A51 vs A51 5G

[HoosierDaddy]

I ordered a new US A51 from Walmart for $335 a few weeks ago. Might have been a price mistake because it wasn't part of a sale and jumped back to $400 the next day. I ordered it knowing I could return it unopened into January while watching for a better deal on a similar or better US warranty phone with the same 3 years of updates.

Anyway... Samsung has reduced the price of the US A51 5G by $100 making it the same as the US A51 from Samsung, Amazon, etc.. Both are $400 now.

So, I like getting an A51 for $65 less. And I care VERY little about the 5G but I also see massive differences in benchmarks at GSMArena due to the different processors:

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9963&idPhone2=10157

AnTuTu V8: 175,363 vs 316,007
GeekBench V5.1: 1294 vs 1867
GFXBench: 5.6fps vs 17fps

I'm guessing the GFXBench mostly matters for games which will never be played on the phone.

But do any of those numbers mean noticeable performance differences for email, texting, loading apps, watching videos?

Thoughts?

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Moot now.

Amazon just dropped unlocked US A51 5G price to $350. Definitely worth $15 more for 5G, much faster processor and bigger battery. Returning the non-5G to Walmart still in the shipping envelope it came in. Leaving the Amazon 5G in its package when it arrives today in case a better deal for same or better phone happens this month.

I hope I don't spend December returning a bunch of unopened phones that were all later undercut by better sales. LoL