Samsung Galaxy A57 5G vs Apple iPhone 13
70
out of 100
VS
65
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (with Exynos 1680) that was released on March 25, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 13, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 4 years and 7 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 126% higher peak brightness (1866 against 825 nits)
- Comes with 1773 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3227 mAh
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 20W)
- The phone is 4 years and 7 months newer
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- 19% higher pixel density (457 vs 385 PPI)
- 62% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2241 and 1382 points
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.3 mm narrower
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 385 ppi | 457 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1200 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.8% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 129% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 609 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 7.5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A57 5G
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
iPhone 13
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.5 mm (6.36 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 179 g (6.31 oz) | 174 g (6.14 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Purple, Aqua | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1680 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2900 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Xclipse 550 | Apple GPU (4 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1200 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1228.8 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 7924 | 18447 |
| Single-core score | 1382 | 2241 |
| Multi-core score | 4477 | 5317 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 510705 | 410975 |
| GPU | 374535 | 370837 |
| Memory | 204469 | 164151 |
| UX | 300346 | 467312 |
| Total score | 1390055 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [26 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3225 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2445 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-28 (Fazar) | AnTuTu 12 | 1550733 |
| 📘 2026-10-24 (Haste) | AnTuTu 12 | 1622246 |
| 📘 2026-10-23 -> dimitar_05 | Geekbench 7 GPU | 2330 |
| 📘 2026-10-23 -> dimitar_05 | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1215 / 4373 |
| 📘 2026-10-21 -> dimitar_05 | AnTuTu 12 | 1531135 |
Apple iPhone 13
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-18 (erdem012) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2346 / 5866 |
| 📘 2026-10-16 (Ultrmegkt) | AnTuTu 11 | 1367210 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Vova) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297615 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (charlesddd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1461749 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18864 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27.2) |
| ROM | One UI 9.0 | - |
| OS size | 24 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 6 years | - |
| Security updates | 6 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3227 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (64% in 30 min) | Yes (54% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:09 hr | 1:46 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:41 hr | 09:29 hr |
| Watching video | 20:15 hr | 13:58 hr |
| Gaming | 05:40 hr | 05:12 hr |
| Standby | 85 hr | 114 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | Sony IMX603 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 14 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX258 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 25 mm | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 65 |
| Preview | - | 76 |
| Zoom | - | 65 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 128 |
| Video | - | 143 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 6.0 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | 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, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | 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 | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2026 | September 2021 |
| Release date | April 2026 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $800 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | 0.7 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.07 W/kg | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | - |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, battery life, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy A57 5G. But if the camera, performance, gaming, and software are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 13.
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