Samsung Galaxy A50 vs Samsung Galaxy S9 Comparison

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Samsung Galaxy A50

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy A50 Samsung Galaxy S9
Rating (+1) (+1)
Release date 2019, February 2018, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 2.94 in 147.7 x 68.7 x 8.5 mm | 5.81 x 5.81 x 2.7 in
Weight 166 g | 5.86 oz 163 g | 5.75 oz
Body Build Front glass, plastic body Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Colors Black, White, Blue, Coral Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold, Ice Blue
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 250 EUR 490 EUR

Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.4" inc 5.8" inc
Screen area 100.5 cm2 84.8 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.9% 83.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1440 x 2960 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 403 PPI 570 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-Always-on display

Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 25 MP, Triple 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -25 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), PDAF
-8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide)
-5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor
-12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
DxOMark Main Score 85
DxOMark Photo 88
DxOMark Video 79
Front camera, selfie 25 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 25 MP, f/2.0 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF
Functions HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 81
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 81

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - Exynos 9610 Octa (10nm) - Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
Processor CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
-Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA/LATAM, China
Graphics processor GPU Mali-G72 MP3 Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA/LATAM, China
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 175851 284449
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 351 510
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1029 1725
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1425 1987
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1273 1835
GeekBench 5 Single Core 336 469
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1187 1957
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1648 3288
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5155 8240
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4754 8705
GeekBench 4 Battery 3960

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
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Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes (market dependent) Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.27 W/kg (head) 1.39 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio (USA & Canada only)
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Other extras
- ANT+
- Fast battery charging 15W

- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
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-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: SM-A505F/DS (Global)

- Versions: G960F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G960F/DS (Europe, Global Dual-SIM); G960U (USA); G960W (Canada); G9600 (China, LATAM)

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