Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on July 26, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 1 year and 11 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • 43% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1746K versus 1222K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 1 year and 11 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Shows 38% longer battery life (23:32 vs 17:05 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • 17% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2450 and 2100 points

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Apple iPhone 13 Pro 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 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
45.5
(Average)
Value Index
29.9
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2640 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 21.9:9 19.5:9
PPI 425 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 -
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.3% 99.8%
PWM 120 Hz 510 Hz
Response time 1 ms 4.8 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Z Flip 5
6.7″ (21.9:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
iPhone 13 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1094 nits
1054 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 165.1 mm (6.5 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 71.9 mm (2.83 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) 7.65 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 187 g (6.6 oz) 204 g (7.2 oz)
Waterproof IPX8 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button No
Screen-to-body ratio
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Apple iPhone 13 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 3200 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 6 (2 + 4)
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
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Apple GPU (5 cores)
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 680 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 21903
Single-core score 2100 2450
Multi-core score 5478 6170
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1746199
1222533
CPU 594031 311650
GPU 448113 389528
Memory 279549 136036
UX 424506 385319
Total score 1746199 1222533
Samples [6 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 61% -
Graphics test 7 FPS -
Graphics score 962 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 50% 71%
Graphics test 19 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 21 FPS 19 FPS
Section 2 18 FPS 14 FPS
Section 3 16 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 4866 3765
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 46% 70%
Graphics test 20 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 3495 2949
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-28 (test)AnTuTu 111776402
📘 2026-05-13 -> Otchem1488AnTuTu 111746199
📘 2026-05-04 (mtd)AnTuTu 111743099
📘 2026-04-06 (Otchem1488)AnTuTu 111723909
📘 2025-10-30 (Banan)AnTuTu 111781616
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik)AnTuTu 111127460
📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_)Geekbench 6 GPU21903
📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_)Geekbench 6 CPU2475 / 6154
📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj)AnTuTu 111322345
📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi)AnTuTu 111222533

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM One UI 8.5 -
OS size 40 GB 15.2 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 3700 mAh 3095 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (55% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:19 hr 1:38 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:13 hr 09:39 hr
Watching video 10:25 hr 15:16 hr
Gaming 03:58 hr 05:20 hr
Standby 96 hr 107 hr
General battery life
17:05 hr
23:32 hr

Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.5
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K2LD Sony IMX703
Sensor size 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 1.8 micron 1.9 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 12 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Focal length - 77 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX713
Sensor size - 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX258 Sony IMX772
Sensor size 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 60 75
Preview 65 81
Zoom 95 119
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 Sony IMX514
Sensor size 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 128
Video - 143

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 5.3 5
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced July 2023 September 2021
Release date August 2023 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1000
Successor - Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) 0.6 W/kg 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.45 W/kg 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Not included -
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, gaming, battery life, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 13 Pro. But if the connectivity is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5.

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