% higher peak brightness (803 against 603 nits)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
  • Super AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X4 GT 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)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 128 GB
171.0
(Excellent)
Value Index
303.9
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Size 6.6 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2460 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 407 ppi 405 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-144 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 650 nits 800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 270 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 86.5% 85%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97.9% 138.1%
PWM 51540 Hz 231 Hz
Response time 24 ms 9 ms
Contrast 1573:1 ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
603 nits
803 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.64 mm (6.44 inches) 159.9 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 74.29 mm (2.92 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.87 mm (0.35 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 200 g (7.05 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
86.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X4 GT and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 2850 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 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)
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 580 Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC6 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 384 512
GPU clock 860 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~660.5 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X4 GT and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Poco X4 GT +12%
1139
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Poco X4 GT +29%
3842
Compute Score (GPU)
Poco X4 GT +60%
3977
Compute Score (GPU) 3977 2487
Single-core score 1139 1021
Multi-core score 3842 2969
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Poco X4 GT +42%
1080106
CPU 407575 313434
GPU 168977 100484
Memory 202420 135397
UX 301134 209450
Total score 1080106 758767
Samples [21 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Poco X4 GT +151%
564
Stability 92% 98%
Graphics test 4 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 564 225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Poco X4 GT +122%
1518
Stability 72% 99%
Graphics test 9 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 1518 685
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
11862
12464
Web score 11581 11369
Video editing 7037 7181
Photo editing 19759 25824
Data manipulation 8309 9429
Writing score 16904 13416

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X4 GT
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Gelu)AnTuTu 111054060
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (Khiemm)AnTuTu 111035794
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-02 (christoff)AnTuTu 111069255
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 -> AeonAnTuTu 111096614
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-14 (L)AnTuTu 111096752
Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)Geekbench 7 CPU808 / 3022
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)AnTuTu 12769103
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Andy Swas)AnTuTu 11725254
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (bebequinhamota)AnTuTu 12805881
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (Jaegerr)AnTuTu 11791396

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 One UI 6.0
OS size - 26 GB
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5080 mAh 4500 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
Fast charging Yes (50% in 20 min) Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:57 hr 1:28 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:53 hr 07:27 hr
Watching video 14:28 hr 12:42 hr
Gaming 05:53 hr 04:56 hr
Standby 119 hr 116 hr
General battery life
Poco X4 GT +14%
24:29 hr
21:34 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 9248 x 6936 9000 x 7000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual 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 - 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 123Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 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 64 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Samsung Bright S5KGW1 Sony IMX682
Sensor size 1/1.72" (β‰ˆ 0.58 inch) 1/1.7" (β‰ˆ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV02B10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.45 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX596 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 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 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
Bluetooth features LE, HID, A2DP 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region 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 No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced June 2022 August 2021
Release date June 2022 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $495
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, 67 W -
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco X4 GT. But if the display and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G.

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