Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) vs Samsung Galaxy A15 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 25, 2020	Dec 11, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
$240	$200

Design

Dimensions
7.95 x 4.93 x 0.28 inches 201.9 x 125.2 x 7.1 mm	6.30 x 3.02 x 0.33 inches 160.1 x 76.8 x 8.4 mm
Weight
10.9 oz / 309.0 g	7.05 oz / 200.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
2D Face unlock	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Mocha	Blue Black, Light Blue

Display

Size
8.4-inch, 80.91% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 84.49% screen-to-body
Type
TFT	Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
1920x1200px, 16:10 ratio, 270 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1072 (Average)
Bright Min
Untested	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7904 (14 nm)	Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2x1.8GHz Cortex-A73 6x1.GH​z Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Cortex-A76 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G71 MP2	Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB	4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie)	Android (14)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	683
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	1728
3D Mark High
Untested	340
3D Mark Low
Untested	335

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Battery

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

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 43min

Browsing

10h 41min

Video

12h 15min

Gaming

10h 19min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9 Pixel size: 1.12 μm	50 MP (Autofocus) 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)	1080p (30 fps)
Front
5 MP	13 MP Video capture: 1080p

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N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

122

Overall

136

Photo

107

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
ANT+	NFC

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Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Earpiece, 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
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes