Product
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
Samsung Galaxy XCover6 Pro
Samsung Galaxy XCover6 Pro
Battery
Charging 15W wired 25W wired (USA) 15W wired (International)
Type Li-Po 4500 mAh Li-Po 4050 mAh, removable
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) 168.8 x 79.9 x 9.9 mm (6.65 x 3.15 x 0.39 in)
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 187 g (6.60 oz) 235 g (8.29 oz)
  - IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 35 min) Drop resistant up to 1.5m MIL-STD-810H compliant* *does not guarantee ruggedness or use in extreme conditions
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.2, A2DP, LE
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
Radio FM radio, RDS, recording No
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG USB Type-C 3.2, charging connector pins
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/mc/6e, tri-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 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 (~77.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED PLS LCD, 120Hz
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
  ANT+ Samsung DeX support
Launch
Announced 2020, April 08 2022, June 29
Status Available. Released 2020, April 29 Available. Released 2022, July 13
Main Camera
Dual - 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama
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) -
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps; gyro-EIS 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM
  UFS 2.1 -
Misc
Colors Prism Cube Black, Prism Cube White, Prism Cube Pink Black
Models SM-A516F, SM-A516F/DSN, SM-A516N, SM-A516B/DS, SM-A516B, SM-A516U, SC-54A, SM-A516U1, SCG07, SM-A5160 SM-G736U, SM-G736U1, SM-G736B, SM-G736B/DS
SAR - 1.03 W/kg (head)     1.08 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.50 W/kg (head)     1.55 W/kg (body)     1.48 W/kg (head)     1.23 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, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 - International
5G bands 41, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - SM-A516B/DS 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 66, 71 - USA
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 SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm)
CPU Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A77 & 6x1.8 GHz Cortex A55) Octa-core (1x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 3x2.2 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G76 MP5 Adreno 642L
OS Android 10, upgradable to Android 13, One UI 5 Android 12, upgradable to Android 15, 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), 1/3.1", 1.12µm
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes