Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G
Platform
| GPU | Mali-G78 MP14 - International Adreno 660 - USA/China |
| CPU | Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - International Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A55) - USA/China |
| Chipset | Exynos 2100 (5 nm) - International Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) - USA/China |
| OS | Android 11, One UI 3.1 |
Memory
UFS 3.1 | |
| Internal | 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM |
| Card slot | No |
Main Camera
| Video | 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS |
| Features | LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama |
| Triple | 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS 64 MP, f/2.0, 29mm (telephoto), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55" 1.4µm, Super Steady video |
Selfie camera
| Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps |
| Features | Dual video call, Auto-HDR |
| Single | 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF |
Display
Always-on display | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~394 ppi density) |
| Size | 6.7 inches, 107.8 cm2 (~88.3% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak) |
Body
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) | |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (2 Nano-SIMs + eSIM, dual stand-by) |
| Build | Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus), aluminum frame |
| Weight | 200 g (Sub6), 202 g (mmWave) (7.05 oz) |
| Dimensions | 161.5 x 75.6 x 7.8 mm (6.36 x 2.98 x 0.31 in) |
Battery
| Charging | Fast charging 25W USB Power Delivery 3.0 Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W Reverse wireless charging 4.5W |
| Type | Li-Ion 4800 mAh, non-removable |
Sound
32-bit/384kHz audio Tuned by AKG | |
| 3.5mm jack | No |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
Features
Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support) Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) Ultra Wideband (UWB) support | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer |
Tests
| Battery life | |
| Loudspeaker | |
| Camera | |
| Display | |
| Performance | AnTuTu: 622276 (v8) GeekBench: 3476 (v5.1) GFXBench: 54fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) |
Misc
| Price | |
| SAR EU | 0.54 W/kg (head) 1.33 W/kg (body) |
| SAR | 0.65 W/kg (head) 0.95 W/kg (body) |
| Models | SM-G996B, SM-G996B/DS, SM-G996U, SM-G996U1, SM-G996W, SM-G996N, SM-G9960 |
| Colors | Phantom Black, Phantom Silver, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink, Phantom Gold, Phantom Red |
Comms
| USB | USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go |
| Radio | FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent) |
| NFC | Yes |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
Launch
| Status | Available. Released 2021, January 29 |
| Announced | 2021, January 14 |
Network
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (7CA) Cat20 2000/200 Mbps; 5G (5+ Gbps DL) |
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - SM-G996B | |
| 5G bands | 2, 5, 25, 41, 66, 71, 260, 261 SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - SM-G996U1 |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 - SM-G996B | |
| 4G bands | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48, 66, 71 - SM-G996U1 |
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA | |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) |
| Technology |