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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 79.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Asus |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 14 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2024-01-08 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.45 x 3.02 x 0.35 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 7.94 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Phantom Black and Rebel Grey |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 387 pixels per inch |
| -- | 2500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 9.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | QualcommSnapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB (3 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Adreno 750 GPU |
| 9.09 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.16 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 24.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.64 inches (1/1.56") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (24 fps) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 12.54 |
| 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) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 5500mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 7.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Asus ROG Phone 8 is a bit better than Galaxy A5, having a 79.5 score against 72.4. Both of these devices include Android OS (Operating System), but the Asus ROG Phone 8 has an older 14 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4. Although the Asus ROG Phone 8 is incredibly newer than the Galaxy A5, it is thicker and way heavier.
The Asus ROG Phone 8 features a brighter display than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a higher pixel count in each inch in the display, a lot higher resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and a much larger display. The Asus ROG Phone 8 features a lot bigger memory capacity for applications and games than Galaxy A5, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory capacity.
The Samsung Galaxy A5 has a much more powerful processor than Asus ROG Phone 8, because although it has lesser processing cores (although they are faster) and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits processor and a graphics co-processor. Asus ROG Phone 8 shoots much clearer photos and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has a lot more MP back-facing camera and a way better video quality.
The Asus ROG Phone 8 has a superior battery performance than Galaxy A5, because it has a 5500mAh battery capacity instead of 2300mAh.
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