Samsung Galaxy A55 5G vs Google Pixel 7 Pro
62
out of 100
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66
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.6-inch Samsung Galaxy A55 5G (with Exynos 1480) that was released on March 11, 2024, against the Google Pixel 7 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 and came out 1 year and 5 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 A55 5G
- Shows 44% longer battery life (26:41 vs 18:28 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7 Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- 31% higher pixel density (512 vs 390 PPI)
- Handles wireless charging up to 23W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1122K versus 1021K)
- Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (1083 against 1001 nits)
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.6 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1440 x 3120 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 390 ppi | 512 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 550 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 88.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 97% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 4 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.1 mm (6.34 inches) | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 77.4 mm (3.05 inches) | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 212 g (7.48 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Blue, Purple, Yellow | White, Black, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1480 | Google Tensor G2 |
| Max clock | 2750 MHz | 2850 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.75 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 | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit |
| Graphics | Xclipse 530 | Mali-G710 MC10 |
| GPU shading units | 128 | 448 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 848 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~665.6 GFLOPS | ~759.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4101 | 5079 |
| Single-core score | 1137 | 1462 |
| Multi-core score | 3437 | 3866 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 348485 | 381695 |
| GPU | 226076 | 267518 |
| Memory | 182794 | 156286 |
| UX | 264381 | 317082 |
| Total score | 1021736 | 1122581 |
| Samples | [29 tests] | [14 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | 459 | 702 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 98% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | 982 | 1821 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11788 | 9424 |
| Video editing | 7255 | 6870 |
| Photo editing | 23283 | 19507 |
| Data manipulation | 10941 | 12051 |
| Writing score | 17673 | 15852 |
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 |
Google Pixel 7 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 -> Kimash333 | AnTuTu 11 | 1253847 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (Kimash333) | AnTuTu 11 | 1253847 |
| 📘 2026-07-28 (Th3Vulkan) | AnTuTu 11 | 1252895 |
| 📘 2026-06-24 (Hagoon) | AnTuTu 11 | 1041828 |
| 📘 2026-04-07 -> DeadlyKPSS | AnTuTu 11 | 1285265 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 20.1 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-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (23 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (46% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 1:49 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:24 hr | 07:06 hr |
| Watching video | 17:52 hr | 12:49 hr |
| Gaming | 05:16 hr | 04:48 hr |
| Standby | 125 hr | 83 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#116th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 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: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | Samsung GN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX258 | Sony IMX381 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.25 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | 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 | 70 |
| Preview | 54 | 74 |
| Zoom | 75 | 143 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A55 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 | Sony IMX616 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | 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 |
| 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 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2024 | October 2022 |
| Release date | March 2024 | October 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $439 | $899 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G | - Google Pixel 10 Pro |
| 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
If the camera, performance, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 7 Pro. But if the battery life, software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A55 5G.
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