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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 84.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Asus |
| Android 4.4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-30 | 2021-04-26 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.80 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 8.40 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Phantom Black and Storm White |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2448 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1200 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Snapdragon 888 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Kryo 680, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 660 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.16 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 11.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (30 fps) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 12.87 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 6000mAh Nano SIM Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Asus ROG Phone 5 is better than the Galaxy A5, getting a score of 84.7 against 72.4. Asus ROG Phone 5's design is newer than Galaxy A5's, but it is noticeably heavier and noticeably thicker. Asus ROG Phone 5 counts with a slightly better display than Galaxy A5, because it has a higher pixel count in each inch in the display, a lot higher 1080 x 2448 resolution and a much bigger screen.
Asus ROG Phone 5 features just a bit better performance than Galaxy A5, because although it has a 32-bits processing unit instead of 64-bits and doesn't have an additional graphics co-processor, it also counts with more CPU cores and a larger amount of RAM memory. The Asus ROG Phone 5 counts with a way bigger storage to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A5, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The Asus ROG Phone 5 counts with a superior battery life than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a 6000mAh battery size. The Asus ROG Phone 5 has a lot better camera than Galaxy A5, because it has a lot better 64 mega-pixels resolution back camera and a much better 7680x4320 video definition.
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