Samsung Galaxy A71 vs A56 5G
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy A71 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 730) that was released on December 12, 2019, against the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1580 and came out 5 years and 4 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 A71
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Weighs 19 grams less
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1251K versus 513K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 134% higher peak brightness (1214 against 519 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 36% longer battery life (28:42 vs 21:09 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Optical image stabilization
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
- More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 1580
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- The phone is 5 years and 4 months newer
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
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 | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 393 ppi | 385 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1200 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1900 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.1% | 87.6% |
| Display features | - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.1% |
| PWM | 247 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 3.8 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 162.2 mm (6.39 inches) |
| Width | 76 mm (2.99 inches) | 77.5 mm (3.05 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 179 g (6.31 oz) | 198 g (6.98 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue, Pink | Black, Gray, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.19/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
| Max clock | 2200 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76) |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720 |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 8 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Qualcomm Hexagon 688 | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 618 | Xclipse 540 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 700 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~358.4 GFLOPS | ~1331.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 1146 | 6865 |
| Single-core score | 726 | 1354 |
| Multi-core score | 1877 | 3789 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 220697 | 490457 |
| GPU | 49131 | 296896 |
| Memory | 96632 | 173263 |
| UX | 146812 | 290896 |
| Total score | 513272 | 1251512 |
| Samples | [6 tests] | [130 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 97% |
| Graphics test | - | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 641 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 14131 |
| Video editing | - | 7744 |
| Photo editing | - | 22842 |
| Data manipulation | - | 11699 |
| Writing score | - | 18128 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy A71
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-02 (Cmvp))) | AnTuTu 11 | 526575 |
| 📘 2026-06-22 (Brian) | AnTuTu 11 | 513272 |
| 📘 2026-06-21 (Jim.0) | AnTuTu 11 | 520892 |
| 📘 2026-04-12 (Rama) | AnTuTu 11 | 525031 |
| 📘 2026-03-10 (Donotcare) | AnTuTu 11 | 439631 |
Samsung Galaxy A56 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-24 (.) | CPU Throttle | 82% |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (.) | Geekbench 7 GPU | 5755 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (.) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1191 / 3814 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (.) | AnTuTu 12 | 1017323 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 -> CR7 | AnTuTu 12 | 1030440 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 1866 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 512 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 5.0 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | 23.8 GB | 21.5 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 35 min) | Yes (65% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:22 hr | 1:13 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:51 hr | 11:28 hr |
| Watching video | 12:54 hr | 19:50 hr |
| Gaming | 04:49 hr | 04:53 hr |
| Standby | 107 hr | 131 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#70th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9000 x 7000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP 4) Depth: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung Bright S5KGW1 | Sony IMX906 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 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 |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 145 |
| Zoom | - | 59 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A71 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A56 5G from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGD1 | Samsung S5K3LC |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 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 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP | 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 |
| DisplayPort | - | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Active | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 12 | - |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | December 2019 | March 2025 |
| Release date | February 2020 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $350 | $499 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy A72 | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.51 W/kg | 0.61 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.56 W/kg | 1.05 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- 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 A56 5G is definitely a better buy.
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