Upper mid-range · 2023

Xiaomi Civi 3

Name: Xiaomi Civi 3
Brand: Xiaomi

Our Take CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A37

A well-rounded upper mid-ranger with 67W fast charging and an AMOLED screen.

Best for Gaming · streaming · camera work

Strength 67W fast charging, AMOLED screen

6.55″ AMOLED · 120Hz

Dimensity 8200 Ultra 12 / 256 GB

4500 mAh 67W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 32 MP selfie

5G NFC

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What stands out

Pro camera extras: RAW, Night mode, manual focus

960 fps slow motion for action clips

Cooling hardware helps with sustained gaming performance

Display

6.55″ · AMOLED · 1080 × 2400 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.55"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2400 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

1500 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 8200 Ultra (4 nm) · 8-core 3.1 GHz · Mali-G610 MC6

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 8200 Ultra (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

886,130

v10

CPU

8-core, 3.1 GHz

GPU

Mali-G610 MC6

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex A78 3.1 GHz + 3x Cortex A78 3.0 GHz + 4x Cortex A55 2.0 GHz

Camera

50 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 32 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.8

OIS

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Macro

2 MP

Front camera

32 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Sony IMX800, 1/1.49", 1µm

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

RAW, Night mode, manual focus

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

4500 mAh · 67 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4500 mAh

Wired charging

67 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Speakers

Mono

Microphones

Memory

12 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

12 GB

Storage

256 GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, BeiDou (B1)

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

174 g · 7.6 mm

Height

158.7 mm

Width

71.7 mm

Thickness

7.6 mm

Weight

174 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 15

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.55″ vs 6.1″ screen · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2400 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution

34% larger battery capacity

67 W vs 15 W charging · 4,500 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

886k vs 1.5M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

15% larger battery capacity

67 W vs 25 W charging · 4,500 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.55″ vs 6.1″ screen

Lower benchmark score

886k vs 1.8M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection

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