GarminCar GPS navigator
Garmin Drive 53
Garmin Drive 53 is a car GPS navigator released in April 2023. Key specs: satellite systems supported 1, screen size 5″, preloaded maps, battery life 1 h.
6.4Score
Positioning6.6
Display4.1
Maps & navigation6.6
Battery5.4
Durability9.6
price range$130–165
- Released
- April 2023
- Brand
Garmin- Popularity
- #26 of 328
- Series
- Garmin Drive · 4 generations
- Model numbers
- Garmin Drive - 8.8"Garmin Drive - 7.1"
1Satellite systems supported
NoMulti-band GNSS (L1 + L5/L2)
5″Screen size
YesPreloaded maps
1 hBattery life
69 gWeight
16 GBInternal storage
Spec guide
How it ranks among car GPS navigators of 2023
Satellite systems supported · 1Bottom 2%
Screen size · 5″Bottom 36%
Battery life · 1 hBottom 8%
Weight · 69 gTop 2%
Internal storage · 16 GBTop 46%
Compared with car GPS navigators released in 2023. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other car GPS navigators
Why is Drive 53 a good choice?
Weight: 69 gbetter than 98% of car GPS navigators
Weak points
Battery life: 1 hworse than 95% of car GPS navigators
Screen size: 5″worse than 100% of car GPS navigators
Satellite systems supported: 1worse than 100% of car GPS navigators
Specifications
Full specifications
Satellite positioning
- Satellite systems supported
- 1
- Multi-band GNSS (L1 + L5/L2)
- No
Display
- Screen size
- 5″
- Resolution
- 800 × 480
- Horizontal resolution
- 800 px
- Vertical resolution
- 480 px
- Pixel density
- 187 ppi
- Touchscreen
- Yes
Maps & navigation
- Preloaded maps
- Yes
- Map types
- Road
- Turn-by-turn routing
- Yes
- Free map updates
- Yes
- Speed camera alerts
- Yes
- Driver alerts (speed limits, curves)
- Yes
- Lane assist / junction view
- Yes
- Internal storage
- 16 GB
- Memory card slot
- Yes
Battery & power
- Battery life
- 1 h
- Power source
- Built-in rechargeable
Build & durability
- Weight
- 69 g
- Width
- 126 mm
- Height
- 85 mm
- Depth
- 17 mm
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