Vivo V30 vs Samsung Galaxy A35 5G

60 out of 100
Vivo V30
VS
57 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy A35 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo V30 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3) that was released on February 4, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1380 and came out 1 month after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo V30
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Shows 27% longer battery life (28:34 vs 22:25 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 25W)
  • 34% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1026K versus 768K)
  • Delivers 22% higher peak brightness (1260 against 1034 nits)
  • 16% higher pixel density (453 vs 390 PPI)
  • Thinner bezels – 5.1% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Waterproof body (IP67 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Stereo speakers
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo V30 and Samsung Galaxy A35 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 128 GB
45.8
(Average)
Value Index
60.6
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 453 ppi 390 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2800 nits 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Schott Alpha Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 84.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.9%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 2 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Vivo V30 +22%
1260 nits
1034 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 164.36 mm (6.47 inches) 161.7 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 7.45 mm (0.29 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 209 g (7.37 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP67
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Green Black, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Vivo V30 +6%
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo V30 and Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Samsung Exynos 1380
Max clock 2630 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 3 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 720 Mali-G68 MP5
GPU shading units 512 160
GPU clock 975 MHz 949 MHz
FLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo V30 and Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Vivo V30 +12%
1122
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Vivo V30 +7%
3060
Compute Score (GPU)
Vivo V30 +37%
4147
Compute Score (GPU) 4147 3033
Single-core score 1122 1006
Multi-core score 3060 2855
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Vivo V30 +34%
1026500
768212
CPU 409817 311721
GPU 213442 89942
Memory 152247 136276
UX 250994 230273
Total score 1026500 768212
Samples [9 tests] [23 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 2 FPS
Graphics score - 279
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 11340
Video editing - 7357
Photo editing - 25659
Data manipulation - 10930
Writing score - 16320

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo V30
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-03 (Zac)AnTuTu 111044916
📘 2026-05-01 (Adz)AnTuTu 111079470
📘 2026-03-14 (Shark)AnTuTu 111009012
📘 2026-02-25 (zac)AnTuTu 111030981
📘 2026-02-20 (Ray)AnTuTu 111026500
Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (Lazy)AnTuTu 11893295
📘 2026-09-28 (P3RF3CT)AnTuTu 12866054
📘 2026-09-27 -> LessPlum3393AnTuTu 12857296
📘 2026-09-25 (ttk:kotakbass.official)Geekbench 6 CPU1010 / 2895
📘 2026-09-22 (ttk:kotakbass.official)AnTuTu 12922710

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM Funtouch 14 One UI 8.5
OS size - 28 GB
OS updates 2 years 4 years
Security updates 3 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (74% in 30 min) Yes (52% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:26 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:06 hr 08:47 hr
Watching video 17:09 hr 14:03 hr
Gaming 06:21 hr 05:56 hr
Standby 134 hr 106 hr
General battery life
Vivo V30 +27%
28:34 hr
22:25 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50E Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 GalaxyCore GC08A3
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 5 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 50
Preview - 52
Zoom - 71
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A35 5G from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung ISOCELL S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE 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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Depends on the region
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
n/a
90.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced February 2024 March 2024
Release date March 2024 March 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $380
Successor - Vivo V70 - Samsung Galaxy A37 5G
SAR (head) - 0.44 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.92 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A35 5G:
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 2.2 memory, other models have UFS 3.1.
    - Only SM-A356E/DS and SM-A356B/DS models support two physical SIM cards.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Vivo V30. But if the camera, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G.

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