Samsung Galaxy S22 vs A13 5G

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy A13 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G and came out 3 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 3.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 364K)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Delivers 97% higher peak brightness (865 against 439 nits)
  • 57% higher pixel density (425 vs 270 PPI)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A13 5G
  • Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3700 mAh
  • Shows 42% longer battery life (23:58 vs 16:55 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 and A13 5G crucial features
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)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 32 GB
68.9
(Good)
Value Index
50.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED PLS TFT
Size 6.1 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 720 x 1600 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 425 ppi 270 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 780 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ No
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 82.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
-
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 89.4%
PWM 239 Hz Not detected
Response time 10 ms 35 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 1519:1
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A13 5G
6.5″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S22 +97%
865 nits
439 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146 mm (5.75 inches) 164.5 mm (6.48 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 75.5 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
88.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Samsung Galaxy A13 5G
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G
Max clock 2800 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76
L3 cache 4 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 Mali-G57 MC2
GPU shading units 384 64
GPU clock 1306 MHz 950 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~121.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Samsung Galaxy A13 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S22 +205%
1600
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S22 +143%
3840
Single-core score 1600 525
Multi-core score 3840 1580
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S22 +283%
1398273
364707
CPU 462329 142483
GPU 376985 42773
Memory 231805 68807
UX 327154 110644
Total score 1398273 364707
Samples [11 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 65% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
Graphics score 820 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 66% -
Graphics test 14 FPS -
Section 1 17 FPS -
Section 2 14 FPS -
Section 3 11 FPS -
Graphics score 3751 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Galaxy S22 +465%
1830
Stability 66% 97%
Graphics test 10 FPS 1 FPS
Graphics score 1830 324
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S22 +74%
12319
Web score 11192 5824
Video editing 7372 5026
Photo editing 21608 12620
Data manipulation 11423 6696
Writing score 14877 7027

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S22
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGAnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGBattery lifeSOT 5:35 / 7:27
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGGeekbench 6 GPU10630
📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik))AnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal)AnTuTu 111587642
Samsung Galaxy A13 5G
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 32 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI Core 4.1
OS size 30.2 GB 16.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 2 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 3700 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (63% in 30 min) Yes (27% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:03 hr 2:18 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:42 hr 09:36 hr
Watching video 10:16 hr 13:40 hr
Gaming 04:06 hr 05:32 hr
Standby 90 hr 120 hr
General battery life
16:55 hr
23:58 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8700 x 5800
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens 120° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung GN5 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX772 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX713 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) -
Pixel size 1.4 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 -
Preview 72 -
Zoom 126 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 5 megapixels
Image resolution 3872 x 2592 2560 x 1960
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 1.22 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 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
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 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 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
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* 20 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No -
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
89.5 dB
82.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Budget
Announced February 2022 December 2021
Release date March 2022 December 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $249
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy A17 5G
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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 S22 is definitely a better buy.

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Dwayne December 20, 2022 at 05:20 AM
Earbuds work better for hands-free operation than wired headphones via phone jack. Headphone jacks are old school. The only complaint I have about the S22 is its small screen - hence the keypad. It's much easier to mistype with the S22. Otherwise, although both are great phones, the S22 packs way more bang for the buck.
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Lars September 14, 2022 at 06:25 PM
The headphone jack is very important to me since I use it whenever I am talking with someone. I need to have my hands free, and I very much dislike speakerphones.
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