Samsung Galaxy A55 5G vs Motorola Edge 30 Neo
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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 Motorola Edge 30 Neo, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 and came out 1 year and 6 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
- 72% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1021K versus 592K)
- Shows 44% longer battery life (26:41 vs 18:35 hours)
- Comes with 980 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4020 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- Has a 0.32 inch larger screen size
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- The phone is 1 year and 6 months newer
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 30 Neo
- Handles wireless charging up to 5W
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 25W)
- Weighs 58 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.2 mm narrower
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
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Super AMOLED | POLED |
| Size | 6.6 inches | 6.28 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 390 ppi | 419 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 87.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 95.5% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 730 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A55 5G
6.6″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Edge 30 Neo
6.28″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.8 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.1 mm (6.34 inches) | 152.9 mm (6.02 inches) |
| Width | 77.4 mm (3.05 inches) | 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.75 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 155 g (5.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP52 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Blue, Purple, Yellow | Black, Silver, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1480 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 |
| Max clock | 2750 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 686 |
| Graphics | Xclipse 530 | Adreno 619 |
| GPU shading units | 128 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 840 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~665.6 GFLOPS | ~430.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4101 | - |
| Single-core score | 1137 | 903 |
| Multi-core score | 3437 | 2165 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 348485 | 241435 |
| GPU | 226076 | 55917 |
| Memory | 182794 | 118265 |
| UX | 264381 | 176872 |
| Total score | 1021736 | 592489 |
| Samples | [29 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 459 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 98% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 982 | 360 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11788 | 9793 |
| Video editing | 7255 | 4449 |
| Photo editing | 23283 | 20644 |
| Data manipulation | 10941 | 8320 |
| Writing score | 17673 | 14220 |
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 |
Motorola Edge 30 Neo
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-02 -> Markze | AnTuTu 11 | 592489 |
| 📘 2025-11-02 (markze) | AnTuTu 11 | 592489 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | - |
| OS size | 20.1 GB | 15 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | - |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4020 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 68 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (92% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 0:40 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:24 hr | 07:06 hr |
| Watching video | 17:52 hr | 10:58 hr |
| Gaming | 05:16 hr | 04:41 hr |
| Standby | 125 hr | 93 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 9000 x 7000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 120 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX906 | Omnivision OV64B |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX258 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 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 | - |
| Preview | 54 | - |
| Zoom | 75 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A55 5G from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6464 x 4864 | 6464 x 4864 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX616 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | No | 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 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 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 | September 2022 |
| Release date | March 2024 | October 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $439 | $350 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G | - Motorola Edge 60 Neo |
| SAR (head) | 0.68 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.04 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 68 W |
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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