Apple Watch Series 12 vs Samsung Galaxy Watch9
The two products' specifications row by row. Rows where they differ are marked; a missing value is unknown, never equal.
| Specification | Apple Watch Series 12 | Samsung Galaxy Watch9 |
|---|---|---|
| Water resistanceDiffers | 50m (swimproof) under ISO standard 22810:2010 | 5 ATM |
| Bluetooth versionDiffers | Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 6.0 (44 mm · wi-fi only · sport) |
| DepthDiffers | 9.7 mm | 46 mm |
| Battery life (max)Differs | 24 h | 40 h |
| International Protection (IP) codeDiffers | IP6X | IP68 |
| Operating system installedDiffers | watchOS | Wear OS |
| Built-in speaker(s)Same | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in microphoneSame | Yes | Yes |
| Always-on displaynot known | not known | Yes |
| Display number of coloursnot known | not known | 16 million colours |
| Display resolutionnot known | not known | 480 x 480 pixels |
| Display technologynot known | not known | AMOLED |
| Display technology marketing namenot known | not known | Super AMOLED |
| Pixel densitynot known | not known | 327 ppi |
| Touchscreennot known | not known | Yes |
| Band sizenot known | not known | Medium/Large 145mm to 205mm (44 mm · wi-fi only · sport) |
| Display typenot known | not known | Digital |
| Lens materialnot known | not known | Sapphire |
| Market positioningnot known | not known | Smartwatch |
| Watch case materialnot known | not known | Aluminium |
| Bluetoothnot known | not known | Yes |
| Bluetooth profilesnot known | not known | A2DP, AVRCP, HFP, HSP |
| Near Field Communication (NFC)not known | not known | Yes |
| Wi-Finot known | not known | Yes |
| Wi-Fi standardsnot known | not known | Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), 802.11g, 802.11a, 802.11b |
| Flash memorynot known | not known | 32 GB |
| Processor frequencynot known | not known | 2100 MHz |
| RAM capacitynot known | not known | 2000 MB |
| Sensor typenot known | not known | BIA |
| Wireless chargingnot known | not known | Yes |
| Wireless chipsetnot known | S11 chip with 64-bit dual-core processor | not known |
| Closure typenot known | not known | Single prong strap buckle |
| Heart rate monitornot known | not known | Yes |
| Heart rate sensor typenot known | not known | Optical |
| Shapenot known | not known | Round |
| Skin temperature sensornot known | not known | Yes |
| BeiDounot known | not known | Yes |
| Galileonot known | not known | Yes |
| GLONASSnot known | not known | Yes |
| GPS (satellite)not known | not known | Yes |
| Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS)not known | not known | Yes |
| Accelerometernot known | not known | Yes |
| Ambient light sensornot known | not known | Yes |
| Barometernot known | not known | Yes |
| Geomagnetic sensornot known | not known | Yes |
| Gyroscopenot known | not known | Yes |
| Thicknessnot known | not known | 8.6 mm |
| Weightnot known | not known | 34 g |
| Widthnot known | not known | 43.7 mm |
| Audio formats supportednot known | not known | 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP3, OGA, OGG, WAV |
| Built-in cameranot known | not known | No |
| Battery typenot known | not known | Built-in battery |
| Processor coresnot known | not known | 5 |
| Processor manufacturernot known | not known | Qualcomm |
| Activity measurementsnot known | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou | not known |
| Device memorynot known | 64 GB | not known |
| Security update termnot known | not known | 31 July 2031 |
| Military standardnot known | not known | MIL-STD-810H |