Samsung Galaxy Note 20 vs OnePlus Nord
53
out of 100
VS
48
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 20 (with Exynos 990) that was released on August 5, 2020, against the OnePlus Nord, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G. 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 20
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- 53% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (913K versus 597K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2400 MHz
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
- Delivers 22% higher peak brightness (749 against 615 nits)
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.44 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 393 ppi | 408 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 550 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.1% | 86.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.9% | 100% |
| PWM | 250 Hz | 367 Hz |
| Response time | 6.4 ms | 6.5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Note 20
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
OnePlus Nord
6.44″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.5 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) | 158.3 mm (6.23 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 192 g (6.77 oz) | 184 g (6.49 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Green, Brown | Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 990 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G |
| Max clock | 2730 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 8 (1 + 1 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A76 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Exynos M5 |
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 1 core at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76) - 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 696 |
| Graphics | Mali-G77 MP11 | Adreno 620 |
| GPU shading units | 352 | 384 |
| GPU clock | 832 MHz | 750 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~585.7 GFLOPS | ~480 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Single-core score | 1190 | 799 |
| Multi-core score | 2964 | 1836 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 367742 | 225992 |
| GPU | 161823 | 68730 |
| Memory | 165680 | 118245 |
| UX | 218675 | 185007 |
| Total score | 913920 | 597974 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 88% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 443 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 88% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1419 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8678 | - |
| Video editing | 5768 | - |
| Photo editing | 29836 | - |
| Data manipulation | 7918 | - |
| Writing score | 12118 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Note 20
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-14 (TimFire) | AnTuTu 11 | 868691 |
| 📘 2026-07-24 (Ctvy970) | AnTuTu 11 | 922959 |
| 📘 2026-05-09 -> Jazari28 | AnTuTu 11 | 913920 |
| 📘 2023-10-26 (Saleh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1190 / 2964 |
OnePlus Nord
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-03 (Sreeshankar K) | AnTuTu 11 | 597974 |
| 📘 2025-03-06 (Ts clown) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 799 / 1836 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2400 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) |
| ROM | One UI 5.0 | OxygenOS 12 |
| OS size | 35 GB | 22 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | - |
| Security updates | 4 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4300 mAh | 4115 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (70% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 0:50 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:01 hr | 08:09 hr |
| Watching video | 12:33 hr | 12:37 hr |
| Gaming | 04:55 hr | 04:58 hr |
| Standby | 96 hr | 93 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 119° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Depth: 5 MP 4) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX555 | Sony IMX586 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 27 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung Bright S5KGW2 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.3 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K2LA | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Note 20 from DxOMark | Photo samples of OnePlus Nord from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3872 x 2592 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX374 | Sony IMX616 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Additional lens | - | 8 MP, 1/4.0" |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 103 | - |
| Video | 95 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5.1 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC, SBAS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | August 2020 | July 2020 |
| Release date | August 2020 | September 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1000 | $480 |
| Successor | - | - OnePlus Nord 5 |
| SAR (head) | 0.359 W/kg | 0.9 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.366 W/kg | 1.27 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 is definitely a better buy.
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