Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Active Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S8

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active

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Samsung Galaxy S8 or Samsung Galaxy S5 Active Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S8 Samsung Galaxy S5 Active
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Release date 2017, March 2014, May
Dimensions (HxWxD) 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm | 5.86 x 5.86 x 2.68 in 145.3 x 73.4 x 8.9 mm | 5.72 x 5.72 x 2.89 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 170.1 g | 6 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
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Colors Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Burgundy Red Camo Green, Titanium Grey, Ruby Red
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 20 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 67 h
Stand by time - Up to 480 h
Talking time - Up to 29 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" in 5.1" in
Screen area 84.8 cm2 71.7 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.6% 67.2%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 570 PPI 432 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-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/2.2, 31mm (standard), 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@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF 2 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide)
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 73
DxOMark Photo 71
DxOMark Video 75

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Exynos 8895 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEA
-Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
- Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA
Adreno 540 - USA & China
Adreno 330
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 16 GB (11.2 GB user available), 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 231907
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 361
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1243
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1255
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 531
GeekBench 5 Single Core 340 139
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1454 373
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1763 942
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6028 2519
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8798 2586
GeekBench 4 Battery 3410

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Micro-SIM
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 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-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), 32(1500), 66(1700/2100), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - AT&T, Bell
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - AT&T 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700), 29(700) - Bell
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 33
Edge Yes Class 33
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, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.44 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head)     1.27 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.92 W/kg (head)     1.48 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.67 W/kg (head)     0.45 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate
Other extras
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
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-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- HDMI port
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-MIL-STD-810F compliant
Versions
- Versions: G950F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G950FD (Global Dual-SIM); G950U (USA Unlocked); G950A (AT&T); G950P (Sprint); G950T (T-Mobile); G950V (Verizon); G950R4 (US Cellular); G950W (Canada); G950

- Also known as Samsung Galaxy S5 Active G870A

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