Samsung Galaxy A55 5G vs Apple iPhone SE (2022)
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.6-inch Samsung Galaxy A55 5G (with Exynos 1480) that was released on March 11, 2024, against the Apple iPhone SE (2022), which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 2 years 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 A55 5G
- Comes with 2982 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 2018 mAh
- Has a 1.9 inches larger screen size
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Thinner bezels – 20.5% more screen real estate
- Shows 51% longer battery life (26:41 vs 17:41 hours)
- Delivers 56% higher peak brightness (1001 against 643 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 20% higher pixel density (390 vs 326 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone SE (2022)
- Handles wireless charging up to
- 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1346K versus 1021K)
- Better grip in hands – the body is 10.1 mm narrower
- 2.1x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2404 and 1137 points
- Weighs 69 grams less
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 | Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.6 inches | 4.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 750 x 1334 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 16:9 |
| PPI | 390 ppi | 326 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 625 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 65.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 100% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | 38 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 1655:1 |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A55 5G
6.6″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone SE (2022)
4.7″ (16:9 ratio) = 9.4 in2
~75% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.1 mm (6.34 inches) | 138.4 mm (5.45 inches) |
| Width | 77.4 mm (3.05 inches) | 67.3 mm (2.65 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 144 g (5.08 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Blue, Purple, Yellow | White, Black, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1480 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2750 MHz | 3223 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Xclipse 530 | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 128 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~665.6 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4101 | 17777 |
| Single-core score | 1137 | 2404 |
| Multi-core score | 3437 | 6040 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 348485 | 396583 |
| GPU | 226076 | 363070 |
| Memory | 182794 | 162337 |
| UX | 264381 | 424045 |
| Total score | 1021736 | 1346035 |
| Samples | [29 tests] | [8 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 459 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 75% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 11 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2969 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 98% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 982 | 2387 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11788 | - |
| Video editing | 7255 | - |
| Photo editing | 23283 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10941 | - |
| Writing score | 17673 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy A55 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-17 (Артем) | AnTuTu 11 | 1080442 |
| 📘 2026-08-23 (No) | AnTuTu 11 | 965699 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Brice) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1115 / 3126 |
| 📘 2026-08-06 (Mazen) | AnTuTu 11 | 1057022 |
| 📘 2026-06-28 (SK.EMTIAZ) | AnTuTu 11 | 1021736 |
Apple iPhone SE (2022)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-18 (Bionic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1336740 |
| 📘 2026-06-19 (Bionic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1375075 |
| 📘 2026-06-14 (Bionic) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2404 / 6040 |
| 📘 2026-06-14 (Bionic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1362289 |
| 📘 2026-03-13 (Mistral) | AnTuTu 11 | 1342610 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 15.3 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | - |
| OS size | 20.1 GB | 12 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | - |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 2018 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (61% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 1:18 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:24 hr | 07:07 hr |
| Watching video | 17:52 hr | 10:31 hr |
| Gaming | 05:16 hr | 03:43 hr |
| Standby | 125 hr | 87 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad 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° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX258 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | GalaxyCore GC5035 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 45 | 50 |
| Preview | 54 | 71 |
| Zoom | 75 | 29 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A55 5G from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone SE (2022) from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 7 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6464 x 4864 | 3088 x 2320 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX616 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) 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 |
| USB type | 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* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2024 | March 2022 |
| Release date | March 2024 | March 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $439 | $429 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G | - Apple iPhone 16e |
| SAR (head) | 0.68 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.04 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A55 5G:
- The barometer is only available in the model for the USA.
- SM-A556B/DS and A556E/DS models come with two physical SIM cards.
*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 A55 5G is definitely a better buy.
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