Samsung Galaxy A52 vs OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB

Comparing the Samsung Galaxy A52 vs OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB across performance, display, camera, battery, storage, expert reviews and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 1,514, while Samsung Galaxy A52 scores 1,491, making OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB the better performer.

Display: Samsung Galaxy A52 offers a screen size of 6.5 inches, while OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB offers 6.4 inches, making Samsung Galaxy A52 the larger display of the two. Both Samsung Galaxy A52 and OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB feature the same Super AMOLED display.

Rear Camera: Both Samsung Galaxy A52 and OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB feature a 64 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB offers a higher front camera resolution with 44 MP, while Samsung Galaxy A52 offers 32 MP, making OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB better for front camera photography.

Battery: OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB delivers longer battery life with 12h 27m, while Samsung Galaxy A52 delivers 11h 37m, making OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB offers higher internal storage with 256 GB, while Samsung Galaxy A52 offers 128 GB, making OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB the better option for storage.

Expert Review: Samsung Galaxy A52 receives a higher expert rating of 8 from the editorial team, while OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB is rated 7.

User Rating: Samsung Galaxy A52 and OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB both receive the same user rating of 4.3.

Samsung Galaxy A52

₹25,999

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OPPO Reno3 Pro 256GB

₹25,970

(Discontinued)

Summary

Release Date

19 Mar, 2021

19 Apr, 2020

14 May, 2026

Performance


Snapdragon 720G	MediaTek Helio P95	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2.3 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 4.61 GHz)
6 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM

Display


6.5 inches (16.51 cm)	6.4 inches (16.26 cm)	6.82 inches (17.32 cm)
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED	AMOLED
1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1440x3168 px (QHD+)
90 Hz Refresh Rate	90 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


64 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	64 MP Primary Camera	200 MP Primary Camera (upto 3.7x Optical Zoom)
12 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	13 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 2x Optical Zoom)	200 MP Telephoto Camera
5 MP Macro Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
5 MP Depth Camera	2 MP Mono Camera	N/A

Front Camera


32 MP Wide Angle Lens	44 MP + 2 MP Wide Angle Lens	50 MP

Battery


4500 mAh	4025 mAh	6600 mAh
25W Fast Charging	30W VOOC Charging	100W Flash Charging
No Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

128 GB	256 GB	512 GB
N/A	UFS 2.1	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

8.0/10

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7.0/10

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8.7/10

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Pros

Nice design and solid build
IP67 certified
Capable 90Hz display
Decent set of cameras

Good, vibrant display
108MP photos have a lot of details
Excellent software

Stellar and versatile three-lens camera system
Excellent performance
Bright and crisp 2K AMOLED display

Cons

Misses out on 5G
Comes with bloatware
Can’t match rivals in terms of performance
Ships with 15W charger

No high refresh rate screen
Performance is not up to the mark
Pricing is an issue

Battery life could have been better
Very expensive with camera kit
No shortcut key

User Ratings

4.3/5

(5,137 ratings)

4.3/5

(6,297 ratings)

4.6/5

(29 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

253,590 AnTuTu Score	224,603 AnTuTu Score	3,977,648 AnTuTu Score
11h 37m Battery Life (PC Mark)	12h 27m Battery Life (PC Mark)	15h 10m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

Mar 19, 2021

(Official)

N/A

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v11

Android v10 (Q)

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

Samsung One UI

ColorOS

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

Best In Class

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

MediaTek Helio P95

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SM8850-AC

Processor

Octa core

2.3 GHz, Dual core, Kryo 465 1.8 GHz, Hexa Core, Kryo 465

Octa core

2.2 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A75 2 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A55

Octa core

4.61 GHz, Dual core, Oryon 3.62 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

8 nm

12 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 618

PowerVR GM9446

Adreno 840

RAM

6 GB / 8 GB

8 GB

16 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

253,590

224,603

3,977,648

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

30.0 s

25.0 s

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

6,450

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

5.0 %

7.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

11.1 %

6.7 %

21.7 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

Super AMOLED

Super AMOLED (Curved Display)

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.5 inches (16.51 cm)

6.4 inches (16.26 cm)

6.82 inches (17.32 cm)

Resolution

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

1440x3168 px (QHD+)

Brightness

800 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

4500 nits

Refresh Rate

90 Hz

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.8:9

Pixel Density

405 ppi

411 ppi

510 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

84.94 %

84.84 %

89.7 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v5

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

91.5 %

94.49 %

Design

Height

159.9 mm

158.8 mm

162.98 mm

Width

75.1 mm

73.4 mm

76.81 mm

Thickness

8.4 mm

8.1 mm

8.19 mm

Weight

189 grams

175 grams

232 grams

Build Material

Back: Plastic

Back: Gorilla Glass

Back: Glass

Water Resistance

Yes Water resistant IP67 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1 meter)

N/A

Ruggedness

Dust proof

N/A

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

64 MP
Primary Camera10x Digital Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle 81° field-of-view26 mm focal length IMX682 Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 0.8µm pixel size

64 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.81/1.7" sensor size S5KGW1 0.8µm pixel size

200 MP
Primary Camera105x Digital Zoom 3.7x Optical Zoomf/1.8535 mm focal length LYT 901 0.7µm pixel size

12 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1.12µm pixel size

13 MP
f/2.4 Telephoto Camera1/3.4" sensor size 1µm pixel size

200 MP
f/2.67 Telephoto Camera85 mm focal length 1/1.28" sensor size

5 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera14 mm focal length

5 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Mono Camera1.75µm pixel size

N/A

Autofocus

Yes

Yes Contrast Detection Autofocus Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

9000 x 7000 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

10 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

105 x Digital Zoom
3.7 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

3840x2160 @ 30 fps
1920x1080 @ 60 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @30/60/120 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A

Bokeh portrait video

N/A

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

32 MP
f/2.2 Wide Angle Primary Camera26 mm focal length 1/2.8" sensor size Exmor RS 0.8µm pixel size

44 MP
f/2.4 Wide Angle Primary Camera1/2.6" sensor size 0.7µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.45 Primary Camera

N/A

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera1.75µm pixel size

N/A

Autofocus

N/A

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

N/A

Fixed Focus

N/A

Video Recording

4k @30 fps

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

4500 mAh

4025 mAh

6600 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 37 Hours(4G)

Up to 27 Hours(3G) / Up to 36 Hours(2G)

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes 25W Fast Charging 50% in 30 minutes

Yes 30W VOOC Charging v4.0 50% in 20 minutes

Yes 100W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

11h 37m

12h 27m

15h 10m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

1h 24m 18s

0h 47m 21s

0h 36m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB

128 GB / 256 GB

512 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 2.1

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 1 TB

Yes Up to 256 GB

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

SAR Value

N/A

Head: 1.18 W/kg Body: 1.07 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Audio Features

Dolby Atmos

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

Optical

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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