Samsung Galaxy A12 vs Xiaomi Mi 9 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy A12

Samsung Galaxy A12

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Xiaomi Mi 9

Xiaomi Mi 9

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Samsung Galaxy A12 or Xiaomi Mi 9 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy A12 Xiaomi Mi 9
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Release date 2020, November 24 2019, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm | 6.46 x 6.46 x 2.98 in 157.5 x 74.7 x 7.6 mm | 6.2 x 6.2 x 2.94 in
Weight 205 g | 7.23 oz 173 g | 6.1 oz
Body Build Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame Back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame (7000 series)
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Colors Black, White, Blue, Red Lavender Violet, Ocean Blue, Piano Black
Battery 5000 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable 3300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
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Screen

Technology PLS IPS Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 6.39" in
Screen area 102.0 cm2 100.2 cm2
Screen format 20:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.1% 85.2%
Screen resolution 720 x 1600 px 1080 x 2340 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 270 PPI 403 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Other specs - HDR10
-DCI-P3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 48 MP, Quad 48 MP, Triple
Camera specs -48 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), AF
-5 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide)
-2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
-2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
-48 MP, f/1.8, 1/2'', 0.8µm, Laser/PDAF
-16 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.0'', 1.0µm, Laser/PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.2, 54mm (telephoto), 1/3.6'', 1.0µm, Laser/PDAF, 2x optical zoom
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/120/240fps, 1080p@960fps
DxOMark Main Score 90 110
DxOMark Photo 96 115
DxOMark Video 80 99
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 20 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.2 20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9µm
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 10 Android 9.0 (Pie)
Chipset - Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm) - Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 485)
GPU PowerVR GE8320 Adreno 640
External memory microSDXC (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM 64/128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 625750
Antutu 10 CPU 192486
Antutu 10 GPU 191970
Antutu 10 Mem 106764
Antutu 10 UX 192486
Antutu 8 Total 103760 445567
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 158 856
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 691 2550
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2579
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 2356
GeekBench 5 Single Core 158 678
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 930 2575
GeekBench 4 Single Core 3235
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10405
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7120
GeekBench 4 Battery 6086

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes (market/region dependent) Yes
USB USB Type-C 2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.67 W/kg (head) 1.38 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, RDS, recording No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer - Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast charging 15W

- Fast battery charging 27W (Quick Charge 4+)
-Fast wireless charging 20W

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