Samsung Galaxy A23 5G vs Apple iPhone 13
47
out of 100
VS
65
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.6-inch Samsung Galaxy A23 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695) that was released on August 5, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 13, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 11 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 Samsung Galaxy A23 5G
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 1773 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3227 mAh
- Shows 13% longer battery life (26:19 vs 23:23 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- The phone is 11 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1413K versus 593K)
- Delivers 63% higher peak brightness (828 against 507 nits)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- 15% higher pixel density (460 vs 400 PPI)
- OLED display (versus competitor's PLS TFT)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | PLS TFT | OLED |
| Size | 6.6 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2408 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 400 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 450 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 82.7% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.9% | 129% |
| PWM | - | 609 Hz |
| Response time | 22 ms | 7.5 ms |
| Contrast | 1442:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A23 5G
6.6″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
iPhone 13
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.4 mm (6.51 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 197 g (6.95 oz) | 174 g (6.14 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Yellow | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2200 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 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 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 6 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 619 | Apple GPU (4 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~430.1 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 1403 | 18447 |
| Single-core score | 896 | 2241 |
| Multi-core score | 2092 | 5317 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 252513 | 410975 |
| GPU | 63520 | 370837 |
| Memory | 101358 | 164151 |
| UX | 175695 | 467312 |
| Total score | 593086 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [5 tests] | [26 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3225 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 98% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 352 | 2445 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9526 | - |
| Video editing | 4816 | - |
| Photo editing | 20862 | - |
| Data manipulation | 8753 | - |
| Writing score | 11119 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy A23 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-23 (Denislav Antimov) | AnTuTu 11 | 598228 |
| 📘 2026-02-25 (Shourai) | AnTuTu 11 | 593086 |
| 📘 2025-11-25 -> manvancongggg | AnTuTu 11 | 601723 |
| 📘 2025-10-20 -> Cihuy. | AnTuTu 11 | 479832 |
| 📘 2025-09-11 (Mediatek_04 EE_MRRR032) | AnTuTu 11 | 558174 |
Apple iPhone 13
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Vova) | AnTuTu 11 | 1297615 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (charlesddd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1461749 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18864 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (lUjekSh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2327 / 5604 |
| 📘 2026-09-03 (Yulik🇺🇦) | AnTuTu 11 | 1289105 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 6 | - |
| OS size | - | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | - |
| Security updates | 3 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3227 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 30 min) | Yes (54% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:08 hr | 1:46 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:23 hr | 09:29 hr |
| Watching video | 15:03 hr | 13:58 hr |
| Gaming | 05:45 hr | 05:12 hr |
| Standby | 134 hr | 114 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#128th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 5 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX603 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 14 mm |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore 5035 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC02 | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 65 |
| Preview | - | 76 |
| Zoom | - | 65 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 128 |
| Video | - | 143 |
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 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | August 2022 | September 2021 |
| Release date | September 2022 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $300 | $800 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | 1.49 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.25 W/kg | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| 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 Apple iPhone 13 is definitely a better buy.
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