Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus vs A35 5G
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus (with Exynos 9 Octa 9825) that was released on August 7, 2019, against the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1380 and came out 4 years and 8 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
- Has 3x more RAM: 12GB versus 4GB
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- 27% higher pixel density (495 vs 390 PPI)
- Handles Qi/PMA wireless charging up to 15W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Thinner bezels – 7.3% more screen real estate
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
- Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Shows 15% longer battery life (22:25 vs 19:33 hours)
- Delivers 29% higher peak brightness (1017 against 790 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
- Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4300 mAh
- The phone is 4 years and 8 months newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 3.0
- More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 1380
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3040 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 495 ppi | 390 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.1% | 84.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 95.4% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 250 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 3.6 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Note 10 Plus
6.8″ (19:9 ratio) = 17.9 in2
Galaxy A35 5G
6.6″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) | 161.7 mm (6.37 inches) |
| Width | 77.2 mm (3.04 inches) | 78 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 196 g (6.91 oz) | 209 g (7.37 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Red | Black, Blue, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9825 | Samsung Exynos 1380 |
| Max clock | 2730 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A75 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: M4 |
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali G76 MP12 | Mali-G68 MP5 |
| GPU shading units | 288 | 160 |
| GPU clock | 754 MHz | 949 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~434.3 GFLOPS | ~303.7 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 5214 | 3033 |
| Single-core score | 1061 | 1006 |
| Multi-core score | 2640 | 2855 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 312389 | 311721 |
| GPU | 140755 | 89942 |
| Memory | 165805 | 136276 |
| UX | 200505 | 230273 |
| Total score | 819454 | 768212 |
| Samples | [5 tests] | [23 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 96% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 393 | 279 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 98% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1002 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8308 | 11340 |
| Video editing | 5802 | 7357 |
| Photo editing | 19062 | 25659 |
| Data manipulation | 7232 | 10930 |
| Writing score | 10895 | 16320 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-17 -> j7primeciadam | AnTuTu 11 | 819454 |
| 📘 2026-05-25 (M1nn44a) | AnTuTu 11 | 722666 |
| 📘 2026-03-22 (Wolf_Tech 🐺) | AnTuTu 11 | 824382 |
| 📘 2026-03-14 (Random person) | AnTuTu 11 | 806002 |
| 📘 2026-03-09 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 5214 |
Samsung Galaxy A35 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-28 (P3RF3CT) | AnTuTu 12 | 866054 |
| 📘 2026-09-27 -> LessPlum3393 | AnTuTu 12 | 857296 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (ttk:kotakbass.official) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1010 / 2895 |
| 📘 2026-09-22 (ttk:kotakbass.official) | AnTuTu 12 | 922710 |
| 📘 2026-09-17 (kotakbass.official) | AnTuTu 11 | 829716 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1000 GB | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 4.0 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | 31.6 GB | 28 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4300 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes, Qi/PMA (15 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (65% in 30 min) | Yes (52% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 1:26 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:30 hr | 08:47 hr |
| Watching video | 11:51 hr | 14:03 hr |
| Gaming | 04:44 hr | 05:56 hr |
| Standby | 105 hr | 106 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 16 MP 4) Depth: 0.3 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.5 - 2.4 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung SAK2L4 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN8 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.1 | - |
| Focal length | 52 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3M3 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 16 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3P9 | GalaxyCore GC08A3 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 5 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 50 |
| Preview | - | 52 |
| Zoom | - | 71 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A35 5G from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 103 | - |
| Video | 93 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.1 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Depends on the region |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | Yes | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | August 2019 | March 2024 |
| Release date | August 2019 | March 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1099 | $380 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra | - Samsung Galaxy A37 5G |
| SAR (head) | 0.19 W/kg | 0.44 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.4 W/kg | 0.92 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 25 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A35 5G:
- The 128 GB variant features UFS 2.2 memory, other models have UFS 3.1.
- Only SM-A356E/DS and SM-A356B/DS models support two physical SIM cards.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy A35 5G. But if the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus.
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