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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 vs Google Pixel 3

 
Brief information about compared phones: Google Pixel 3 , Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Google Pixel 3 2018 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.5 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.6 GHz Kryo 385 Silver), screen 5.5", with resolution 1080x2160. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 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 5.5" inch 5.7" inch
Screen area 76.7 cm2 88.5 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 77.2% 75.9%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2160 px 1440 x 2560 px
PPI /points per inch/ 443 PPI 518 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, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF
Functions Auto-HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Dual 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 19mm (ultrawide), no AF 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1'', 1.34µm
DxOMark Main Score 102
DxOMark Photo 99
DxOMark Video 83
DxOMark Selfie Score 92
Performance Operating system OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.5 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.6 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 630 Mali-T760MP8
External memory No No
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 512GB 4GB 32/64/128 GB, 512GB 4GB
Antutu 7 score 275832 116282
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2244 1303
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 7771 4028
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13217 2908
GeekBench 4 Battery 1752
GeekBench 5 Single Core 476 244
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1871 926
General specs Release date 2018, October 2015, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 145.6 Х 68.2 Х 7.9 mm 153.2 Х 76.1 Х 7.6 mm
Weight 148 g 171 g
Colors Clearly White, Just Black, Not Pink Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titan, White Pearl
Battery 2915 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 850 EUR 470 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 22 h (3G) Music play - Up to 64 h
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM card & eSIM Nano-SIM
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), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 42(3500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 -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)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/75 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 - 1.53 W/kg (head)     1.28 W/kg (body)     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 -HDR 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 9V/2A 18W -QI wireless charging - IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) 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: N920T (T-Mobile); N920A (AT&T); N920I (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada); N920G (LATAM); N920G/DS (Brazil, India)

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Pixel 3
  • Screen 5.5"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
Reasons to buy Galaxy Note 5
  • Screen 5.7"
  • Main camera 16 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB