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Samsung Galaxy S6 Active vs Google Pixel 3 XL

 
Brief information about compared phones: Google Pixel 3 XL , Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

Google Pixel 3 XL 2018 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.5 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.6 GHz Kryo 385 Silver), screen 6.3", with resolution 1440x2960. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active 2015 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), screen 5.1", 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 6.3" inch 5.1" inch
Screen area 100.3 cm2 71.7 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.8% 66.5%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1440 x 2560 px
PPI /points per inch/ 523 PPI 576 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, AF
Functions Auto-HDR LED flash, Auto-HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@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)
DxOMark Main Score 102
DxOMark Photo 99
DxOMark Video 83
DxOMark Selfie Score 92
Performance Operating system OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI
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 GB, 3 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 275382 79322
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2289 1286
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8039 4149
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13325 3097
GeekBench 5 Single Core 490 249
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1996 979
General specs Release date 2018, October 2015, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158 Х 76.7 Х 7.9 mm 146.8 Х 73.4 Х 8.6 mm
Weight 184 g 170 g
Colors Clearly White, Just Black, Not Pink White, Gray
Battery 3430 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 960 EUR 380 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 504 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 24 h (3G) Music play - Up to 57 h
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), 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 / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 29(700), 40(2300)
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
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
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector (PowerDelivery 2.0) microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.58 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.48 W/kg (head)     0.42 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others Always-on display -100% DCI-P3 -HDR 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) - Also known as Google Pixel XL3 Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, Infrared port - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) -MIL-STD-810G compliant salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant - For AT&T Also known as Samsung Galaxy S6 active G890

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Pixel 3 XL
  • Screen 6.3"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
Reasons to buy Galaxy S6 Active
  • Screen 5.1"
  • Main camera 16 MP