Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) vs Asus Zenfone 9 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 30, 2016	Jul 28, 2022

Design

Dimensions
6.17 x 3.02 x 0.28 inches 156.6 x 76.8 x 7.2 mm	5.77 x 2.68 x 0.36 inches 146.5 x 68.1 x 9.1 mm
Weight
6.42 oz / 182.0 g	5.96 oz / 169.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Yes; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Silver, Blue

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.51% screen-to-body	5.9-inch, 84.24% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 1100 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 386 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 446 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	2.3 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 SM8475 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2100 MHz ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.2GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.75G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x2.0​Ghz Cortex-A510
GPU
Yes	Adreno 730
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB	8GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 16GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (12)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1784
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	4290
3D Mark High
Untested	2822
3D Mark Low
Untested	1488

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Battery

Type
3300 mAh, Li - Ion	4300 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 30.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

7h 37min

Browsing

17h 13min

Video

12h 14min

Gaming

8h 12min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/1.56"
Second camera
	12 MP Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 14.4 mm Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps)
Front
8 MP	12 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
40	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 16GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	16GB/256GB

Links

Full specifications
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) Specs	Asus Zenfone 9 Specs
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