Samsung Galaxy A56 5G vs Samsung Galaxy M34 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 01, 2025	Jul 03, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $499

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)	6.37 x 3.04 x 0.35 inches 161.7 x 77.2 x 8.8 mm
Weight
6.98 oz / 198.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Pink, Olive, Graphite, Lightgray	Midnight Blue, Prism Silver, Waterfall Blue

Display

Size
6.7-inch, 87.64% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 1.32% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1900 nits	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 1000 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI	7x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 166 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
1715 (Good)	Untested
Bright Min
1.6 (Good)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 1580	Exynos 1280 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1x2.9GHz 3x2.6GHz​ 4x1.9GHz	2x2.4GHz Cortex-A78 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Xclipse 540	Mali-G68
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB	6GB/128GB (UFS 2.2)
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC
OS
Android (15)	Android (14, 13)

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GeekBench 6 Single
1361	Untested
GeekBench 6 Multi
3894	Untested
3D Mark High
1322	Untested
3D Mark Low
1313	Untested

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	6000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 45.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

7h 3min

Browsing

17h 46min

Video

9h 9min

Gaming

10h 11min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Triple camera
Main camera
50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm	50 MP (OIS, 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	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4	2 MP Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps)	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)	13 MP

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	5.3
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Yes Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, 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	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6	5G Ready
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
TDD Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM + eSIM

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