Xiaomi Redmi 9A vs Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.53-inch Xiaomi Redmi 9A (with MediaTek Helio G25) that was released on June 30, 2020, against the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 5 years and 9 months after. 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 Redmi 9A
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Weighs 20 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 24.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3939K versus 163K)
- Delivers 546% higher peak brightness (2790 against 432 nits)
- Has 6x more RAM: 12GB versus 2GB
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- 86% higher pixel density (500 vs 269 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (60W versus 10W)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Shows 20% longer battery life (28:50 vs 24:07 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Handles wireless charging up to 25W
- Thinner bezels – 10.3% more screen real estate
- Optical image stabilization
- Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
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 | IPS LCD | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.53 inches | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 720 x 1600 pixels | 1440 x 3120 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 269 ppi | 500 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 400 nits | 1500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 2600 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Armor 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.1% | 91.4% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 92.9% | - |
| Response time | 40 ms | - |
| Contrast | 1318:1 | - |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S26 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Redmi 9A
6.53″ (20:9 ratio) = 16 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.9 mm (6.49 inches) | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 77 mm (3.03 inches) | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 194 g (6.84 oz) | 214 g (7.55 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Green | White, Black, Silver, Blue, Pink, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Helio G25 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Max clock | 2000 MHz | 4740 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.5 GHz: Cortex-A53 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A53 |
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
| L3 cache | - | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 12 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Hexagon |
| Graphics | IMG PowerVR GE8320 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU shading units | 32 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~41.8 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 28391 |
| Single-core score | 472 | 3624 |
| Multi-core score | 1524 | 11049 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 77541 | 1168602 |
| GPU | 14691 | 1520337 |
| Memory | 29116 | 448779 |
| UX | 42375 | 801526 |
| Total score | 163723 | 3939244 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [32 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 67% |
| Graphics test | - | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2737 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 58 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 42 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 37 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 11990 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | - | 42 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7123 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 23390 |
| Video editing | - | 8217 |
| Photo editing | - | 37389 |
| Data manipulation | - | 18322 |
| Writing score | - | 32854 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#22nd place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi 9A
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Carlos) | AnTuTu | 165673 |
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-05 (Pavel) | AnTuTu | 3959848 |
| 📘 2026-08-29 -> szymon-bonkowski | AnTuTu | 4220521 |
| 📘 2026-08-25 (Edwin3q) | AnTuTu | 3855646 |
| 📘 2026-08-13 (Jovan Čamagić) | AnTuTu | 3848536 |
| 📘 2026-08-08 (Nan01) | GeekBench CPU | 3569 / 10336 |
Memory
| RAM size | 2 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 1600 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 32 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 256 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) | Android 16 |
| ROM | MIUI 12.5 Enhanced | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | 11 GB | 33.2 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 10 W | 60 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | No | Yes (84% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:55 hr | 0:43 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:08 hr | 10:12 hr |
| Watching video | 13:37 hr | 21:39 hr |
| Gaming | 05:37 hr | 06:42 hr |
| Standby | 118 hr | 130 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#66th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 13 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4128 x 3096 | 16320 x 12240 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 240FPS |
| Slow motion | No | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.4 |
| Focal length | 28 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 50 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.9 |
| Focal length | - | 111 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX854 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 50 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 165 |
| Zoom | - | 141 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 5 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 2560 x 1960 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3LU |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - 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 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, HID, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | Micro USB | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | No | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 4 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Budget | Flagship |
| Announced | June 2020 | February 2026 |
| Release date | August 2020 | March 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $100 | $1299 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi Redmi 10A | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.398 W/kg | 1.28 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.901 W/kg | 1.35 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
*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 Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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