Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-06-23 | 2019-04-10 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 4.94 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| -- | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 199.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 437 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Exynos 7904 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.36 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.69 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3100mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.12 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A40 has an overall score of 79.6, which is just a bit better than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active's 75.6 overall score. Galaxy A40's construction is extremely newer, somewhat lighter and thinner than the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. Both phones we compare here have Android operating system, but the Galaxy A40 has older 11 version and Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has Android 4.4.4.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has a better display than Galaxy A40, although it has a little bit smaller screen, a bit less pixels per inch in the display and a little lower resolution of 1920 x 1080px. Galaxy A40 features a much better storage capacity to store more games and applications than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has a SD extension slot that supports a maximum of 512 GB and 48 GB more internal storage.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active features a little faster CPU than Samsung Galaxy A40, because although it has lesser processing cores and lesser RAM memory, it also counts with an extra graphics processor. The Samsung Galaxy A40 features a bit longer battery life than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because it has an 11% greater battery size.
Samsung Galaxy A40 shoots just a bit better videos and photos than Galaxy S5 Active. Both of them have the same 1920x1080 video quality, the same resolution back camera and the same 30 fps video frame rate.
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