Xiaomi Mi 6 vs Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) Comparison and Differences

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Xiaomi Mi 6

Xiaomi Mi 6

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Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)

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Xiaomi Mi 6 or Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Xiaomi Mi 6 Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)
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Release date 2017, April 2016, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 145.2 x 70.5 x 7.5 mm | 5.72 x 5.72 x 2.78 in 151.7 x 76 x 7.8 mm | 5.97 x 5.97 x 2.99 in
Weight 168 g | 5.93 oz 170 g | 6 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, stainless steel frame Aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Ceramic Black, Black, Blue, White White, Black, Gold, Rose Gold
Battery 3350 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3300 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 96 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.15" in 5.5" in
Screen area 73.1 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.4% 72.3%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 428 PPI 402 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, 4-axis OIS, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.6, 52mm (telephoto), 1.0µm, AF, 2x optical zoom
-13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP 5 MP, f/1.9
Functions LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat); MIUI 8 Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 (28 nm)
- Exynos 7870 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
-Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 405
Mali-T830 MP1
External memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 261141
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 393
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1238
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1340
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 565
GeekBench 5 Single Core 368 115
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1463 428
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1894 687
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6193 3326
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7657 2048
GeekBench 4 Battery 3620

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes (market dependent for dual-SIM model)
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.10 W/kg (head)     1.01 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.35 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer , Infrared port - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- Splash resistant

- ANT+
Versions
- For Global market

- Versions: J710F, J710FN (EMEA); J710M (LATAM); J710H (South Africa, Pakistan, Vietnam) Also known as Samsung Galaxy J7 Duos (2016) with dual-SIM card slots Asia/China model with 1080p display and 3 GB

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