Huawei Nexus 6P vs Samsung Galaxy S5 (octa-core) Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Nexus 6P

Huawei Nexus 6P

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Samsung Galaxy S5 (octa-core)

Samsung Galaxy S5 (octa-core)

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Huawei Nexus 6P or Samsung Galaxy S5 (octa-core) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Nexus 6P Samsung Galaxy S5 (octa-core)
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Release date 2015, September 2014, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 159.3 x 77.8 x 7.3 mm | 6.27 x 6.27 x 3.06 in 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.85 in
Weight 178 g | 6.28 oz 145 g | 5.11 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Aluminium, Graphite, Frost Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White
Battery 3450 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 440 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 100 h
Talking time - Up to 16 h
Music play - Up to 46 h
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Screen

Technology AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" in 5.1" in
Screen area 88.5 cm2 71.7 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.4% 69.6%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 518 PPI 432 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4, oleophobic coating Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12.3 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -12.3 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.3'', 1.55µm, laser AF -16 MP, 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, PDAF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
DxOMark Main Score 73
DxOMark Photo 70
DxOMark Video 80
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4 2 MP
Functions Dual video call
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 (20 nm) - Exynos 5422 Octa
CPU - Octa-core (4x1.55 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A57) - Octa-core (4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7)
GPU Adreno 430 Mali-T628 MP6
External memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 208 139
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 520 373
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1238
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 2878
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4404
GeekBench 4 Battery 1192

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - all models
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - Global model 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - American model
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Global model 
LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 41(2500) - American model
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2.1 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.49 W/kg (head)     0.81 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.17 W/kg (head)     0.54 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.03 W/kg (head)     1.26 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.48 W/kg (head)     0.33 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/96kHz
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast charging

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
- Qi wireless charging (market dependent)
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- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Also known as Samsung Galaxy S5 G900H

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