Samsung Galaxy A32 vs Motorola Moto G14

39 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A32
VS
45 out of 100
Motorola Moto G14

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.4-inch Samsung Galaxy A32 (with Mediatek Helio G80) that was released on February 25, 2021, against the Motorola Moto G14, which is powered by Unisoc Tiger T616 and came out 2 years and 6 months after. 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 A32
  • Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
  • Delivers 71% higher peak brightness (810 against 474 nits)
  • Super AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
Reasons to consider the Motorola Moto G14
  • Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
  • 37% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (388K versus 283K)
  • Stereo speakers
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
  • The phone is 2 years and 6 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus eMMC 5.1
  • 44% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 452 and 313 points

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy A32 and Motorola Moto G14 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 31% Yes
Mostly no. The difference is too small to matter in everyday use.
The overall difference between Samsung Galaxy A32 and Motorola Moto G14 is not big enough to justify updating.
Main improvements: camera, battery life, and performance.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in display and connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 6.4 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 411 ppi 405 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 800 nits 400 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 84.5% 85.7%
Display features - Always-On Display -
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.9%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 31 ms
Contrast - 1080:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy A32 +71%
810 nits
474 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 158.9 mm (6.26 inches) 161.46 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 73.6 mm (2.9 inches) 73.82 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 7.99 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 184 g (6.49 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
Waterproof No IP52
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Purple Gray, Blue, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
84.5%
Moto G14 +1%
85.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy A32 and Motorola Moto G14
SoC
Chipset Mediatek Helio G80 Unisoc Tiger T616
Max clock 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75
L3 cache 1 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 12 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes No
GPU
Graphics Mali-G52 MC2 Mali-G57 MP1
GPU shading units 48 32
GPU clock 950 MHz 750 MHz
FLOPS ~91.2 GFLOPS ~48 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy A32 and Motorola Moto G14
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Moto G14 +44%
452
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Moto G14 +64%
1490
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy A32 +45%
740
512
Compute Score (GPU) 740 512
Single-core score 313 452
Multi-core score 907 1490
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
283832
Moto G14 +37%
388158
CPU 121221 155412
GPU 16565 17851
Memory 72539 109344
UX 73507 105551
Total score 283832 388158
Samples [8 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics score - 54
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
8112
Web score - 8248
Video editing - 4823
Photo editing - 16913
Data manipulation - 5662
Writing score - 9412

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy A32
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-13 (kauaalsf)AnTuTu 11311584
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (TestingPhones)AnTuTu 11275902
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (Jordi2214)AnTuTu 11243104
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-01 (Rolex)AnTuTu 11314721
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (Pouria)AnTuTu 11260089
Motorola Moto G14
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-23 (Explosivo)AnTuTu 11370494
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-11 -> MiojinhoGeekbench 6 GPU512
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-11 -> MiojinhoGeekbench 6 CPU451 / 1359
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-11 -> MiojinhoAnTuTu 11388158
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-04 (Trizen)Geekbench 6 CPU452 / 1551

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 128 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 2.2
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM One UI 5.0 My UX
OS size 18.6 GB 18 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 4 years 2 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 15 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (25% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 50 min)
Full charging time 2:19 hr 1:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:05 hr -
Watching video 12:48 hr -
Gaming 05:29 hr -
Standby 116 hr -
General battery life
22:11 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9216 x 6912 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) -
Angle of widest lens 123Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 5 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size - 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 2 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Stabilization No Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 5380 x 3620 4096 x 2048
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size - 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, 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 GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* No Depends on the region
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 12 7
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio Yes Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
81.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Budget
Announced February 2021 August 2023
Release date February 2021 August 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $250 $120
SAR (head) 0.45 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.3 W/kg -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger - Yes, 15 W
*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 Motorola Moto G14 is definitely a better buy.

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