Samsung Galaxy A56 5G vs Apple iPad Pro 13-inch (M5, 2025) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 01, 2025	Oct 16, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $499	8GB/256GB - $1299

Design

Dimensions
6.39 x 3.05 x 0.29 inches (~0.35 inches with camera bump) 162.2 x 77.5 x 7.4 mm (~8.9 mm with camera bump)	11.09 x 8.48 x 0.24 inches 281.6 x 215.5 x 5.1 mm
Weight
6.98 oz / 198.0 g	20.53 oz / 582.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+) Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Optical in-screen fingerprint	3D Face unlock
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control
Colors
Pink, Olive, Graphite, Lightgray	Silver, Space Gray

Display

Size
6.7-inch, 87.64% screen-to-body	13.0-inch, 86.26% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1900 nits	OLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI	2752x2064px, 4:3 ratio, 265 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+
Features
	HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
1715 (Good)	1578 (Good)
Bright Min
1.6 (Good)	0.9 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 1580	Apple M5
Processor
Octa-core 1x2.9GHz 3x2.6GHz​ 4x1.9GHz	Nona-core
GPU
Xclipse 540	Apple 10-core GPU
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB	12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB 16GB/1TB 16GB/2TB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (15)	iPadOS (26.x)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
1361	4130
GeekBench 6 Multi
3894	15402
3D Mark High
1322	8881
3D Mark Low
1313	6860

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	10290 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 45.0W	Wired: 18.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

7h 3min

Browsing

17h 46min

Video

9h 9min

Gaming

10h 11min

Battery Life Estimate

6h 24min

Browsing

15h 19min

Video

9h 18min

Gaming

7h 59min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Single camera
Main camera
50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm	12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8
Second camera
12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	ToF 3D depth sensing
Third camera
5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (30 fps) Time-lapse video
Front
12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)	12 MP (EIS, Wide Angle, HDR) Video capture: 1080p (60 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

122

Overall

131

Photo

113

Video

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	6.0
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Wi-Fi 6E,Wi-Fi 7 MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, LiDAR scanner, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC	Tethering, Computer sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Multiple speakers
Features
	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6	n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n77, n78, n79
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 66, 71
TDD Bands
38, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM + eSIM	eSIM

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

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