Samsung Galaxy M21 vs Xiaomi Mi 5

What is the difference between Samsung Galaxy M21 and Xiaomi Mi 5. Find out which smartphone has better performance.

Samsung Galaxy M21
Samsung Galaxy M21 ✗
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Xiaomi Mi 5
Xiaomi Mi 5 ✓
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Performance (Benchmarks)

8163DMark for Android Wild Life765
15813DMark for Android Sling Shot Extreme (OpenGL ES 3.1 / Metal)2061
15313DMark for Android Sling Shot Extreme (Vulkan / Metal)1883
15783DMark for Android Sling Shot Extreme Unlimited2240
20443DMark for Android Sling Shot2766
19773DMark for Android Sling Shot Unlimited2948
5740PCMark for Android Work 2.05163
2979PCMark for Android Computer vision2554
8409PCMark for Android Storage2977

Specs

Samsung Galaxy M21Model nameXiaomi Mi 5
Android 10Operating system (OS)Android 6.0
Bluetooth WLANNetwork ConnectivityBluetooth WLAN NFC
Yes, Type-CInterfaces / connectorsYes, Type-C

Display

Corning Gorilla Glass 3Glass TypesCorning Gorilla Glass 4
2340 × 1080 pxResolution1920 × 1080 px
Super AMOLEDTechnologyIPS LCD
YesMulti‑TouchYes
6.4"Screen size5.15"

Processor‎ (CPU)

Up to 2.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 & 1.7 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53CPU ArchitectureUp to 2.15 GHz or 1.8 GHz dual-core Kyro and 1.6 GHz dual-core Kyro
Exynos 7 Octa (9611)CPUSnapdragon 820 (MSM8996)
Mali-G72 MP3GPUAdreno 530

Storage‎

4096 / 6144 MBRAM (Memory)3072 / 4096 MB
64 / 128 GBStorage (ROM)32 / 64 / 128 GB
microSD / microSDHC / microSDXCCard slotNo

Camera

Yes, 48 MPRear Camera(s)‎Yes, 16 MP
Yes, 20 MPSelfie Camera(s)‎Yes, 4 MP

Networks

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 19002Gvaries by model
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 21003Gvaries by model
LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2300 / 2500 / 26004G (LTE)varies by model

Location

YesGPSYes
YesA-GPSYes

Battery

6000 mAhBattery capacity3000 mAh

Sensors

YesCompassYes

Design

75.1 / 159 / 8.9 mmDimensions69.2 / 144.6 / 7.3 mm
188 gWeight129 / 139 g