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| Global Score | |
| 84.1 | 78.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Xiaomi |
| Android 11, 10 | Android 13 |
| 2020-03-23 | 2023-05-09 |
| 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches | 6.34 x 2.95 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.63 ounces | 6.38 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Raven black | Black, Blue and White |
| Plastic and Plastic | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | AMOLED |
| 403 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| 420 cd/m2 brightness | 1000 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 8.8 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 9611 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 SM7475-AB (4 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP3 GPU | Adreno 725 GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.74 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.55 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.52 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Galaxy M21 is a bit better than Xiaomi Poco F5, getting a global score of 84.1 against 78.2. Even being the best device in this review, we must note that it is also a older, just a bit heavier and thicker device. Both of these devices use Android OS (Operating System), but Galaxy M21 has older 11 version and Xiaomi Poco F5 has Android 13 version.
The Xiaomi Poco F5 has a bit better looking display than Galaxy M21, because although it has a little less pixels per display inch, it also counts with a slightly higher 1080 x 2400 resolution, a little bit larger screen and way more brightness. Galaxy M21 has a really superior processing power than Xiaomi Poco F5, although it has 4 GB lesser RAM memory, they both have a Octa-Core processing unit.
Galaxy M21 captures much clearer pictures and videos than Xiaomi Poco F5, although it has a back camera with way less MP resolution and a smaller camera aperture. Xiaomi Poco F5 features a quite bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy M21, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with more internal memory capacity.
The Galaxy M21 counts with superior battery performance than Xiaomi Poco F5, because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity.
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