Android smartphones and the iPhone tend to lead the way in the mobile market but Microsoft hopes that Windows 10 can change this status quo and has today unveiled two new devices to hoping to do just that: Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL.

The most advanced Windows smartphones ever produced, the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL may certainly make a stand in the market but how do they compare to the best that Android has to offer? For this comparison, we’re bringing out the big guns in the form of the Galaxy G6 Edge, Galaxy Note 5, Xperia Z5 Premium, the LG G4 and the Google Nexus 6P.

	Lumia 950	Lumia 950 XL	Nexus 6P	Xperia Z5 Premium	Galaxy Note 5	Galaxy S6 Edge	LG G4
Display	5.2-inch AMOLED QHD (2560×1440) 564 ppi	5.7-inch AMOLED QHD (2560×1440) 518ppi	5.7-inch AMOLED QHD (1440×2560) 518ppi	5.5-inch LCD 4K (3840 X 2160) 801ppi	5.7-inch AMOLED QHD (2560×1440) 518ppi	5.1-inch AMOLED QHD (2560×1440) 577ppi	5.5-inch LCD QHD (2560×1440) 538ppi
SoC	Snapdragon 808	Snapdragon 810	Snapdragon 810	Snapdragon 810	Exynos 7420	Exynos 7420	Snapdragon 808
CPU	2x 1.8GHz Cortex-A57 4x 1.44GHz Cortex-A53	4x 2GHz Cortex-A57 4x 1.5GHz Cortex-A53	4x 2GHz Cortex-A57 4x 1.55GHz Cortex-A53	4x 1.9GHz Cortex-A57 4x 1.5GHz Cortex-A53	4x 2.1GHz Cortex-A57 4x 1.5GHz Cortex-A53	4x 2.1GHz Cortex-A57 4x 1.5GHz Cortex-A53	2x 1.8GHz Cortex-A57 4x 1.4GHz Cortex-A53
GPU	Adreno 518	Adreno 430	Adreno 430	Adreno 430	Mali-T760 MP8	Mali-T760 MP8	Adreno 418
RAM	3GB	3GB	3GB	3GB	4GB	3GB	3GB
Storage	32GB	32GB	32/64/128GB	32GB	32/64/128GB	32/64/128GB	32GB
MicroSD	Yes, up to 200GB	Yes, up to 200GB	No	yes, up to 200GB	No	No	Yes, up to 128GB
Camera	20MP rear 5MP front	20MP rear 5MP front	12MP rear 8MP front	23MP rear 5MP front	16MP rear 5MP front	16MP rear 5MP front	16MP rear 8MP front

While many predicted that display technology would plateau at Full HD or QHD, this year has seen Samsung push the boat out with the curved QHD AMOLED display on the Edge range and Sony has trumped the competition with the introduction of the world’s first 4K smartphone display on the Xperia Z5.

The Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL are the first Windows powered smartphones to offer Quad HD resolution and with a pixel density of over 500 pixels per inch on each AMOLED panel, the displays can certainly challenge the best that Android has to offer. A key feature of the new devices is Glance Screen, which allows Microsoft to only turn the pixels it needs to display information at a glance as soon as you pull your phone out of your pocket.

Although Microsoft has previously insisted that the optimisation of the Windows core means Windows Phone doesn’t need quad-core devices, the company has included the latest Qualcomm chipsets inside its new devices. The smaller Lumia 950 comes with the hexa-core Snapdragon 808 found inside the Nexus 5X and the LG G4 while the Lumia 950 XL comes with an octa-core Snapdragon 810, as found in the Nexus 6P and Sony Xperia Z5 Premium.