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Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos vs Google Pixel 2 XL

 
Brief information about compared phones: Google Pixel 2 XL , Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos

Google Pixel 2 XL 2017 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), screen 6", with resolution 1440x2880. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos 2015 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), screen 5.7", with resolution 1440x2560. Smartphone has 5 megapixel front camera and 16 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology P-OLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" inch 5.7" inch
Screen area 92.6 cm2 89.6 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 76.4% 76.8%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2880 px 1440 x 2560 px
PPI /points per inch/ 538 PPI 515 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12.2 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs 12.2 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF & laser AF 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF
Functions HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 25mm (wide), 1/3.2'', 1.4µm 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide)
DxOMark Main Score 99
DxOMark Photo 80
DxOMark Video 71
DxOMark Selfie Score 77
Performance Operating system OS Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 540 Mali-T760MP8
External memory No No
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 512GB 4GB 32/64 GB, 512GB 4GB
Antutu 7 score 203156
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1826 1278
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6121 3954
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7088 2898
GeekBench 5 Single Core 358 232
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1507 907
General specs Release date 2017, October 2015, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.9 Х 76.7 Х 7.9 mm 153.2 Х 76.1 Х 7.6 mm
Weight 175 g 171 g
Colors Just Black, Black & White Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titan, White Pearl
Battery 3520 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 530 EUR 600 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 22 h (3G) Music play - Up to 64 h
Body build Front glass, aluminum body, partial glass back Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM card & eSIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900   CDMA 800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100   CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - N9208, N920C -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - N9208, N9200  LTE band 1(2100), 20(800), 26(850) - N920C
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat15 800/75 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector (PowerDelivery 2.0) microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR EU - 0.45 W/kg (head)     0.58 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others Always-on display -100% DCI-P3 24-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fast battery charging (capped at 10.5 W) - IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins) - Also known as Google Pixel XL2 Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Stylus -Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - Versions: N9208 (Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan); N920C/N920CD (South Africa, UAE, Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan)

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Pixel 2 XL
  • Screen 6"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
Reasons to buy Galaxy Note5 Duos
  • Screen 5.7"
  • Main camera 16 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB