Samsung Galaxy A50 vs Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy A50

Samsung Galaxy A50

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Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual

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Samsung Galaxy A50 or Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy A50 Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual
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Release date 2019, February 2015, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 2.94 in 154.4 x 75.8 x 7.8 mm | 6.08 x 6.08 x 2.98 in
Weight 166 g | 5.86 oz 180 g | 6.35 oz
Body Build Front glass, plastic body Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Black, White, Blue, Coral Chrome, Black, Gold
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3430 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.4" in 5.5" in
Screen area 100.5 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.9% 71.3%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 2160 x 3840 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 403 PPI 801 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 25 MP, Triple 23 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
-23 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/2.3'', PDAF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR
DxOMark Main Score 85
DxOMark Photo 88
DxOMark Video 79
Front camera, selfie 25 MP, Single 5.1 MP, Single
Specifications 25 MP, f/2.0 5.1 MP, f/2.4
Functions HDR HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset - Exynos 9610 Octa (10nm) - Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 (20 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A57)
GPU Mali-G72 MP3 Adreno 430
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 175851
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 351
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1029
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1425
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1273
GeekBench 5 Single Core 336 224
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1187 530
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1648 1239
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5155 2751
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4754 4138

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - E6833, E6883
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800) - E6833 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - E6883
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps
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, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC Yes (market dependent) Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.1, A2DP, aptX
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.27 W/kg (head) 1.39 W/kg (body)
SAR - 0.39 W/kg (head)     1.14 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.66 W/kg (head)     0.68 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- ANT+
- Fast battery charging 15W

- ANT+
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
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- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: SM-A505F/DS (Global)

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