Xiaomi Redmi 8A vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 25, 2019	Mar 17, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
	$450

Design

Dimensions
6.15 x 2.97 x 0.37 inches 156.3 x 75.4 x 9.4 mm	6.30 x 2.94 x 0.32 inches 159.9 x 74.7 x 8.1 mm
Weight
6.63 oz / 188.0 g	6.67 oz / 189.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Plastic
Resistance
	Yes; IP67
Biometrics
2D Face unlock	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Ocean Blue, Sunset Red, Midnight Black

Display

Size
6.2-inch, 81.81% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 85.36% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
1520x720px, 19:9 ratio, 270 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 405 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 439 SDM439 (12 nm)	Exynos 1280 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1950 MHz Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.4GHz CortexA-78 6x2.0G​Hz CortexA-55
GPU
Adreno 505	Yes
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/32GB (eMMC 5.1) 3GB/32GB 4GB/64GB	6GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (10)	Android (12)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	621
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	1856
3D Mark High
Untested	636
3D Mark Low
Untested	631

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 18.0W	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

15h 45min

Video

7h 45min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps), 720p (30 fps)	Yes
Front
8 MP Video capture: 1080p	32 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.1
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

With 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage.

Memory	3GB/32GB

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

With 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage.

Memory	4GB/64GB

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