Product
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
Samsung Galaxy M36
Samsung Galaxy M36
Battery
Charging 15W wired 25W wired
Type Li-Po 4500 mAh 5000 mAh
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus+), plastic frame, glass back
Dimensions 158.9 x 73.6 x 8.7 mm (6.26 x 2.90 x 0.34 in) 7.7 mm
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 187 g (6.60 oz) -
  - Drop resistant up to 2m
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.3, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes No
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS
Radio FM radio, RDS, recording No
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/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~405 ppi density) 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~385 ppi density)
Size 6.5 inches, 102.0 cm2 (~87.2% screen-to-body ratio) 6.7 inches, 110.2 cm2
Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED, 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 2025, June 27
Status Available. Released 2020, April 29 Coming soon. Exp. release 2025, July 12
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), 1/1.96", PDAF, OIS 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@30/60fps, 720p@480fps, gyro-EIS
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM
  UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2
Misc
Colors Prism Cube Black, Prism Cube White, Prism Cube Pink Orange Haze, Velvet Black, Serene Green
Models SM-A516F, SM-A516F/DSN, SM-A516N, SM-A516B/DS, SM-A516B, SM-A516U, SC-54A, SM-A516U1, SCG07, SM-A5160 -
SAR EU 0.50 W/kg (head)     1.55 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 LTE
5G bands 41, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - SM-A516B/DS SA/NSA/Sub6
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) Exynos 1380 (5 nm)
CPU Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A77 & 6x1.8 GHz Cortex A55) Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G76 MP5 Mali-G68 MP5
OS Android 10, upgradable to Android 13, One UI 5 Android 15, up to 6 major Android upgrades, One UI 7
Selfie camera
Features HDR HDR
Single 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm 13 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/3.06", 1.12µm
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes No
Loudspeaker Yes Yes, with stereo speakers