Xiaomi Black Shark vs Samsung Galaxy A34 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Mar 15, 2023

Design

Dimensions
6.36 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches 161.62 x 75.4 x 9.25 mm	6.35 x 3.07 x 0.32 inches (~0.36 inches with camera bump) 161.3 x 78.1 x 8.2 mm (~9.26 mm with camera bump)
Weight
6.70 oz / 190.0 g	7.02 oz / 199.0 g
Materials
	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gray, Blue	Awesome Graphite, Awesome Lime, Awesome Silver, Awesome Violet

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 75.98% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 83.62% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 550 nits	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1000 nits
Resolution
2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 403 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 399 PPI

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 845 SDM845 (10 nm)	Mediatek Dimensity 1080 MT6877V (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2800 MHz Kryo 385	Octa-core 2600 MHz
GPU
Adreno 630	Mali-G68 MC4
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 6GB/64GB 8GB/256GB	6GB/128GB 8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo)	Android (14, 13)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1021
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	2480
3D Mark High
Untested	641
3D Mark Low
Untested	638

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Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 43min

Browsing

16h 25min

Video

10h 11min

Gaming

6h 50min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm	48 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Telephoto, PDAF) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1 μm	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
20 MP Video capture: 1080p	13 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

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Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n7, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

With 64 GB of storage

Memory	6GB/64GB

With 8GB RAM

Memory	8GB

With 256 GB of Storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/256GB