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| Global Score | |
| 80.1 | 86.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 13 | Android 11, 10 |
| -- | 2020-03-05 |
| -- | 6.27 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| -- | 6.74 ounces |
| -- | Black, Blue and Red |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 3120 x 1440 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| -- | Super AMOLED |
| 513 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| -- | 420 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Google Tensor G3 chipset | Exynos 9611 chipset |
| processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 12 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 12.1 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5100mAh Battery | 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.88 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy M31 has an overall score of 86.5, which is just a bit better than Google Pixel 8 Pro's overall score of 80.1. These devices have Android OS (operating system), but the Samsung Galaxy M31 has 11 version and Google Pixel 8 Pro has Android 13 version. Galaxy M31 has a bit better looking screen than Google Pixel 8 Pro, although it has a way worse 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution, a little smaller screen and a just a bit worse screen density.
The Galaxy M31 has a much greater hardware performance than Google Pixel 8 Pro, because although it has 6 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a greater number of cores. Galaxy M31 counts with a lot better camera than Google Pixel 8 Pro. Both have a back facing camera with a 64 mega pixels resolution.
Google Pixel 8 Pro has a quite bigger memory capacity to store more apps and games than Samsung Galaxy M31, because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with 256 GB internal storage. The Galaxy M31 counts with a bit superior battery duration than Google Pixel 8 Pro, because it has an 18 percent bigger battery size.
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