Samsung Galaxy A16 5G vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 07, 2024	May 13, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
$230 | €249	12GB/256GB - $1100 | €1249 12GB/512GB - $1220 | €1369

Design

Dimensions
6.47 x 3.07 x 0.31 inches (~0.36 inches with camera bump) 164.4 x 77.9 x 7.9 mm (~9.2 mm with camera bump)	6.23 x 2.98 x 0.23 inches 158.2 x 75.6 x 5.8 mm
Weight
7.05 oz / 200.0 g	5.75 oz / 163.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2) Frame: Titanium
Resistance
Splash, Dust; IP54	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Blue Black, Light Gray, Gold, Light Green	Titanium Icyblue, Titanium Silver, Titanium Jetblack

Display

Size
6.7-inch, 85.99% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 89.75% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits	AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI	3120x1440px, 20:9 ratio, 513 PPI
Protection
	Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
736 (Poor)	2413 (Excellent)
Bright Min
1.6 (Good)	0.9 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
Exynos 1330 (5 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Elite SM8750-3-AB (3 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2x2.4GHz Cortex-A78 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55	2x4.32GHz Oryon V2 PhoenixL 6x3.53GH​z Oryon V2 PhoenixM
GPU
Mali-G68 MP2	Adreno 830
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4X)/128GB (UFS 2.2) 8GB/256GB	12GB (LPDDR5X)/256GB (UFS 4.0) 12GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1024 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (14)	Android (15)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
965	2823
GeekBench 6 Multi
1875	9060
3D Mark High
367	5407
3D Mark Low
360	2628

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	3900 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging Qi2 wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 25.0W	Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

6h 12min

Browsing

9h 43min

Video

11h 13min

Gaming

9h 52min

Battery Life Estimate

6h 22min

Browsing

16h 40min

Video

7h 44min

Gaming

9h 38min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Dual camera
Main camera
50 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 0.64 μm	200 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Sensor size: 1/1.3"
Second camera
5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/2.55"
Third camera
2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording	8K UHD (30 fps), 4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps)
Front
13 MP Video capture: 1080p	12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

124

Overall

130

Photo

118

Video

140

Overall

146

Photo

134

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.4
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 6E,Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6	n1, n2, n5, n7, n25, n28, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n257, n258, n260, n261, SA, NSA, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s)	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage and 8GB RAM

Memory	8GB/256GB

With 512GB internal storage.

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	$1219 | €1369

International

5G Bands	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n26, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n75, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41

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