Samsung Galaxy A57 5G vs A51 5G
70
out of 100
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42
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (with Exynos 1680) that was released on March 25, 2026, against the Samsung Galaxy A51 5G, which is powered by Exynos 980 and came out 6 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 A57 5G
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Delivers 192% higher peak brightness (1877 against 643 nits)
- 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1390K versus 640K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Shows 34% longer battery life (24:32 vs 18:19 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Optical image stabilization
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 15W)
- The phone is 6 years and 1 month newer
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
- More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 1680
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 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 | 6.7 inches | 6.5 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 385 ppi | 405 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1200 nits | 400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 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 | 88.8% | 87.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | - |
| PWM | 240 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A57 5G
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy A51 5G
6.5″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.5 mm (6.36 inches) | 158.9 mm (6.26 inches) |
| Width | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) | 73.6 mm (2.9 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) | 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 179 g (6.31 oz) | 187 g (6.6 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Purple, Aqua | White, Black, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1680 | Samsung Exynos 980 |
| Max clock | 2900 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A77 |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Xclipse 550 | Mali G76MP5 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 120 |
| GPU clock | 1200 MHz | 728 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1228.8 GFLOPS | ~174.7 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 7924 | - |
| Single-core score | 1382 | 863 |
| Multi-core score | 4477 | 2112 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 510705 | 274118 |
| GPU | 374535 | 61069 |
| Memory | 204469 | 117515 |
| UX | 300346 | 187915 |
| Total score | 1390055 | 640617 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | Less than 3 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-23 -> HaiLong0510 | AnTuTu 12 | 1533019 |
| 📘 2026-09-05 (Darck) | AnTuTu 11 | 1348067 |
| 📘 2026-09-04 -> HaiLong0510 | AnTuTu 11 | 1434648 |
| 📘 2026-09-04 (Mehedi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1351187 |
| 📘 2026-08-19 (OverloadedPoortato) | AnTuTu 11 | 1373963 |
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-07 (CORE CHEn) | AnTuTu 11 | 640617 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 1866 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.0 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 512 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | One UI 5.0 |
| OS size | 24 GB | 22.7 GB |
| OS updates | 6 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 15 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (64% in 30 min) | Yes (40% in 40 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:09 hr | 2:05 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:41 hr | 07:25 hr |
| Watching video | 20:15 hr | 12:09 hr |
| Gaming | 05:40 hr | 05:11 hr |
| Standby | 85 hr | 81 hr |
General battery life
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 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP 4) Depth: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | Samsung S5KGM2 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX258 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | 5 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 40 mm |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A51 5G from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 6560 x 4928 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5KGD1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 100 |
| Video | - | 119 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 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 | 6.0 | 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 | 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 | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 12 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2026 | April 2020 |
| Release date | April 2026 | June 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $499 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.7 W/kg | 0.5 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.07 W/kg | 1.55 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - 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 A57 5G is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 4