Samsung Galaxy A54 5G vs A36 5G
62
out of 100
VS
68
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.4-inch Samsung Galaxy A54 5G (with Exynos 1380) that was released on March 14, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy A36 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and came out 2 years after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A36 5G
- Shows 10% longer battery life (23:59 vs 21:52 hours)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Delivers 26% higher peak brightness (1232 against 979 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- The phone is 2 years newer
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
Review
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.
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.4 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 385 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 1200 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 82.8% | 86.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | - |
| PWM | 253 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A36 5G
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy A54 5G
6.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.6 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 158.2 mm (6.23 inches) | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) | 78.2 mm (3.08 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 202 g (7.13 oz) | 195 g (6.88 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | White, Black, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1380 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G68 MP5 | Adreno 710 |
| GPU shading units | 160 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 949 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~303.7 GFLOPS | ~481.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Geekbench Compute (GPU) | - | 3504 |
| Single-core score | 1007 | 1007 |
| Multi-core score | 2797 | 2917 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 200233 | 204782 |
| GPU | 137770 | 118902 |
| Memory | 114337 | 139771 |
| UX | 143358 | 156102 |
| Total score | 595698 | 619557 |
| Samples | [65 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 40.6 °C | - |
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2818 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10348 | - |
| Video editing | 7240 | - |
| Photo editing | 25797 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9993 | - |
| Writing score | 15925 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 6, 8 GB | 6, 8, 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128, 256 GB | 128, 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 15 |
| ROM | One UI 6.1 | One UI 7.0 |
| OS size | 28 GB | 22.6 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 1:14 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:04 hr | 09:40 hr |
| Watching video | 14:16 hr | 14:19 hr |
| Gaming | 05:24 hr | 04:57 hr |
| Standby | 106 hr | 118 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | - |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | 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 | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX766 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" | 1/1.96" |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" | 1/4.0" |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | 5 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | - |
| Preview | 53 | - |
| Zoom | 79 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6464 x 4864 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX616 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 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 MiMO - 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 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2023 | March 2025 |
| Release date | March 2023 | March 2025 |
| Launch price | $490 | $399 |
| Configurations | - 4 / 128 GB - 6 / 128 GB - 6 / 256 GB - 8 / 128 GB - 8 / 256 GB |
- 6 / 128 GB - 8 / 128 GB - 8 / 256 GB - 12 / 256 GB |
| SAR (head) | 0.69 W/kg | 0.53 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.34 W/kg | 1.29 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A54 5G:
- Only phones with model numbers SM-A546B and SM-A546E support eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
