CAT S42 vs Poco M5

CAT
S42

Poco
M5
At a glance
- Brand
- Cat
- POCO
- Release date
- July 2020, 5 years 10 months ago
- September 2022, 3 years 8 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 50.300 Antutu v8 Overall performance better than 49% of devices
- 414.500 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 68% of devices
Display
- Size
- 5.5"
- 6.58"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1440 px HD+
- 1080 x 2408 px FHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 294 ppi Medium Density
- 410 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 18:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Without Notch, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, Color LED Notifications, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Capacitive, Multi-touch
- Water Drop Notch, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, Max brightness HBM - 500 cd/m², 1500:1 contrast ratio, 70% NTSC, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio A20 (MT6761D)
- MediaTek Helio G99 (MT6789)
- CPU
- 4x Cortex A53 1.8 GHz
- 2x Cortex A76 2.2 GHz + 6x Cortex A55 2.0 GHz
- CPU type
- Quad-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 6 nm
- Frequency
- 1.8 GHz
- 2.2 GHz
- GPU
- PowerVR GE8300
- Mali-G57 MC2
- RAM
- 3 GB
- 4 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- LPDDR4X RAM
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 13 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- No
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- No, 30 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Geotagging, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Front Flash, Night Mode
- Sensor
- —
- Samsung S5KJN1
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.64 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/2.76"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 5 Mpx
- 5 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 2.2
Battery
- Capacity
- 4200 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes
- Yes , 18.0W
- Features
- Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 32 GB
- 64 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- Type
- —
- UFS Storage 2.2
Body
- Dimensions
- 77.2 mm 161.3 mm 12.7 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.1 mm 164.0 mm 8.9 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 220 g
- 201 g
- Materials
- Rugged Smartphone, Aluminium alloy
- Metal
- Colors
- Black Orange
- Black Yellow Green
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68, MIL-STD-810G
- IP54
- Usable surface
- 66 %
- 83 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 10 Q Android 10
- Android 12 Snow Cone MIUI V13 (Android 12)
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.3 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), HID (Human Interface Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- USB
- —
- USB Type-C
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, on the side
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- No














