Samsung Galaxy S23 vs A14 5G
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 (with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy) that was released on February 1, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy A14 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 700 and came out 1 month 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 S23
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 3.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1712K versus 515K)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Delivers 132% higher peak brightness (1191 against 514 nits)
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Handles wireless charging up to 10W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Optical image stabilization
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A14 5G
- Comes with 1100 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3900 mAh
- Shows 13% longer battery life (24:50 vs 22:02 hours)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
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 | Dynamic AMOLED | PLS TFT |
| Size | 6.1 inches | 6.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 425 ppi | 399 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1200 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1750 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88% | 80.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- |
| RGB color space | 98.9% | - |
| PWM | 240 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A14 5G
6.6″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
Galaxy S23
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 146.3 mm (5.76 inches) | 167.7 mm (6.6 inches) |
| Width | 70.9 mm (2.79 inches) | 78 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 9.1 mm (0.36 inches) |
| Weight | 168 g (5.93 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow | Black, Silver, Green, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy | MediaTek Dimensity 700 |
| Max clock | 3360 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A76 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Mali-G57 MC2 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 64 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 950 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~121.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9410 | 1220 |
| Single-core score | 1987 | 705 |
| Multi-core score | 5171 | 1917 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 587063 | 185796 |
| GPU | 434955 | 44366 |
| Memory | 275390 | 120419 |
| UX | 414985 | 165066 |
| Total score | 1712393 | 515647 |
| Samples | [29 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 76% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1069 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 73% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 18 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5348 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 61% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | 1 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3669 | 327 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15188 | 7538 |
| Video editing | 7873 | 5703 |
| Photo editing | 33939 | 15738 |
| Data manipulation | 12935 | 7931 |
| Writing score | 19390 | 10045 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S23
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-13 (Ct) | AnTuTu 12 | 1868238 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Mil) | AnTuTu 12 | 1763249 |
| 📘 2026-09-16 (Fluffyicebite:3) | AnTuTu 12 | 1835927 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 -> Rafarobbie22 | AnTuTu 11 | 1708074 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Rafa) | AnTuTu 11 | 1708074 |
Samsung Galaxy A14 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-13 (Gelap) | CPU Throttle | 53% |
| 📘 2026-07-13 (Gelap) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 1491 |
| 📘 2026-07-13 (Gelap) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 683 / 1924 |
| 📘 2026-07-13 (Gelap) | AnTuTu 11 | 488483 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (adriandex) | AnTuTu 11 | 542634 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 6.0 |
| OS size | 29.7 GB | 18.8 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | - |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 3900 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 15 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (10 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (57% in 30 min) | Yes (30% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:16 hr | 2:22 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:12 hr | 10:23 hr |
| Watching video | 13:41 hr | 14:47 hr |
| Gaming | 05:20 hr | 06:08 hr |
| Standby | 109 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 120 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Macro: 2 MP 3) Depth: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGN3 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| 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 | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 72 | - |
| Zoom | 126 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | SK-Hynix hi-1336 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) 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 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 | 5.2 |
| 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, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Budget |
| Announced | February 2023 | January 2023 |
| Release date | February 2023 | January 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $199 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) | - Samsung Galaxy A17 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.96 W/kg | 0.56 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.3 W/kg | 1.28 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S23:
- The 128GB version uses slower UFS 3.1 memory, while the 256GB and 512GB models have UFS 4.0.
Notes on Galaxy A14 5G:
- The US version comes with a Dimensity processor, while the others have an Exynos 1330.
*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 S23 is definitely a better buy.
Cast your vote
Total votes: 6