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Difference between these two models?

From gsmarena.com -

That's right, they both sound the same, they both cost the same, and they both look the same, but on the inside - their brains are quite different. The Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 600 chipset, while the Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 relies on Samsung's own Exynos 5 Octa chipset, which, as its name implies, makes use of no less than eight CPU cores.
The Galaxy S4 Octa is available only on a few select markets, and the Snapdragon 600 version is shaping up to be what we like to call the "international" model. Despite what some would have you believe, the reason for pushing the (initially intended only for the US) Snapdragon version to international markets is not its exclusive LTE support. It seems both chipsets are perfectly capable of providing LTE connectivity. It's manufacturing issues that Samsung is blaming for the low production numbers of its home-brewed Exynos 5 Octa chipset. This is the reason behind the shift of the Snapdragon 600 into being the more widely available offering.
 
Also from GSMARENA.COM;

It appears other major differences are regarding the 3G network capabilities and the 4G LTE capabilities, as well as the fact that the I9505 was also developed for the ATT network

Differences:

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[TD]http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9500_galaxy_s4-5125.php[/TD]
[TD]http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9505_galaxy_s4-5371.php[/TD]
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[TD]I9500[/TD]
[TD]I9505 (Also available as Samsung SGH-i337 for AT&T.);[/TD]
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[TD]2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100[/TD]
[TD]2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 All Versions

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100[/TD]
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[TD]HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - SGH-i337[/TD]
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4G Network LTE (market dependent)[/TD]
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4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600[/TD]
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[TD]LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - SGH-i337[/TD]
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Speed HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps[/TD]
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Speed HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL[/TD]
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[TD]Chipset Exynos 5 Octa 5410[/TD]
[TD]Chipset Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600[/TD]
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[TD]CPU Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7[/TD]
[TD]CPU Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300[/TD]
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[TD]GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP3[/TD]
[TD]GPU Adreno 320[/TD]
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[TD]Colors White Frost, Black Mist[/TD]
[TD]Colors White Frost, Black Mist, Aurora Red (AT&T only)[/TD]
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[TD]MISC SAR US 0.85 W/kg (head) 1.55 W/kg (body)[/TD]
[TD]MISC SAR US 0.77 W/kg (head) 1.17 W/kg (body)[/TD]
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[TD]SAR EU 0.42 W/kg (head) 0.54 W/kg (body)[/TD]
[TD]SAR EU 0.28 W/kg (head) 0.40 W/kg (body)[/TD]
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[TD]Price group About 630 EUR[/TD]
[TD]Price group About 590 EUR[/TD]
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[TD]Battery life Endurance rating 69h[/TD]
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Silly question but how do you tell which one you have?

Sent from my Galaxy S4 and TapaTalk 2

I believe that you are looking for the "Model Number". From Settings, choose More|About phone. This will show you the model number.

Then use the model variants table at the Wikipedia Samsung Galaxy S4 article to determine the hardware that your phone has.

I have the SCH-I545, which the table shows is a Verizon version of the phone.

And BTW, there is no such thing as a "silly question". Just silly answers.
 
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