Apple iPhone 12 vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G comparison

Apple iPhone 12
Apple iPhone 12
Samsung Galaxy A53 5G
Samsung Galaxy A53 5G
Released at Oct, 2020 Released at Mar, 2022

Pros

  • Less weight
  • Screen with a higher pixel density
  • More performance in the AnTuTu test
  • More performance in the GeekBench test
  • Battery with a higher capacity
  • Larger display size

Size comparison

Samsung Galaxy A53 5G front
74.8 mm (2.94″)
159.6 mm (6.28″)
Apple iPhone 12 front
71.5 mm (2.81″)
146.7 mm (5.78″)
Samsung Galaxy A53 5G side
8.1 mm
Apple iPhone 12 side
7.4 mm
  • Samsung Galaxy A53 5G
  • Apple iPhone 12

Specifications comparison

General

Models
A2403 / A2172 / A2402 / A2404 / iPhone13,2 SM-A536B / SM-A536B/DS / SM-A536U / SM-A536U1 / SM-A5360 / SM-A536E / SM-A536E/DS / SM-A536V
In the Box
USB-C to Lightning Cable, Documentation

Software

Operating System
iOS 14.1 Android 12
Custom UI
One UI 4.1

Body

Dimensions
71.5 x 146.7 x 7.4mm 74.8 x 159.6 x 8.1mm
Weight
164g 189g
Materials
Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), plastic frame, plastic back
Colours
Black / White / Red / Green / Blue / Purple Black / White / Blue / Peach

Display

Size
6.1" 6.5"
Type
Super Retina XDR OLED Super AMOLED
Resolution
1170x2532 pixels 1080x2400 pixels
Density
460ppi 405ppi
Refresh rate
120Hz
Protection
Scratch-resistant ceramic glass, oleophobic coating Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Camera

Rear camera
12MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS / 12MP, f/2.4, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/3.6" 64MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.7X", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS / 12MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1.12µm / 5MP, f/2.4, (macro) / 5MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Front camera
12MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6" 32MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm

Processor

Chipset
Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) Exynos 1280 (5 nm)
CPU
Hexa-core (2x3.1 GHz Firestorm + 4x1.8 GHz Icestorm) Octa-core (2x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU
Apple GPU (4-core graphics) Mali-G68

Memory

RAM size
4GB 4 / 6 / 8GB
RAM type
LPDDR4

Storage

Internal storage
64 / 128 / 256GB 128 / 256GB
Card slot
- +

Connectivity

Number of SIMs
2 2
SIM type
Nano-SIM / eSIM Nano-SIM
Cellular technology
GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
Wi-Fi
a / b / g / n / ac / 6 a / b / g / n / ac
Bluetooth
5.0 5.1
NFC
+ -
Navigation
GPS / GLONASS / GALILEO GPS / GLONASS / BDS / GALILEO
USB
Lightning, USB 2.0 USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go

Audio

Sensors

Fingerprint sensor
- +
Face ID
+ -
Accelerometer
+ +
Barometer
+ +
Gyro sensor
+ +
Geomagnetic sensor
+ +
Hall sensor
- -
Proximity sensor
+ -
Ambient Light sensor
- -

Battery

Capacity
2815mAh 5000mAh
Type
Li-Ion Li-Po
Fast charging
+ +
Wireless charging
+ -
Reverse wireless charging
- -

Performance

AnTuTu
568674 (v8) 329802 (v8)
GeekBench
4067 (v5.1) 1891 (v5.1)