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Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 vs Samsung Galaxy A32

45 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
VS
39 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A32
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
Samsung Galaxy A32

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.43-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 680) that was released on January 26, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy A32, which is powered by Mediatek Helio G80 and came out 11 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
  • Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
  • 51% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (427K versus 283K)
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (24:01 vs 22:11 hours)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 680
  • Stereo speakers
  • Supports higher wattage charging (33W versus 15W)
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus eMMC 5.1
  • 33% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 415 and 313 points
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A32
  • Delivers 11% higher peak brightness (812 against 732 nits)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 and Samsung Galaxy A32 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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4 / 64 GB
VS
4 / 64 GB
143.7
(Excellent)
Value Index
34.5
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Redmi Note 11
vs
Galaxy A32

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.43 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 409 ppi 411 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 700 nits 800 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 84.5% 84.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 95.1% -
PWM 171 Hz -
Response time 2 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Redmi Note 11
732 nits
Galaxy A32 +11%
812 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 159.87 mm (6.29 inches) 158.9 mm (6.26 inches)
Width 73.87 mm (2.91 inches) 73.6 mm (2.9 inches)
Thickness 8.09 mm (0.32 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 179 g (6.31 oz) 184 g (6.49 oz)
Waterproof IP53 No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Gray, Blue White, Black, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 and Samsung Galaxy A32
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 Mediatek Helio G80
Max clock 2400 MHz 2000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)		 - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75
L3 cache - 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 610 Mali-G52 MC2
GPU shading units 128 48
GPU clock 1114 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~285.2 GFLOPS ~91.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 and Samsung Galaxy A32
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Redmi Note 11 +33%
415
Galaxy A32
313
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Redmi Note 11 +58%
1435
Galaxy A32
907
Compute Score (GPU)
Redmi Note 11
344
Galaxy A32 +115%
740
Compute Score (GPU) 344 740
Single-core score 415 313
Multi-core score 1435 907
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi Note 11 +51%
427429
Galaxy A32
283832
CPU 178871 121221
GPU 27481 16565
Memory 109441 72539
UX 111636 73507
Total score 427429 283832
Samples [21 tests] [8 tests]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7531 -
Video editing 4072 -
Photo editing 14785 -
Data manipulation 6097 -
Writing score 8535 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (ZION)AnTuTu 12514393
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (Simran)AnTuTu 12478141
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-13 (Eron)AnTuTu 11521704
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-18 (Rio Aditama)AnTuTu 11429067
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (adverse)AnTuTu 11448631
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Samsung Galaxy A32
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (TestingPhones)AnTuTu 11275902
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (Jordi2214)AnTuTu 11243104
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-01 (Rolex)AnTuTu 11314721
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (Pouria)AnTuTu 11260089
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-27 -> Daddy_HurtAnTuTu 11254898
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 One UI 5.0
OS size 18.7 GB 18.6 GB
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (51% in 30 min) Yes (25% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:18 hr 2:19 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:59 hr 08:05 hr
Watching video 13:48 hr 12:48 hr
Gaming 05:50 hr 05:29 hr
Standby 125 hr 116 hr
General battery life
Redmi Note 11 +8%
24:01 hr
Galaxy A32
22:11 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 9216 x 6912
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 118Β° 123Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung JN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 -
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/2.4
Sensor Omnivision OV02A10 -
Sensor size 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital No

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 20 megapixels
Image resolution 4128 x 3096 5380 x 3620
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, 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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region No
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 No
LTE Cat* 13 12
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2022 February 2021
Release date January 2022 February 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $179 $250
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 5G -
SAR (head) - 0.45 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.3 W/kg
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 33 W -
*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 Redmi Note 11 is definitely a better buy.

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