Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) vs Sony Xperia Z5 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA)

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Sony Xperia Z5

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Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) or Sony Xperia Z5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) Sony Xperia Z5
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Release date 2015, March 2015, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm | 5.65 x 5.65 x 2.78 in 146 x 72 x 7.3 mm | 5.75 x 5.75 x 2.83 in
Weight 140 g | 4.94 oz 154 g | 5.43 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum White, Graphite Black, Gold, Green, Pink
Battery 2550 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 57 h
Stand by time - Up to 520 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 13 h 10 min (2G) / Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 87 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" in 5.2" in
Screen area 71.7 cm2 73.2 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70.8% 69.6%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 576 PPI 428 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 23 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF -23 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/2.3'', PDAF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5.1 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) 5.1 MP, f/2.4
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 5.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Chipset - Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 (20 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A57)
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 430
External memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 251
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 516
GeekBench 5 Single Core 259 231
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 995 524
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1230
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 2699
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4070

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G920V, G920P 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - G920V, G920P, G920R
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G920V 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G920V, G920P, G920R
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G920V 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - G920P 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900) - G920R
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E6603, E6653
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) - E6603, E6653
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps (E6603), LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps (E6653)
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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.09 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.22 W/kg (head)     0.66 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.55 W/kg (head)     0.64 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.75 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 , Infrared port - Fingerprint (side-mounted; EU model only), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
--Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- PMA wireless charging
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- ANT+
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
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- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Also known as Samsung Galaxy S6 G920Curved screen version available Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Versions: G920P (Sprint), G920V (Verizon), G920R (US Cellular), G920W8 (Canada)

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