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Samsung Galaxy S6 Active vs Samsung Galaxy J5

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy J5 , Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

Samsung Galaxy J5 2015 year of release, cpu Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, screen 5", with resolution 720x1280. Smartphone has 5 megapixel front camera and 13 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 Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" inch 5.1" inch
Screen area 68.9 cm2 71.7 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 67.5% 66.5%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 1440 x 2560 px
PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 576 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs 13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, AF
Functions LED flash LED flash, Auto-HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide) 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide)
Performance Operating system OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm) Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm)
Processor CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 306 Mali-T760MP8
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 20152 79322
GeekBench 4 Single Core 491 1286
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1201 4149
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 869 3097
GeekBench 5 Single Core 249
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 979
General specs Release date 2015, June 2015, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 Х 71.8 Х 7.9 mm 146.8 Х 73.4 Х 8.6 mm
Weight 146 g 170 g
Colors White, Black, Gold White, Gray
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 160 EUR 380 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 18 h (3G) Music play - Up to 62 h Stand by time- Up to 504 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 24 h (3G) Music play - Up to 57 h
Body build plastic body
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) 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 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 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 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (market dependent) Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.80 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.61 W/kg (head)     0.48 W/kg (body)     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 FM radio, RDS, recording No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features Dop Sensors Accelerometer, proximity - ANT+ - Versions: J500F/J700FN (Global Single-SIM); J500F/DS (Global Dual-SIM); J500G/DS (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand); J500Y (Australia, New Zealand); J500M (LATAM); J500M/DS (Brazil); J500H/DS 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 Galaxy J5
  • Screen 5"
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy Galaxy S6 Active
  • Screen 5.1"
  • Main camera 16 MP