Samsung Galaxy M12 vs Samsung Galaxy M11

Comparing the Samsung Galaxy M12 vs Samsung Galaxy M11 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung Galaxy M12 runs at a higher processing speed of 2.0 GHz, while Samsung Galaxy M11 runs at 1.8 GHz, making Samsung Galaxy M12 the better performer.

Display: Samsung Galaxy M12 offers a screen size of 6.5 inches, while Samsung Galaxy M11 offers 6.4 inches, making Samsung Galaxy M12 the larger display of the two. Both Samsung Galaxy M12 and Samsung Galaxy M11 feature the same PLS TFT LCD display.

Rear Camera: Samsung Galaxy M12 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 48 MP, while Samsung Galaxy M11 offers 13 MP, making Samsung Galaxy M12 better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both Samsung Galaxy M12 and Samsung Galaxy M11 feature a 8 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Samsung Galaxy M11 delivers longer battery life with None, while Samsung Galaxy M12 delivers 15h 26m, making Samsung Galaxy M11 the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Samsung Galaxy M12 offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while Samsung Galaxy M11 offers 32 GB, making Samsung Galaxy M12 the better option for storage.

User Rating: Samsung Galaxy M11 receives a higher user rating of 4.2, while Samsung Galaxy M12 has a rating of 4.1.

Samsung Galaxy M12

₹9,449

@ Samsung Shop

Samsung Galaxy M11

₹12,999

(Out of Stock)

Summary

Release Date

17 Mar, 2021

02 Jun, 2020

06 May, 2026

Performance


Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 850	Snapdragon 450	Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Tru-Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)	Tru-Octa Core (upto 1.8 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
4 GB RAM	3 GB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display


6.5 inches (16.51 cm)	6.4 inches (16.26 cm)	6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
PLS TFT LCD	PLS TFT LCD	AMOLED
720x1600 px (HD+)	720x1560 px (HD+)	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
90 Hz Refresh Rate	N/A	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


48 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	13 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
5 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	5 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
2 MP Macro Camera	2 MP Depth Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
2 MP Depth Camera	N/A	N/A

Front Camera


8 MP Wide Angle Lens	8 MP	50 MP

Battery


6000 mAh	5000 mAh	6500 mAh
15W Fast Charging	15W Fast Charging	90W Flash Charging
No Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

64 GB	32 GB	256 GB
eMMC 5.1	eMMC 5.1	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

7.0/10

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N/A

8.4/10

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Pros

90Hz screen on a budget
Great battery life
Comes with Android 11

Device yet to be reviewed

Compact, premium design
Excellent battery life
Reliable performance
Strong portrait photography

Cons

Cameras could be better
Design doesn't stand out
Slow charging speeds

Device yet to be reviewed

Video recording inconsistencies
Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

4.1/5

(190,192 ratings)

4.2/5

(13,928 ratings)

4.5/5

(140 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

127,746 AnTuTu Score	N/A	3,000,897 AnTuTu Score
15h 26m Battery Life (PC Mark)	N/A	16h 04m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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₹9,449

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Video

1 Video

There are no videos available for the device.

User Feedback

General

Launch Date

Mar 17, 2021

(Official)

Jun 02, 2020

(Official)

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

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

Excellent

Chipset

Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 850

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

Octa core, 2 GHz, Cortex A55

Octa core, 1.8 GHz, Cortex A53

Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

8 nm

14 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-G52 MP1

Adreno 506

Adreno 829

RAM

4 GB / 6 GB

3 GB / 4 GB

12 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.

127,746

N/A

3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

36.0 s

N/A

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

4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

4.0 %

N/A

5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

10.4 %

N/A

17.4 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

PLS TFT LCD

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.5 inches (16.51 cm)

6.4 inches (16.26 cm)

6.31 inches (16.03 cm)

Resolution

720x1600 px (HD+)

720x1560 px (HD+)

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A

5000 nits

Refresh Rate

90 Hz

N/A

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.5:9

Pixel Density

270 ppi

268 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

81.95 %

81.47 %

90.11 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

94.38 %

Design

Height

164 mm

161.4 mm

150.83 mm

Width

75.9 mm

76.3 mm

71.76 mm

Thickness

9.7 mm

9 mm

7.99 mm

Weight

221 grams

197 grams

191 grams

Build Material

Back: Plastic

Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

Excellent

Resolution

48 MP
Primary Camera10x Digital Zoomf/2.0 Wide Angle 80° field-of-view1/2" sensor size S5KGM2 ISOCELL Plus 0.8µm pixel size

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.827 mm focal length 1/3.1" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921

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

5 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

N/A

Autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

8000 x 6000 Pixels

4128 x 3096 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

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

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

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

8 MP
f/2.2 Wide Angle Primary Camera

8 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes

Flash

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

6000 mAh

5000 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 58 Hours(4G)

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes 15W Fast Charging

Yes 90W 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.

15h 26m

N/A

16h 04m

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

2h 8m 17s

N/A

0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB / 128 GB

32 GB / 64 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

eMMC 5.1

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 1 TB

Yes Up to 512 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

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) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)

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) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

N/A

SIM 2

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) / 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) / 800(band 20)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

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) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

SAR Value

Head: 1.19 W/kg

Head: 0.48 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0

Yes v4.2

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

N/A

Dolby Atmos

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Side

Rear

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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₹9,449

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₹79,999

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