Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2014-06-23 | 2018-07-18 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 199.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 432 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 6.5 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei nova 3 is just a bit better than Galaxy S5 Active, getting a overall score of 76.3 against 75.6. Both phones in our current comparison have Android OS (operating system), but Huawei nova 3 has newer 8.1 Oreo version and Galaxy S5 Active has Android 4.4.4 version. The Huawei nova 3 design is notably newer, a bit lighter and thinner than Galaxy S5 Active.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 Active and the Huawei nova 3 both feature very similar processors, because although the Huawei nova 3 has doesn't have an extra GPU, it also counts with 4 GB more RAM and more cores (although they are slower). The Galaxy S5 Active has a better screen than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a little smaller display and a little worse resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, it also counts with a quite better amount of pixels in each inch of screen.
Huawei nova 3 has a way bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because it has an external memory slot that supports a maximum of 256 GB and 128 GB internal storage. Huawei nova 3 shoots much clearer photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. Both of them have the same video frame rate, the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality and a 16 MP resolution back-facing camera.
Huawei nova 3 features longer battery duration than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because it has 3750mAh of battery capacity against 2800mAh.
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