Samsung Galaxy A36 5G Review

Samsung Galaxy A36 5G Performance Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy A36 5G is based on the 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (SM6475-AB) Mobile Platform. This system-on-chip combines upgraded performance, enhanced AI computing, and excellent power efficiency. It houses a Kryo CPU with four 2.4GHz Cortex-A78 cores and four 1.8GHz Cortex-A55 cores as well as an Adreno GPU that offers a 30% improvement in performance compared to the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1. The Qualcomm AI Engine delivers over 20% better AI performance compared to the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 as well. Select Snapdragon Elite Gaming features are also on board including Variable Rate Shading, Game Color Plus, and Game Quick Touch. The Samsung Galaxy A36 5G has either 6GB or 8GB of dual-channel LPDDR4X RAM clocked at 2133 MHz. You can also choose from 128GB or 256GB of UFS storage. We are reviewing an 8GB+256GB variant. Of the 256GB on board, 221GB are available to the user. Our Samsung Galaxy A36 5G unit delivered 641,416 points on AnTuTu 10, which sits below the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 and above the Exynos 1380. The exact same position is also demonstrated by the single-core and multi-core results from the Geekbench 6 tests. The PCMark Work 3.0 test also positions the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 in the same tier confirmed several times by the Sling Shot, Steel Nomad Light, and Wild Life tests under 3DMark.