Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 vs Samsung Galaxy S22
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.43-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 678) that was released on March 4, 2021, against the Samsung Galaxy S22, which is powered by Exynos 2200 and came out 11 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3700 mAh
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Has a 0.33 inch larger screen size
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
- 2.7x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (920K versus 340K)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Optical image stabilization
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 2200
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (858 against 689 nits)
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
- The phone is 11-months newer
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
Scores with a red asterisk (
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) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Value for money
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Super AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.43 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 406 ppi | 425 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 450 nits | 780 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1100 nits | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.5% | 87.4% |
| Display features | - |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 89.1% | 99.3% |
| PWM | 250 Hz | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 4 ms | 10 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.5 mm (6.32 inches) | 146 mm (5.75 inches) |
| Width | 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 178.8 g (6.31 oz) | 167 g (5.89 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP53 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 | Samsung Exynos 2200 |
| Max clock | 2200 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture |
- 6 cores at 1.7 GHz: Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76) |
- 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| Lithography process | 11 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 612 | Samsung Xclipse 920 |
| GPU shading units | 192 | 1920 |
| GPU clock | 845 MHz | 810 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~324.4 GFLOPS | ~3110.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 131607 | 307260 |
| GPU | 55215 | 267241 |
| Memory | 63813 | 160658 |
| UX | 87186 | 183358 |
| Total score | 340607 | 920435 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 42.9 °C | 38 °C |
| Stability | 99% | 60% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 39 FPS |
| Graphics score | 481 | 6533 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5803 | 10239 |
| Video editing | 5309 | 7179 |
| Photo editing | 14513 | 27256 |
| Data manipulation | 6413 | 10601 |
| Writing score | 9099 | 15034 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4, 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 64, 128 GB | 128, 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 512 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | MIUI 14 | One UI 5.1 |
| OS size | 20 GB | 30.2 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 33 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (65% in 30 min) | Yes (63% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:14 hr | 1:03 hr |
| Web browsing | 11:07 hr | - |
| Watching video | 17:32 hr | - |
| Gaming | 05:57 hr | - |
| Standby | 143 hr | - |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 118° | 120° |
| Lenses | 4 (48 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) | 3 (50 MP + 10 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens |
- 48 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/2", Sony IMX582 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.56", Samsung GN5 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - |
- 10 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 70 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.94", Sony IMX772 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens |
- 8 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.14 micron - Sensor: 1/4", Sony IMX355 (Exmor-RS CMOS) |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Sony IMX713 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
| Macro lens |
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 - Sensor: 1/5", GalaxyCore GC02M1 (CMOS) |
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| Depth lens |
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 - Pixel size: 1.75 micron |
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| Camera features |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 13 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4290 x 2800 | 3872 x 2592 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 1.12 microns | 1.22 microns |
| Sensor type | PureCel | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" | 1/3.24" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features |
- Dual Band
- 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, HID, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features |
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC * | No | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM * | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support * | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat * | 12 | 20 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2021 | February 2022 |
| Release date | March 2021 | March 2022 |
| SAR (head) | 0.59 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.96 W/kg | - |
| Sensors |
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
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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 S22 is definitely a better buy.