Samsung Galaxy A55 5G vs Galaxy A50
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out of 100
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.6-inch Samsung Galaxy A55 5G (with Exynos 1480) that was released on March 11, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy A50, which is powered by Exynos 7 Octa 9610 and came out 5 years and 1 month before. 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 A55 5G
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- 2.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1021K versus 365K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Shows 48% longer battery life (26:41 vs 18:02 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4000 mAh
- Delivers 85% higher peak brightness (1018 against 551 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Optical image stabilization
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 11
- More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 1480
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A50
- Weighs 47 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
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 | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.6 inches | 6.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 390 ppi | 403 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 650 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 84.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 141.5% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 119 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 7 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.1 mm (6.34 inches) | 158.5 mm (6.24 inches) |
| Width | 77.4 mm (3.05 inches) | 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 166 g (5.86 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Blue, Purple, Yellow | White, Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1480 | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 9610 |
| Max clock | 2750 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53 - 4 cores at 2.3 GHz: Cortex-A73 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Xclipse 530 | Mali-G72 MP3 |
| GPU shading units | 128 | 36 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1053 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~665.6 GFLOPS | ~40.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4101 | 1410 |
| Single-core score | 1137 | 370 |
| Multi-core score | 3437 | 1021 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 348485 | 149165 |
| GPU | 226076 | 18580 |
| Memory | 182794 | 94830 |
| UX | 264381 | 102433 |
| Total score | 1021736 | 365008 |
| Samples | [29 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 459 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 982 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11788 | 5152 |
| Video editing | 7255 | 5186 |
| Photo editing | 23283 | 9306 |
| Data manipulation | 10941 | 5338 |
| Writing score | 17673 | 6344 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-23 (No) | AnTuTu | 965699 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Brice) | GeekBench CPU | 1115 / 3126 |
| 📘 2026-08-06 (Mazen) | AnTuTu | 1057022 |
| 📘 2026-06-28 (SK.EMTIAZ) | AnTuTu | 1021736 |
| 📘 2026-06-24 (Mohammed salik) | AnTuTu | 1012384 |
Samsung Galaxy A50
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-23 (Gadji Tæmæv) | AnTuTu | 372305 |
| 📘 2026-08-05 (A50M Max 🇹🇷) | AnTuTu | 380008 |
| 📘 2026-07-23 (Muhammed tech) | AnTuTu | 368004 |
| 📘 2026-07-16 (A50M max) | GeekBench CPU | 374 / 1132 |
| 📘 2026-07-16 (A50M max) | AnTuTu | 365008 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | Up to 512 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | One UI 3.1 |
| OS size | 20.1 GB | 22 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 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 (55% in 30 min) | Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (40% in 35 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 1:50 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:24 hr | 07:00 hr |
| Watching video | 17:52 hr | 11:18 hr |
| Gaming | 05:16 hr | 04:38 hr |
| Standby | 125 hr | 86 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#115th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 25 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 5288 x 3968 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 25 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Depth: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 25 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | Sony IMX576 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2.78" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.9 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX258 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC5035 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 45 | - |
| Preview | 54 | - |
| Zoom | 75 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A55 5G from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A50 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 25 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6464 x 4864 | 6024 x 4024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX616 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.9 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 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 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 |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Depends on the region |
| 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 | 12 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2024 | February 2019 |
| Release date | March 2024 | March 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $439 | $395 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.68 W/kg | 0.27 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.04 W/kg | 1.39 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 | - |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A55 5G:
- The barometer is only available in the model for the USA.
- SM-A556B/DS and A556E/DS models come with two physical SIM cards.
*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 A55 5G is definitely a better buy.
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