Samsung Galaxy A54 5G vs A52s 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.4-inch Samsung Galaxy A54 5G (with Exynos 1380) that was released on March 14, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 1 year and 7 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Delivers 22% higher peak brightness (974 against 799 nits)
  • The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.1
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G and A52s 5G 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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4 / 128 GB
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4 / 128 GB
73.7
(Good)
Value Index
303.9
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.4 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 403 ppi 405 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 800 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 82.8% 85%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 138.1%
PWM 253 Hz 231 Hz
Response time 1 ms 9 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
974 nits
799 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.2 mm (6.23 inches) 159.9 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 202 g (7.13 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
Waterproof IP67 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 1380 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Max clock 2400 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 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)
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 770
GPU
Graphics Mali-G68 MP5 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 160 512
GPU clock 949 MHz 550 MHz
FLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G and Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
3003
Compute Score (GPU) 3003 2487
Single-core score 1009 1021
Multi-core score 2865 2969
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
779380
CPU 320379 313434
GPU 91502 100484
Memory 118771 135397
UX 248788 209450
Total score 779380 758767
Samples [28 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 97% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 278 225
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% 99%
Graphics test 4 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 808 685
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
12706
Web score 11039 11369
Video editing 7267 7181
Photo editing 25604 25824
Data manipulation 9921 9429
Writing score 15745 13416

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-05 -> Danielfikri98_AnTuTu 12843108
📘 2026-09-08 (Chillorgil)AnTuTu 12856948
📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltailsGeekbench 6 CPU1027 / 3015
📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltailsAnTuTu 11811942
📘 2026-05-27 (Matheus)AnTuTu 11779380
Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)Geekbench 7 CPU808 / 3022
📘 2026-10-11 (RM_Phil)AnTuTu 12769103
📘 2026-09-27 (Andy Swas)AnTuTu 11725254
📘 2026-09-22 (bebequinhamota)AnTuTu 12805881
📘 2026-09-03 (Jaegerr)AnTuTu 11791396

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI 6.0
OS size 28 GB 26 GB
OS updates 4 years 2 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:03 hr 1:28 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:04 hr 07:27 hr
Watching video 14:16 hr 12:42 hr
Gaming 05:24 hr 04:56 hr
Standby 106 hr 116 hr
General battery life
21:52 hr
21:34 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 9000 x 7000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash 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 123° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
4) Depth: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX766 Sony IMX682
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3L6 -
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 5 MP 5 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 25 mm -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital 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 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6464 x 4864 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX616 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 5.3 5
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
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, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes 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* Yes No
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
88.7 dB
83.6 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced March 2023 August 2021
Release date March 2023 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $490 $495
Successor - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G -
SAR (head) 0.69 W/kg 0.88 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.34 W/kg 0.84 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G is definitely a better buy.

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Paulo June 18, 2025 at 09:59 PM
A52s 5G it's not even 120hz display. A54 5G for me is much better.
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Syimy July 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Who told you that!? A52s is 120Hz Super Amoled Display and I using it. Check back display specification and almost never got UI lags in Snapdragon 778G soc unlike A54 got some stutters...
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Top February 4, 2024 at 01:13 PM
A52S 5G is already at Android 14 OneUI 6 now. Should update that part.
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tonialb December 29, 2023 at 11:24 AM
Ever since I got the A52s, I've been consistently having issues with the battery. After each update, the battery doesn't last more than a day! I've tried to fix this by doing a hard reset after each update but it's so frustrating!
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Wiscker June 25, 2026 at 03:38 AM
Put LineageOS on the phone Search on YouTube "LineageOS" Not hard to do with urself
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Gaynor December 26, 2023 at 02:44 PM
Having problems since 3 updates ago with getting messages and calls via normal channels and wifi/5G. O2 swear it's not their network. If anyone else is having the same issues please post on here
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Pawel January 7, 2024 at 08:00 AM
I have A52 5g and I have the same problem. After the last software update, I did it on 03.01.2024, I don't have a mobile network connection. The vodafone network is OK, I tried all the troubleshooting steps from the Samsung website. And now I gave up. After the weekend I have to buy a new phone.
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Dragan May 16, 2023 at 09:32 AM
A52 s is one of the best phones ever made in this class, I've had it for a year, and it's perfect, the only thing I would change is the optical fingerprint, it's bad, and it needs bionics, nothing else.
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Paul July 21, 2023 at 04:50 PM
Agree with you... Now looking for a A52 substitute and will probably go for the A54.
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