Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G vs A36 5G
55
out of 100
VS
63
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G) that was released on August 11, 2021, against the Samsung Galaxy A36 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and came out 3 years and 7 months after. 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 Z Flip 3 5G
- Handles wireless charging up to 10W
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1102K versus 844K)
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- 11% higher pixel density (426 vs 385 PPI)
- Reverse charging feature
- 47% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1473 and 1004 points
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A36 5G
- Shows 75% longer battery life (24:52 vs 14:13 hours)
- Comes with 1700 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3300 mAh
- Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
- Delivers 31% higher peak brightness (1224 against 931 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- The phone is 3 years and 7 months newer
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
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 | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2640 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 21.9:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 426 ppi | 385 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 850 nits | 1200 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1200 nits | 1900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85% | 86.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 95.3% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 242 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 6.5 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A36 5G
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G
6.7″ (21.9:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 166 mm (6.54 inches) | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 72.2 mm (2.84 inches) | 78.2 mm (3.08 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 183 g (6.46 oz) | 195 g (6.88 oz) |
| Waterproof | IPX8 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Green, Pink | White, Black, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.19/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 660 | Adreno 710 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 1010 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1290.2 GFLOPS | ~517.1 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 3506 |
| Single-core score | 1473 | 1004 |
| Multi-core score | 3767 | 2919 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 387259 | 311567 |
| GPU | 163836 | 134619 |
| Memory | 208561 | 162720 |
| UX | 342686 | 235541 |
| Total score | 1102342 | 844447 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [66 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 72% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 435 | 315 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 73% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1224 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 13317 | 14144 |
| Video editing | 7710 | 7296 |
| Photo editing | 29882 | 24677 |
| Data manipulation | 10323 | 10326 |
| Writing score | 15410 | 14497 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Zha) | AnTuTu 12 | 976692 |
| 📘 2026-03-14 (Mitu) | AnTuTu 11 | 1102342 |
| 📘 2026-02-21 -> nanamond | AnTuTu 11 | 1205113 |
| 📘 2026-02-01 (nanamond) | AnTuTu 11 | 1128111 |
| 📘 2025-12-08 (Carlos Domino) | AnTuTu 11 | 987766 |
Samsung Galaxy A36 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Jhzinnn) | AnTuTu 12 | 934820 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 -> Arcticmonkeys98 | AnTuTu 12 | 953956 |
| 📘 2026-10-02 (A36XQHYPER) | AnTuTu 12 | 938148 |
| 📘 2026-09-30 (kazew_) | AnTuTu 12 | 1005038 |
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Abdulgani) | AnTuTu 12 | 991604 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 7.0 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | 29 GB | 22.6 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 3300 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (10 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (40% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:14 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 05:34 hr | 10:13 hr |
| Watching video | 09:17 hr | 16:02 hr |
| Gaming | 03:55 hr | 04:55 hr |
| Standby | 65 hr | 115 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | 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 | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX563 | Sony IMX882 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/1.96" (≈ 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX258 | GalaxyCore GC08A3 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 5 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Sensor | - | GalaxyCore GC05A3 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | - |
| Preview | 69 | - |
| Zoom | 72 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 3184 x 2388 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX374 | GalaxyCore GC12A2 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 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 6 (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 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 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 | Mid-range |
| Announced | August 2021 | March 2025 |
| Release date | August 2021 | March 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1000 | $399 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 | - Samsung Galaxy A37 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.86 W/kg | 0.53 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.58 W/kg | 1.29 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 |
*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 A36 5G is definitely a better buy.
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