Samsung Galaxy A54 5G vs Realme 11 Pro Plus
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.4-inch Samsung Galaxy A54 5G (with Exynos 1380) that was released on March 14, 2023, against the Realme 11 Pro Plus, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7050 and came out 2 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
- Delivers 24% higher peak brightness (986 against 795 nits)
- 26% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1009 and 803 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Realme 11 Pro Plus
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Shows 7% longer battery life (23:18 vs 21:52 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 25W)
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Thinner bezels – 7.9% more screen real estate
- Weighs 19 grams less
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Super AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.4 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2412 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 394 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 950 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 82.8% | 90.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 97.9% |
| PWM | 253 Hz | 439 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
11 Pro Plus
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Galaxy A54 5G
6.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.6 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 158.2 mm (6.23 inches) | 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) | 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 202 g (7.13 oz) | 183 g (6.46 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | Black, Gold, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1380 | MediaTek Dimensity 7050 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 550 |
| Graphics | Mali-G68 MP5 | Mali-G68 MC4 |
| GPU shading units | 160 | 128 |
| GPU clock | 949 MHz | 950 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~303.7 GFLOPS | ~243.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3003 | 2428 |
| Single-core score | 1009 | 803 |
| Multi-core score | 2865 | 2156 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 320379 | 294226 |
| GPU | 91502 | 80377 |
| Memory | 118771 | 151294 |
| UX | 248788 | 243918 |
| Total score | 779380 | 769815 |
| Samples | [28 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 97% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 278 | 222 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 808 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11039 | 10156 |
| Video editing | 7267 | 5831 |
| Photo editing | 25604 | 26004 |
| Data manipulation | 9921 | 9228 |
| Writing score | 15745 | 17071 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-08 (Chillorgil) | AnTuTu 12 | 856948 |
| 📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltails | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1027 / 3015 |
| 📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltails | AnTuTu 11 | 811942 |
| 📘 2026-05-27 (Matheus) | AnTuTu 11 | 779380 |
| 📘 2026-05-22 (SParkle) | AnTuTu 11 | 792970 |
Realme 11 Pro Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-13 (Akarsh) | AnTuTu 11 | 769815 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 13 |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | Realme UI 4.0 |
| OS size | 28 GB | 17 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes (63% in 15 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 0:28 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:04 hr | 09:12 hr |
| Watching video | 14:16 hr | 13:26 hr |
| Gaming | 05:24 hr | 05:47 hr |
| Standby | 106 hr | 116 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 16320 x 12240 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital (lossless), 4x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 112° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX766 | Samsung ISOCELL HP3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.75 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | 2 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | - |
| Sensor | - | GalaxyCore GC02M1 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.75 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | - |
| Preview | 53 | - |
| Zoom | 79 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6464 x 4864 | 6560 x 4928 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 22 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX616 | Sony IMX615 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2023 | May 2023 |
| Release date | March 2023 | May 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $490 | $400 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G | - Realme 14 Pro Plus 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.69 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.34 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 100 W |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A54 5G:
- Only phones with model numbers SM-A546B and SM-A546E support eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G. But if the camera and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Realme 11 Pro Plus.
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