Samsung Galaxy S7 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S7

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Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Samsung Galaxy Note 5

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Samsung Galaxy S7 or Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S7 Samsung Galaxy Note 5
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Release date 2016, February 2015, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm | 5.61 x 5.61 x 2.74 in 153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm | 6.03 x 6.03 x 3 in
Weight 152 g | 5.36 oz 171 g | 6.03 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titan, White Pearl
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Talking time - Up to 22 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
Talking time - Up to 22 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 64 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" in 5.7" in
Screen area 71.5 cm2 88.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.1% 75.9%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 577 PPI 518 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS -16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, dual-video rec.
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p 1440p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); TouchWiz UI Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset - Exynos 8890 Octa (14 nm) - Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T880 MP12 Mali-T760MP8
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 189150
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 287 261
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 625 807
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 518 707
GeekBench 5 Single Core 270 244
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 718 926
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1536 1303
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3718 4028
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4791 2908
GeekBench 4 Battery 1939 1752

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G930FHybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G930FD Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G930FD
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G930F, G930FD, G930W8
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G930F, G930FD 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G930W8
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
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, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.40 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.41 W/kg (head)     0.62 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.53 W/kg (head)     1.28 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.45 W/kg (head)     0.58 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
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 - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
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-Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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Versions
- Versions: G930F (Global); G930FD (Global; Southeast Asia); G930W8 (Canada) Also known as Samsung Galaxy S7 Duos with dual-SIM card slots

- Versions: N920T (T-Mobile); N920A (AT&T); N920I (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada); N920G (LATAM); N920G/DS (Brazil, India)

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