Samsung
Samsung Galaxy Watch9 (40 mm)
Samsung Galaxy Watch9 (40 mm) wearable normalized across health sensors, battery, comfort, durability, compatibility, and ownership cost.
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46.5/100
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Garmin
Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm)
Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm) wearable normalized across health sensors, battery, comfort, durability, compatibility, and ownership cost.
Bettr Than Score · Balanced
53.5/100
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Value, endurance, comfort, durability, and broadly useful health sensors.
Samsung Galaxy Watch9 (40 mm)
46.5 / 100
Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm)
53.5 / 100
100% supported scoring weight · 15 shared fields.
How this score works
- Reference price: 20% · Samsung Galaxy Watch9 (40 mm) has the favorable value
- Advertised battery life: 20% · Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm) has the favorable value
- Device weight: 15% · Samsung Galaxy Watch9 (40 mm) has the favorable value
- Water resistance: 10% · equal
- Built-in GPS: 8% · equal
- Continuous heart rate: 5% · equal
- ECG capability: 7% · equal
- Blood oxygen sensing: 5% · equal
- Temperature sensing: 5% · equal
- Sleep tracking: 5% · equal
Device type, phone compatibility, fit, coaching quality, and medical availability are personal or regional. A missing or inapplicable feature is excluded rather than treated as a loss.
Side-by-side specifications
| Samsung Galaxy Watch9 (40 mm) | Specification | Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm) |
|---|---|---|
$379.99 | Reference price | $549.99 |
smartwatch | Device type | smartwatch |
1.67 days | Advertised battery life | 12 days |
30 g | Device weight | 56 g |
50 m | Water resistance | 50 m |
Yes | Built-in GPS | Yes |
Yes | Continuous heart rate | Yes |
Yes | ECG capability | Yes |
Yes | Blood oxygen sensing | Yes |
Yes | Temperature sensing | Yes |
Yes | Sleep tracking | Yes |
Yes | On-device display | Yes |
No | iPhone support | Yes |
Yes | Android support | Yes |
None | Required subscription | None |
Evidence-based guidance · Balanced model
Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm) leads on the balanced wearables model
Based on 15 shared sourced fields and 100% balanced scoring coverage. Device type, phone compatibility, fit, coaching quality, and medical availability are personal or regional. A missing or inapplicable feature is excluded rather than treated as a loss.
Consider Samsung Galaxy Watch9 (40 mm) for reference price ($379.99), device weight (30 g).
Consider Garmin Venu 4 (45 mm) for advertised battery life (12 days).
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