Apple Watch Series 12 vs Samsung Galaxy Watch7

The two products' specifications row by row. Rows where they differ are marked; a missing value is unknown, never equal.

7 differences
SpecificationApple Watch Series 12Samsung Galaxy Watch7
Bluetooth versionDiffersBluetooth 5.3Bluetooth v5.3
Water resistanceDiffers50m (swimproof) under ISO standard 22810:20105 ATM
Battery life (max)Differs24 h40 h
DepthDiffers9.7 mm44.4 mm
Operating system installedDifferswatchOSWear OS
International Protection (IP) codeDiffersIP6XIP68
Device memoryDiffers64 GB2 GB
Built-in speaker(s)SameYesYes
Built-in microphoneSameYesYes
Activity trackernot knownnot knownYes
Blood oxygen sensornot knownnot knownYes
Calendarnot knownnot knownYes
Heart rate monitornot knownnot knownYes
Heart rate sensor typenot knownnot knownOptical
Pedometernot knownnot knownYes
Personal goalsnot knownnot knownYes
Quality of sleepnot knownnot knownYes
Shapenot knownnot knownRound
Skin temperature sensornot knownnot knownYes
Stopwatchnot knownnot knownYes
Stress monitoring functionnot knownnot knownYes
Voice recordingnot knownnot knownYes
Weather forecastnot knownnot knownYes
Always-on displaynot knownnot knownYes
Display brightnessnot knownnot known600 cd/m²
Display number of coloursnot knownnot known16M
Display resolutionnot knownnot known480 x 480 pixels
Display technologynot knownnot knownSuper AMOLED
Display technology marketing namenot knownnot knownSuper AMOLED
Pixel densitynot knownnot known327 ppi
Touchscreennot knownnot knownYes
Bluetoothnot knownnot knownYes
Bluetooth profilesnot knownnot knownA2DP, AVRCP, HFP, HSP
Near Field Communication (NFC)not knownnot knownYes
Wi-Finot knownnot knownYes
Wi-Fi standardsnot knownnot known802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Fall detectionnot knownnot knownYes
Flash memorynot knownnot known32 GB
Processor frequencynot knownnot known1600 MHz
RAM capacitynot knownnot known2000 MB
Wireless chargingnot knownnot knownYes
Wireless chipsetnot knownS11 chip with 64-bit dual-core processornot known
Band sizenot knownnot knownSmall and Large
Display typenot knownnot knownDigital
Market positioningnot knownnot knownSmartwatch
Watch case materialnot knownnot knownAluminium
BeiDounot knownnot knownYes
Electronic compassnot knownnot knownYes
Galileonot knownnot knownYes
GLONASSnot knownnot knownYes
GPS (satellite)not knownnot knownYes
Accelerometernot knownnot knownYes
Ambient light sensornot knownnot knownYes
Barometernot knownnot knownYes
Geomagnetic sensornot knownnot knownYes
Gyroscopenot knownnot knownYes
Battery capacitynot knownnot known425 mAh (44 mm · cellular · sport, 44 mm · wi-fi only · sport)
Battery replacement accessibilitynot knownnot knownNo
Battery typenot knownnot knownBuilt-in battery
Thicknessnot knownnot known9.7 mm
Weightnot knownnot known33.8 g
Widthnot knownnot known44.4 mm
Audio formats supportednot knownnot known3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP3, OGA, OGG, WAV
Virtual assistantnot knownnot knownSamsung Bixby
Charging timenot knownnot known1.3 h
Processor coresnot knownnot known5
Activity measurementsnot knownGPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDounot known
Measurementsnot knownnot known44.4 x 44.4 x 9.7 mm
Military standardnot knownnot knownMIL-STD-810H