Samsung Galaxy S7 edge vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

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Samsung Galaxy S6

Samsung Galaxy S6

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge or Samsung Galaxy S6 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Samsung Galaxy S6
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Release date 2016, February 2015, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 2.86 in 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm | 5.65 x 5.65 x 2.78 in
Weight 157 g | 5.54 oz 138 g | 4.87 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 Pearl, Coral Blue White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz
Battery 3600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2550 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 27 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 74 h
Talking time - Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 49 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 5.1" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 71.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 76.1% 70.7%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 534 PPI 577 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, OIS, dual pixel PDAF -16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
DxOMark Main Score 89 82
DxOMark Photo 91 81
DxOMark Video 86 83
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@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); TouchWiz UI Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm)
- Exynos 8890 Octa (14 nm) - G935FD, G935F, G935W8
- Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - G9350
-Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) - G935FD, G935F, G935W8
- Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Adreno 530 - G9350
Mali-T880 MP12 - G935FD, G935F, G935W8
Mali-T760MP8
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 184713
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 257 185
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 639 750
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 527 698
GeekBench 5 Single Core 252 236
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 723 899
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1456 1257
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3744 3945
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4571 2854
GeekBench 4 Battery 2782 1615

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G935F, G935W8Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G935FD Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G935FD, G9350
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G935F, G935FD, G935W8 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 & TD-SCDMA - G9350
-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) - G935F, G935FD 
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), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G9350 
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) - G935W8
-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), 20(800), 26(850)
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
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 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.17 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.26 W/kg (head)     0.51 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.15 W/kg (head)     1.16 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.38 W/kg (head)     0.50 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 , Infrared port
Other extras
- ANT+
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-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
--Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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Versions
- Versions: G935F (Global); G935FD (Southeast Asia, India); G9350 (Hong Kong); G935W8 (Canada) Also known as Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Duos with dual-SIM card slots

- Versions: G920F (Europe); G920FD (Philippines, Pakistan, Russia, Ukraine); G920FQ (Turkey); G920I (LATAM, Singapore, India, Australia, New Zealand); G920A (AT&T); G920T (T-Mobile); G920S/K (Korea); G9

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