Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.59-inch Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra) that was released on March 17, 2026, against the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 2 years and 6 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro
- Delivers 270% higher peak brightness (3665 against 991 nits)
- Comes with 2000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 4500 mAh
- Shows 39% longer battery life (28:11 vs 20:15 hours)
- 45% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2085K versus 1436K)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 25W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- The phone is 2 years and 6 months newer
- Thinner bezels – 6.8% more screen real estate
- 14% higher pixel density (460 vs 403 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | 6.59 inches | 6.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1268 x 2756 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 403 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 1450 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3500 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90% | 83.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | - |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.53 mm (6.2 inches) | 158 mm (6.22 inches) |
| Width | 75.19 mm (2.96 inches) | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.38 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 201.5 g (7.11 oz) | 209 g (7.37 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | White, Black, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Average (2.63/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3400 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-A725 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G720 MP8 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1508 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3088.4 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 13461 | - |
| Single-core score | 1707 | 1720 |
| Multi-core score | 6611 | 4204 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 621995 | 516037 |
| GPU | 630489 | 391403 |
| Memory | 372899 | 186259 |
| UX | 460371 | 343264 |
| Total score | 2085754 | 1436963 |
| Samples | [59 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 68% |
| Graphics test | - | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 793 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 11636 |
| Video editing | - | 7420 |
| Photo editing | - | 30352 |
| Data manipulation | - | 12061 |
| Writing score | - | 16397 |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-10 (Kunmeow22) | GeekBench CPU | 1547 / 6536 |
| 📘 2026-09-06 (Ste69) | AnTuTu | 1906081 |
| 📘 2026-09-05 (Gb) | AnTuTu | 2193549 |
| 📘 2026-09-04 -> Kn0ahx | AnTuTu | 1870383 |
| 📘 2026-09-04 -> Kn0ahx | AnTuTu | 1870383 |
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2024-09-14 (Luis Maldonado) | GeekBench CPU | 1720 / 4204 |
| 📘 2024-09-07 (Eduardo) | GeekBench CPU | 1652 / 4021 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3.0 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 34 GB | - |
| OS updates | 5 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (75% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:41 hr | 1:10 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 11:43 hr | 07:09 hr |
| Watching video | 20:29 hr | 10:02 hr |
| Gaming | 07:35 hr | 04:27 hr |
| Standby | 113 hr | 118 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#85th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.5 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-600 | Samsung S5KGN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 8 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 76 mm |
| Sensor | - | Hynix Hi847 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | SmartSens SC821CS | Samsung S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3" (≈ 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 | - | 50 |
| Preview | - | 67 |
| Zoom | - | 123 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5184 x 3888 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV20B | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| 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 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 | 5.3 |
| 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, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2026 | October 2023 |
| Release date | March 2026 | October 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $599 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.76 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.04 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon):
- The Galaxy S23 FE is available in the USA with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, whereas other countries receive a version with the Exynos 2200.
- The base (128 GB) storage utilizes a UFS 3.1 memory type, whereas the higher-tier 256 GB variant is equipped with UFS 4.0.
- Models are available with a single SIM card, dual SIMs, or dual SIMs plus eSIM (depending on the market).
*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 Xiaomi Poco X8 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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