Samsung Galaxy A37 5G vs A32 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy A37 5G (with Exynos 1480) that was released on March 25, 2026, against the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 720 5G and came out 5 years and 3 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A37 5G
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Delivers 284% higher peak brightness (1899 against 495 nits)
  • 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1064K versus 452K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • 43% higher pixel density (385 vs 270 PPI)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 15W)
  • The phone is 5 years and 3 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Stereo speakers
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G
  • Shows 10% longer battery life (25:37 vs 23:23 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy A37 5G and A32 5G crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 85% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy A32 5G to Samsung Galaxy A37 5G is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: display, camera, and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Super AMOLED TFT LCD
Size 6.7 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 720 x 1600 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 385 ppi 270 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1900 nits 500 nits
HDR support No No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 86.5% 81.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
-
Display tests
RGB color space 99.1% 96.1%
PWM 240 Hz -
Response time 1 ms 53 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 862:1
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A37 5G
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy A32 5G
6.5″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1899 nits
495 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 164.2 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 78.2 mm (3.08 inches) 76.1 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) 9.1 mm (0.36 inches)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Gray, Green, Purple White, Black, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
86.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy A37 5G and Samsung Galaxy A32 5G
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 1480 MediaTek Dimensity 720 5G
Max clock 2750 MHz 2000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A76
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung -
Lithography process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 530 Mali-G57 MC3
GPU shading units 128 96
GPU clock 1300 MHz 730 MHz
FLOPS ~665.6 GFLOPS ~140.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy A37 5G and Samsung Galaxy A32 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3457
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4175 -
Single-core score 1153 650
Multi-core score 3457 1759
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1064079
452426
CPU 374208 201559
GPU 228226 39273
Memory 190390 99876
UX 271255 111718
Total score 1064079 452426
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 97%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 362
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 5280
Video editing - 5528
Photo editing - 12194
Data manipulation - 5876
Writing score - 7799

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy A37 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 -> SKLeoAnTuTu 111062044
📘 2026-05-25 (centikak1)AnTuTu 111064079
Samsung Galaxy A32 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-13 (Hoàng Tử Băng)AnTuTu 11452426

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM One UI 8.5 One UI 4.1
OS size 18.5 GB 22 GB
OS updates 6 years 2 years
Security updates 6 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (62% in 30 min) Yes (23% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:12 hr 2:24 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:03 hr 10:44 hr
Watching video 18:44 hr 14:55 hr
Gaming 05:44 hr 06:11 hr
Standby 84 hr 122 hr
General battery life
23:23 hr
25:37 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8000 x 6000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Samsung S5KGM2
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 25 mm -
Stabilization Digital No

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution - 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5
Bluetooth features LE PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* - 16
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
90.8 dB
93.2 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2026 January 2021
Release date April 2026 February 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $280
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy A37 5G
SAR (head) 0.72 W/kg 0.33 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.14 W/kg 1.08 W/kg
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included -
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy A37 5G is definitely a better buy.

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