Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5
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Release date 2013, September 2023, July 26
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm | 5.95 x 5.95 x 3.12 in 154.9 x 129.9 x 6.1 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 5.11 in
Weight 168 g | 5.93 oz 253 g | 8.92 oz
Body Build Plastic body Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus 2) (folded), plastic front (unfolded), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), aluminum frame
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Colors Black, White, Pink, Merlot Red, Rose Gold Black, Rose Gold White Icy Blue, Phantom Black, Cream, Gray, Blue
Battery 3200 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 4400 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 420 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Foldable Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" in 7.6" in
Screen area 89.6 cm2 183.2 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 23.1:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 74.8% 91.1%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1812 x 2176 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 386 PPI 373 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Other specs - 120Hz, HDR10+
-Cover display:
-Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2
-6.2 inches, 904 x 2316 pixels, 23.1:9 ratio
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 50 MP, Triple
Camera specs -13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.12µm, AF -50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
-10 MP, f/2.4, (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
-12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚, 12mm (ultrawide), 1.12µm
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (N9005, N9002)/ 1080p (N9000) 8K@24fps, 4K@60fps, 1080p@60/240fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps (gyro-EIS), HDR10+
DxOMark Main Score 128
DxOMark Photo 127
DxOMark Video 123
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 4 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide) 4 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 2.0µm, under display
Cover camera:
10 MP, f/2.2, 24mm (wide), 1/3", 1.22µm
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0 (Lollipop) Android 13, upgradable to Android 14, One UI 6.1
Chipset - Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (28 nm)
- Exynos 5420 Octa (28 nm) - N9000
- Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 - N9005, N9002
-Octa-core (4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) - N9000
- Octa-core (1x3.36 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510)
GPU Adreno 330 - N9005, N9002
Mali-T628 MP6 - N9000
Adreno 740
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 16/32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 1476184
Antutu 10 CPU 378184
Antutu 10 GPU 541753
Antutu 10 Mem 292222
Antutu 10 UX 378184
Antutu 9 Total 1310476
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1945
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 5110
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 9187
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 9105
GeekBench 5 Single Core 141 1657
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 467 4061
GeekBench 4 Single Core 761
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1968
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2235
GeekBench 4 Battery 829

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Nano-SIM and eSIMDual SIM (2 Nano-SIMs and eSIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - N9009
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - N9005, N9002, N9006 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - N9009 
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - N900W8
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - N9005 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100) - N900W8
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 - International
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 66, 71 - USA
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71 - Canada
-5G - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - International
2, 5, 48, 66, 77, 78, 257, 260, 261 SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - USA (Verizon)
2, 5, 38, 41, 66, 71, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - Canada
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A (CA), 5G
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/6e, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host USB Type-C 3.2, OTG
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.3, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.29 W/kg (head)     0.36 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.16 W/kg (head)
SAR EU - 1.24 W/kg (head) 1.19 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Tuned by AKG

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture , Infrared port - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
-Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
--Stylus

- Bixby natural language commands and dictation
-Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
-Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-Ultra Wideband (UWB) support
- Fast charging 25W, 50% in 30 min
-Wireless charging 15W
-Reverse charging 4.5W
- IPX8 water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min)
-Stylus support
Versions
- Versions: N9000 (3G); N9005 (3G/LTE) Also known as Samsung Galaxy Note III; Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9002 with dual-SIM card slots

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