Garmin vivoactive 5 vs Apple Watch Series 9 (45mm) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Sep 12, 2023

Design

Dimensions
1.66 x 1.66 x 0.44 inches 42.2 x 42.2 x 11.1 mm	1.61 x 1.38 x 0.42 inches 41 x 35 x 10.7 mm
Weight
0.81 oz / 23.0 g	1.82 oz / 51.5 g
Materials
Frame: Aluminum	Back: Ceramic Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP6X
Colors
	Midnight, Starlight, Green, Blue, Red

Display

Size
1.2-inch	1.7-inch, 63.01% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED	OLED, 1000 nits
Resolution
390x390px, 460 PPI	430x352px, 329 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
	Apple S9
Processor
	Dual-core
GPU
	PowerVR
Memory
4GB	1GB/64GB
Storage expansion
	not expandable
OS
	watchOS (10.x)

Battery

Type
	308 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Qi wireless charging

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
Yes	Yes
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Heart rate, Thermometer, Blood Oxygen, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Altimeter, Compass, Heart rate, Thermometer, Barometer, ECG, Blood Oxygen
Location
GPS, Glonass, Galileo	A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS
Other
	NFC, Ultra Wideband (UWB)

Multimedia

Speakers
	Loudspeaker
Additional microphone(s)
	Yes

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	39, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 4, 5
Data Speed
	LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
	eSIM

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