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Garmin Instinct E 40mm
Garmin Instinct E 40mm is a GPS sports watch released in January 2025. Key specs: case size 40 mm, screen size 1.22″, battery life (smartwatch mode) 14 days, GPS battery life 21 h.
4.3Score
Display2.4
Battery life4.0
Health tracking4.9
Sports & outdoor4.4
Build & durability5.9
price range$220–275
- Released
- January 2025
- Type
- GPS sports watch
- Brand
Garmin- Popularity
- #222 of 891
- Model numbers
- Instinct 3 – 50 mm, AMOLEDInstinct E – 45 mmInstinct 3 – 50 mm, SolarInstinct 3 – 45 mm, SolarInstinct 3 – 45 mm, AMOLED
40 mmCase size
1.22″Screen size
NoAMOLED / OLED display
14 daysBattery life (smartwatch mode)
21 hGPS battery life
10 ATMWater resistance
41 gWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among GPS sports watches of 2025
Screen size · 1.22″Bottom 13%Battery life (smartwatch mode) · 14 daysTop 37%GPS battery life · 21 hBottom 25%Water resistance · 10 ATMTop 17%Weight · 41 gTop 45%
Compared with GPS sports watches released in 2025. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other GPS sports watches
Why is Instinct E 40mm a good choice?
Weight: 41 gbetter than 86% of GPS sports watches
Water resistance: 10 ATMbetter than 70% of GPS sports watches
Weak points
Screen size: 1.22″worse than 75% of GPS sports watches
GPS battery life: 21 hworse than 86% of GPS sports watches
Specifications
Full specifications
Design & durability
- Case size
- 40 mm
- Weight
- 41 g
- Thickness
- 13.6 mm
- Height
- 40 mm
- Width
- 40 mm
- Sapphire crystal
- No
- Lens / cover glass
- Chemically Strengthened Glass
- Strap material
- silicone
- Water resistance
- 10 ATM
- Water rating (maker)
- 10 ATM
Display
- Screen size
- 1.22″
- Panel
- Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel
- AMOLED / OLED display
- No
- Always-on display
- Yes
- Resolution (width)
- 166 px
- Resolution (height)
- 166 px
- Pixel density
- 136 ppi
Battery
- Battery life (smartwatch mode)
- 14 days
- Battery saver mode
- 35 days
- GPS battery life
- 21 h
- Battery type
- Lithium ion
- Wireless charging
- No
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
Health sensors
- Optical heart rate
- Yes
- Blood oxygen (SpO2)
- Yes
- Temperature sensor
- Yes
- HRV tracking
- Yes
- Sleep tracking
- Yes
- Sensors
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Elevate wrist heart rate monitor, Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation monitor, Barometric altimeter, Compass, Accelerometer, Thermometer
Sports & navigation
- Built-in GPS
- Yes
- Satellite systems
- GLONASS, GALILEO
- Barometric altimeter
- Yes
- Compass
- Yes
- Sport profiles
- 69
Connectivity
- ANT+ sensors
- Yes
Smart features
- Storage
- 0.12 GB
- Third-party apps
- Yes
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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