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Sony Xperia 10 IV vs Samsung Galaxy A54 5G

45 out of 100
Sony Xperia 10 IV
VS
56 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
Sony Xperia 10 IV
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6-inch Sony Xperia 10 IV (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695) that was released on May 11, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1380 and came out 10 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Sony Xperia 10 IV
  • Shows 38% longer battery life (30:04 vs 21:52 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • 13% higher pixel density (457 vs 403 PPI)
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 9.7 mm narrower
  • Weighs 41 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Delivers 45% higher peak brightness (989 against 684 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • 29% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (779K versus 601K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Stereo speakers
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS

Review

Evaluation of Sony Xperia 10 IV and Samsung Galaxy A54 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
6 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 128 GB
11.1
(Bad)
Value Index
73.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xperia 10 IV
vs
Galaxy A54 5G

Display

Type OLED Super AMOLED
Size 6 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2520 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 21:9 19.5:9
PPI 457 ppi 403 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 700 nits 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 120 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 82% 82.8%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 95.9% 99.6%
PWM 253 Hz 253 Hz
Response time 3 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A54 5G
6.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.6 in2
Xperia 10 IV
6″ (21:9 ratio) = 13 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xperia 10 IV
684 nits
Galaxy A54 5G +45%
989 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 153 mm (6.02 inches) 158.2 mm (6.23 inches)
Width 67 mm (2.64 inches) 76.7 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 161 g (5.68 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Xperia 10 IV
82%
Galaxy A54 5G +1%
82.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Sony Xperia 10 IV and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 Samsung Exynos 1380
Max clock 2200 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 619 Mali-G68 MP5
GPU shading units 256 160
GPU clock 840 MHz 949 MHz
FLOPS ~430.1 GFLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Sony Xperia 10 IV and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xperia 10 IV
914
Galaxy A54 5G +10%
1009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xperia 10 IV
2088
Galaxy A54 5G +37%
2865
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 3003
Single-core score 914 1009
Multi-core score 2088 2865
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xperia 10 IV
601928
Galaxy A54 5G +29%
779380
CPU 245199 320379
GPU 57214 91502
Memory 131597 118771
UX 167918 248788
Total score 601928 779380
Samples [2 tests] [28 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 97%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 278
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 808
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 11039
Video editing - 7267
Photo editing - 25604
Data manipulation - 9921
Writing score - 15745
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Sony Xperia 10 IV
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-18 (Apon)AnTuTu 11601928
📘 2025-10-19 (mnfmhf)AnTuTu 11597110
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Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-22 -> dimitar_05AnTuTu 12879492
📘 2026-10-05 -> Danielfikri98_AnTuTu 12843108
📘 2026-09-08 (Chillorgil)AnTuTu 12856948
📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltailsGeekbench 6 CPU1027 / 3015
📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltailsAnTuTu 11811942
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM - One UI 8.0
OS size 23 GB 28 GB
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (28% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:30 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:22 hr 08:04 hr
Watching video 18:24 hr 14:16 hr
Gaming 07:07 hr 05:24 hr
Standby 142 hr 106 hr
General battery life
Xperia 10 IV +38%
30:04 hr
Galaxy A54 5G
21:52 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 27 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX486 Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.25 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 54 mm -
Sensor SK Hi-847 -
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 13 mm
Sensor SK Hi-846 Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 5 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 25 mm
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 55 55
Preview 51 53
Zoom 64 79
Samples Photo samples of Sony Xperia 10 IV from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 27 mm 26 mm
Sensor Hynix Hi-846 Sony IMX616
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/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 5.1 5.3
Bluetooth features LE, 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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* No Yes
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Xperia 10 IV
85.8 dB
Galaxy A54 5G +3%
88.7 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2022 March 2023
Release date June 2022 March 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $500 $490
Successor - Sony Xperia 10 VII - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
SAR (head) - 0.69 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.34 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A54 5G:
    - Only phones with model numbers SM-A546B and SM-A546E support eSIM.
*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 A54 5G is definitely a better buy.

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