Samsung Galaxy A15 5G vs Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 11, 2023	Mar 04, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
$200	€400

Design

Dimensions
6.30 x 3.02 x 0.33 inches 160.1 x 76.8 x 8.4 mm	9.79 x 7.07 x 0.28 inches 248.6 x 179.5 x 7 mm
Weight
7.05 oz / 200.0 g	16.97 oz / 481.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Blue Black, Light Blue	Silver, Blue, Pink, Yellow

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 84.49% screen-to-body	10.9-inch, 80.44% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 PPI	2360x1640px, 264 PPI

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Bright Max (20% APL)
1072 (Average)	529 (Poor)
Bright Min
1.7 (Good)	2 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ (6 nm)	Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Cortex-A76 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G57 MC2	Apple GPU 4-core
Memory
4GB/128GB	6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (14)	iPadOS (18.x)

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GeekBench 6 Single
683	2464
GeekBench 6 Multi
1728	5837
3D Mark High
340	2538
3D Mark Low
335	2284

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh	7698 mAh
Charging
Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

6h 43min

Browsing

10h 41min

Video

12h 15min

Gaming

10h 19min

Battery Life Estimate

4h 36min

Browsing

10h 17min

Video

6h 20min

Gaming

7h 42min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Single camera
Main camera
50 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8	12 MP Aperture size: F1.8
Second camera
5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)	Yes
Front
13 MP Video capture: 1080p	12 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

122

Overall

136

Photo

107

Video

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6	5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	eSIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

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Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Specs	Apple iPad 11th Gen (A16, 2025) Specs
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