Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S22

63 out of 100
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
VS
63 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S22

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra) that was released on January 11, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy S22, which is powered by Exynos 2200 and came out 1 year and 11 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 X6 Pro
  • Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3700 mAh
  • Shows 26% longer battery life (21:20 vs 16:55 hours)
  • Delivers 33% higher peak brightness (1149 against 862 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (67W versus 25W)
  • 15% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1604K versus 1398K)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • The phone is 1 year and 11 months newer
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • 17% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1600 and 1370 points
  • Weighs 19 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S22 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
8 / 128 GB
92.8
(Very good)
Value Index
68.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 446 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (30-120 Hz) Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 780 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 88.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 99.3%
PWM 1923 Hz 239 Hz
Response time 1 ms 10 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Poco X6 Pro
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1149 nits
862 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.45 mm (6.32 inches) 146 mm (5.75 inches)
Width 74.34 mm (2.93 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Yellow White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90%
88.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S22
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra Samsung Exynos 2200
Max clock 3350 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali G615 MC6 Xclipse 920
GPU shading units 768 384
GPU clock 1400 MHz 1306 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S22
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S22 +17%
1600
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4509
3840
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4929 -
Single-core score 1370 1600
Multi-core score 4509 3840
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1604305
1398273
CPU 482670 462329
GPU 432750 376985
Memory 299238 231805
UX 389647 327154
Total score 1604305 1398273
Samples [70 tests] [11 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
852
Stability 85% 65%
Graphics test 6 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 852 820
3DMark Solar Bay
3751
Stability - 66%
Graphics test 13 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 14 FPS 17 FPS
Section 2 13 FPS 14 FPS
Section 3 11 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 3458 3751
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 66%
Graphics test - 10 FPS
Graphics score - 1830
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
13963
12319
Web score 14649 11192
Video editing 6419 7372
Photo editing 23328 21608
Data manipulation 12555 11423
Writing score 18403 14877

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-14 -> Pocox6pro_5gCPU Throttle82%
📘 2026-10-14 -> Pocox6pro_5gAnTuTu 121694679
📘 2026-10-04 (Putrz)AnTuTu 111440126
📘 2026-10-02 -> uravinqAnTuTu 121745585
📘 2026-10-01 (Michael Cheng)AnTuTu 121933824
Samsung Galaxy S22
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGAnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGBattery lifeSOT 5:35 / 7:27
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGGeekbench 6 GPU10630
📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik))AnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal)AnTuTu 111587642

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3 One UI 8.0
OS size 36 GB 30.2 GB
OS updates 2 years 4 years
Security updates 2 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3700 mAh
Max charge power 67 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 18 min) Yes (63% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:53 hr 05:42 hr
Watching video 12:36 hr 10:16 hr
Gaming 05:17 hr 04:06 hr
Standby 101 hr 90 hr
General battery life
21:20 hr
16:55 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 8160 x 6120
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Samsung GN5
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 (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 10 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 70 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX772
Sensor size - 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Smartsens SC202PCS -
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 72
Zoom - 126
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 3872 x 2592
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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 5.4 5.2
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, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 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
90.3 dB
89.5 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced January 2024 February 2022
Release date January 2024 March 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $799
Successor - Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro Max -
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 67 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Poco X6 Pro:
    - There is an eco-leather version of the X6 Pro that is 4 grams heavier and 0.10 mm thicker.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco X6 Pro. But if the camera, connectivity, and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S22.

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