Samsung Galaxy A53 5G vs Google Pixel 7 Pro

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.5-inch Samsung Galaxy A53 5G (with Exynos 1280) that was released on March 17, 2022, against the Google Pixel 7 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 and came out 7 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 A53 5G
  • Shows 20% longer battery life (22:13 vs 18:28 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 23 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • 81% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1122K versus 621K)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • 26% higher pixel density (512 vs 405 PPI)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 23W
  • Delivers 31% higher peak brightness (1095 against 835 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy A53 5G and Google Pixel 7 Pro 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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Value for money (Beta)

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4 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
58.3
(Average)
Value Index
30.9
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Super AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.5 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 405 ppi 512 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 550 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 830 nits 1500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 85.5% 88.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97.6% 97%
PWM 250 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 9 ms 4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Pixel 7 Pro
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy A53 5G
6.5″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
835 nits
1095 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 159.6 mm (6.28 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 74.8 mm (2.94 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 189 g (6.67 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
Waterproof IP67 IP68
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Yellow White, Black, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy A53 5G and Google Pixel 7 Pro
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 1280 Google Tensor G2
Max clock 2400 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 2 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X1
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MP4 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU shading units 128 448
GPU clock 897 MHz 848 MHz
FLOPS ~229.6 GFLOPS ~759.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy A53 5G and Google Pixel 7 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1462
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3866
Compute Score (GPU)
Pixel 7 Pro +117%
5079
Compute Score (GPU) 2341 5079
Single-core score 940 1462
Multi-core score 1974 3866
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
621907
1122581
CPU 252449 381695
GPU 71629 267518
Memory 101323 156286
UX 196506 317082
Total score 621907 1122581
Samples [7 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 702
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Pixel 7 Pro +187%
1821
Stability 99% 77%
Graphics test 3 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 635 1821
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
12381
11920
Web score 11160 9424
Video editing 8207 6870
Photo editing 23379 19507
Data manipulation 9873 12051
Writing score 14914 15852

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy A53 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-16 -> SacredGold14Geekbench 6 CPU856 / 2016
📘 2026-05-15 (mD)AnTuTu 11639223
📘 2026-05-08 (Devenkci)AnTuTu 11655361
📘 2026-03-03 (nightbet)AnTuTu 11621907
📘 2026-02-27 (nightbet)AnTuTu 11617754
Google Pixel 7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 -> Kimash333AnTuTu 111253847
📘 2026-09-08 (Kimash333)AnTuTu 111253847
📘 2026-07-28 (Th3Vulkan)AnTuTu 111252895
📘 2026-06-24 (Hagoon)AnTuTu 111041828
📘 2026-04-07 -> DeadlyKPSSAnTuTu 111285265

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 8.0 Stock Android
OS size 36 GB 14 GB
OS updates 4 years 5 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (23 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (45% in 30 min) Yes (46% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:24 hr 1:49 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:09 hr 07:06 hr
Watching video 12:55 hr 12:49 hr
Gaming 04:59 hr 04:48 hr
Standby 117 hr 83 hr
General battery life
22:13 hr
18:28 hr

Main camera

Matrix 64 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 9000 x 7000 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 5x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 126°
Lenses 1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 5 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGW1P Samsung GN1
Sensor size 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 48 MP
Aperture - f/3.5
Focal length - 120 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KGM1
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.8 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor - Sony IMX381
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.25 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Stabilization No -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Pixel 7 Pro +218%
143
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 55 70
Preview 55 74
Zoom 82 143
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A53 5G from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 10.8 megapixels
Image resolution 6464 x 4864 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 140
Video - 146

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- 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 5.2
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 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio - No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
86.1 dB
88.4 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced March 2022 October 2022
Release date April 2022 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $899
Successor - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G - Google Pixel 10 Pro
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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 Google Pixel 7 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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Jim Riccomini March 7, 2023 at 01:27 AM
Which of these two phones is the least likely to freeze?
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root March 7, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Pixel has more stable software :)
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