Product
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
Samsung Galaxy M23
Samsung Galaxy M23
Battery
Charging 15W wired 25W wired
Type Li-Po 4500 mAh Li-Po 5000 mAh
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, aluminum frame -
Dimensions 158.9 x 73.6 x 8.7 mm (6.26 x 2.90 x 0.34 in) 165.5 x 77 x 8.4 mm (6.52 x 3.03 x 0.33 in)
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 187 g (6.60 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
Radio FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio, recording
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 -
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~405 ppi density) 1080 x 2408 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~400 ppi density)
Size 6.5 inches, 102.0 cm2 (~87.2% screen-to-body ratio) 6.6 inches, 104.9 cm2 (~82.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED TFT LCD, 120Hz
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass
  ANT+ Virtual Proximity Sensing
Launch
Announced 2020, April 08 2022, March 04
Status Available. Released 2020, April 29 Available. Released 2022, April 08
Main Camera
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Quad 48 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF 12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide) 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 5 MP, f/2.2, (depth) -
Triple - 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps; gyro-EIS 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@480fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM
  UFS 2.1 -
Misc
Colors Prism Cube Black, Prism Cube White, Prism Cube Pink Deep Green, Light Blue, Orange Copper
Models SM-A516F, SM-A516F/DSN, SM-A516N, SM-A516B/DS, SM-A516B, SM-A516U, SC-54A, SM-A516U1, SCG07, SM-A5160 SM-M236B, SM-M236B/DS, SM-M236L
SAR EU 0.50 W/kg (head)     1.55 W/kg (body)     0.78 W/kg (head)     1.09 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SM-A516B/DS HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41 - SM-A516B/DS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66
5G bands 41, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - SM-A516B/DS 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 78 SA/NSA
Speed HSPA, LTE, 5G HSPA, LTE, 5G
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
  2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 41, 66, 71 - SM-A516U -
Our Tests
Battery (old) Endurance rating 90h -
Camera Photo / Video -
Display 642 nits max brightness (measured) -
Loudspeaker -29.5 LUFS (Average) -
Performance AnTuTu: 316007 (v8) GeekBench: 1867(v5.1) GFXBench: 17fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) -
Platform
Chipset Exynos 980 (8 nm) Qualcomm SM7225 Snapdragon 750G 5G (8 nm)
CPU Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A77 & 6x1.8 GHz Cortex A55) Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Kryo 570 & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 570)
GPU Mali-G76 MP5 Adreno 619
OS Android 10, upgradable to Android 13, One UI 5 Android 12, upgradable to Android 13, One UI 5.1
Selfie camera
Features HDR -
Single 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm 8 MP, f/2.2, (wide)
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes