Motorola Moto G6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Comparison and Differences

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Motorola Moto G6 Plus

Motorola Moto G6 Plus

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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)

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Motorola Moto G6 Plus or Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Motorola Moto G6 Plus Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)
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Release date 2018, April 2015, December
Dimensions (HxWxD) 160 x 75.5 x 8 mm | 6.3 x 6.3 x 2.97 in 144.8 x 71 x 7.3 mm | 5.7 x 5.7 x 2.8 in
Weight 167 g | 5.89 oz 155 g | 5.47 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors Gold, Deep Indigo, Nimbus Black, White, Gold, Pink
Battery 3200 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 16 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 75 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.9" in 5.2" in
Screen area 89.8 cm2 74.5 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 74.4% 72.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2160 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 409 PPI 424 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, dual pixel PDAF
-5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor
-13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), OIS, AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.2 5 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide)
Functions LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM630 Snapdragon 630 (14 nm) - Exynos 7580 Octa
- Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm) - China only
CPU - Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 - Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
-Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) - China only
GPU Adreno 508 Mali-T720MP2
Adreno 405 - China only
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 193
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 802
GeekBench 5 Single Core 175 108
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 975 400
GeekBench 4 Single Core 861 642
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4046 3208
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3739 1983

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 / UMTS / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Europe, Brazil, India
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600) - Europe 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 28(700) - Brazil 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) - India
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
UMTS 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 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, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, EDR 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.29 W/kg (head)     0.47 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.29 W/kg (head)     0.47 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
-Dolby Audio
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 15W
- Splash resistant

- ANT+
--Samsung Pay
- Fast battery charging
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Versions
- For Global market, Europe, Brazil

- Versions: A510F (EMEA); A510F/DS (KAZ, RUS); A510M (LATAM); A510M/DS (BRA, CHL); A510FD (SEA, IND); A510Y/DS (AUS, TWN, NZL, PHL); A5100 (HKG, CHN). Also known as Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Duos with du

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