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Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T vs Samsung Galaxy A30s

38 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T
VS
34 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A30s
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T
Samsung Galaxy A30s

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.3-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 665) that was released on November 6, 2019, against the Samsung Galaxy A30s, which is powered by Exynos 7 Octa 7904 and came out 2 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 8T
  • 53% higher pixel density (409 vs 268 PPI)
  • 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (350K versus 257K)
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (19:50 vs 17:29 hours)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (599 against 487 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 665
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A30s
  • Super AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 31 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T and Samsung Galaxy A30s 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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3 / 32 GB
VS
3 / 32 GB
127.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
83.5
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Redmi Note 8T
vs
Galaxy A30s

Display

Type IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 720 x 1560 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 409 ppi 268 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 500 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 80.3% 84.9%
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 98%
PWM Not detected 240 Hz
Response time 46.4 ms 4 ms
Contrast 1163:1 ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Redmi Note 8T +23%
599 nits
Galaxy A30s
487 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.1 mm (6.34 inches) 158.5 mm (6.24 inches)
Width 75.4 mm (2.97 inches) 74.7 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 200 g (7.05 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
Waterproof No No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Gray, Blue White, Black, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Redmi Note 8T
80.3%
Galaxy A30s +6%
84.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T and Samsung Galaxy A30s
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904
Max clock 2000 MHz 1770 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)		 - 6 cores at 1.6 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 2 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A73
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 11 nanometers 14 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 No
GPU
Graphics Adreno 610 Mali-G71 MP2
GPU shading units 128 24
GPU clock 950 MHz 770 MHz
FLOPS ~243.2 GFLOPS ~49.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T and Samsung Galaxy A30s
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Redmi Note 8T +16%
1128
Galaxy A30s
975
Compute Score (GPU)
Redmi Note 8T
305
Galaxy A30s +172%
829
Compute Score (GPU) 305 829
Single-core score 321 330
Multi-core score 1128 975
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Redmi Note 8T +36%
350459
Galaxy A30s
257901
CPU 145861 109379
GPU 23955 14370
Memory 77887 70706
UX 102756 63446
Total score 350459 257901
Samples [2 tests] Less than 3
PCMark 3.0
Web score 5852 -
Video editing 4881 -
Photo editing 11723 -
Data manipulation 5081 -
Writing score 6462 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 (bang)AnTuTu 11350459
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-29 (Baster)AnTuTu 11323556
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-10 (kyklisheee)Geekbench 6 GPU305
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-10 (kyklisheee)Geekbench 6 CPU321 / 1128
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Samsung Galaxy A30s
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (DELTA285120)AnTuTu 12381784
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Arsts)AnTuTu 12332563
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Akphne47)AnTuTu 11257901
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 3 GB 3 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 1933 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 32 GB 32 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 256 GB Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11)
ROM MIUI 12.5 One UI 3.1
OS size 8 GB 10.9 GB
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4000 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 35 min) Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (40% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:05 hr 1:45 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:01 hr 06:30 hr
Watching video 11:48 hr 11:04 hr
Gaming 05:03 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 95 hr 85 hr
General battery life
Redmi Note 8T +13%
19:50 hr
Galaxy A30s
17:29 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 25 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 5288 x 3968
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 123Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 25 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Depth: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 25 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 26 mm 27 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGM1 Samsung S5K2X5
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.9 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 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV8856 -
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV02A10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization No -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4224 x 3136 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 28.21 mm 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV13855 ISOCELL CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.9" (β‰ˆ 0.34 inch) 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
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 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 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, HID, 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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
NFC* Yes 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 No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 12 10
5G support No -

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Redmi Note 8T +2%
87.9 dB
Galaxy A30s
86.2 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced November 2019 August 2019
Release date December 2019 September 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $216 $310
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy A37 5G
SAR (head) 0.74 W/kg 1.05 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.3 W/kg 1.54 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
*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 8T is definitely a better buy.

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