Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus vs A54 5G

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.6-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1380 and came out 1 year and 1 month 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 S22 Plus
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 87% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1456K versus 779K)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (1092 against 974 nits)
  • Thinner bezels – 6.9% more screen real estate
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (21:52 vs 19:24 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus and A54 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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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 128 GB
60.0
(Average)
Value Index
73.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.6 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 393 ppi 403 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 780 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1750 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 82.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.2% 99.6%
PWM 240 Hz 253 Hz
Response time 5 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1092 nits
974 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 157.4 mm (6.2 inches) 158.2 mm (6.23 inches)
Width 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) 76.7 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 Samsung Exynos 1380
Max clock 2800 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 Mali-G68 MP5
GPU shading units 384 160
GPU clock 1306 MHz 949 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
10293
Compute Score (GPU) 10293 3003
Single-core score 1592 1009
Multi-core score 3845 2865
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1456410
779380
CPU 514609 320379
GPU 391890 91502
Memory 210533 118771
UX 339378 248788
Total score 1456410 779380
Samples [3 tests] [28 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 73% 97%
Graphics test 6 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 866 278
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 66% -
Graphics test 15 FPS -
Section 1 18 FPS -
Section 2 15 FPS -
Section 3 12 FPS -
Graphics score 3972 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 64% 99%
Graphics test 11 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 1918 808
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
12706
Web score 10564 11039
Video editing 7378 7267
Photo editing 19931 25604
Data manipulation 12336 9921
Writing score 15666 15745

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-08 (Nyamka)AnTuTu 111496095
📘 2026-05-06 (Максим)AnTuTu 111422388
📘 2026-03-01 (Unknown)AnTuTu 111456410
📘 2026-01-18 -> Gind1kAnTuTu 111549060
📘 2025-08-27 -> reiGeekbench 6 GPU9335
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
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 16)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 28.6 GB 28 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (64% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:01 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:28 hr 08:04 hr
Watching video 11:26 hr 14:16 hr
Gaming 04:41 hr 05:24 hr
Standby 106 hr 106 hr
General battery life
19:24 hr
21:52 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung GN5 Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3K1 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX713 Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 5 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 25 mm
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 75 55
Preview 66 53
Zoom 121 79
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 3872 x 2592 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX616
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 20 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
91.3 dB
88.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced February 2022 March 2023
Release date March 2022 March 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $490
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
SAR (head) - 0.69 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.34 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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 S22 Plus is definitely a better buy.

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