Vivo V29 vs Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
53
out of 100
VS
56
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo V29 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G) that was released on July 31, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1380 and came out 4 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 Vivo V29
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 25W)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Has a 0.38 inch larger screen size
- Thinner bezels – 8.1% more screen real estate
- 12% higher pixel density (453 vs 403 PPI)
- Weighs 16 grams less
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.78 inches | 6.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1260 x 2800 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 453 ppi | 403 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 82.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.6% |
| PWM | - | 253 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Vivo V29
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
Galaxy A54 5G
6.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.6 in2
~10% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.18 mm (6.46 inches) | 158.2 mm (6.23 inches) |
| Width | 74.37 mm (2.93 inches) | 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.46 mm (0.29 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 186 g (6.56 oz) | 202 g (7.13 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Red, Purple | White, Black, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Average (2.99/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G | Samsung Exynos 1380 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (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 770 | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 642L | Mali-G68 MP5 |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 160 |
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 949 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~563.2 GFLOPS | ~303.7 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 3003 |
| Single-core score | 1030 | 1009 |
| Multi-core score | 2940 | 2865 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 321092 | 320379 |
| GPU | 101462 | 91502 |
| Memory | 160292 | 118771 |
| UX | 213128 | 248788 |
| Total score | 795977 | 779380 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [28 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 97% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 226 | 278 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 99% |
| Graphics test | - | 4 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 808 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7032 | 11039 |
| Video editing | 5610 | 7267 |
| Photo editing | 18640 | 25604 |
| Data manipulation | 8264 | 9921 |
| Writing score | 11110 | 15745 |
Recent User Tests
Vivo V29
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-17 (Yine) | AnTuTu 11 | 795977 |
| 📘 2026-02-21 (Alikhan) | AnTuTu 11 | 783664 |
| 📘 2024-02-23 (BILAL) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1030 / 2940 |
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-08 (Chillorgil) | AnTuTu 12 | 856948 |
| 📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltails | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1027 / 3015 |
| 📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltails | AnTuTu 11 | 811942 |
| 📘 2026-05-27 (Matheus) | AnTuTu 11 | 779380 |
| 📘 2026-05-22 (SParkle) | AnTuTu 11 | 792970 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | Funtouch 14 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | - | 28 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 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 (77% in 30 min) | Yes (56% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:51 hr | 1:03 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1600 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 07:59 hr | 08:04 hr |
| Watching video | 12:40 hr | 14:16 hr |
| Gaming | 05:21 hr | 05:24 hr |
| Standby | 112 hr | 106 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual 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 | 240 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 108° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Depth: 2 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 | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX766 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 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 |
| Preview | - | 53 |
| Zoom | - | 79 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 6464 x 4864 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX616 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 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 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - 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 |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | July 2023 | March 2023 |
| Release date | October 2023 | March 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $530 | $490 |
| Successor | - Vivo V70 | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.94 W/kg | 0.69 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.08 W/kg | 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 | Yes, 80 W | 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
If the camera, gaming, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G. But if the display and design are more of a priority – go for the Vivo V29.
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