Samsung Galaxy Note 20 vs Note 10
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 20 (with Exynos 990) that was released on August 5, 2020, against the Samsung Galaxy Note 10, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 9825 and came out 1 year before. 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
- Shows 11% longer battery life (19:26 vs 17:28 hours)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 800 mAh larger battery capacity: 4300 vs 3500 mAh
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2400 MHz
- 17% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (913K versus 782K)
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
- The phone is 1 year newer
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Note 10
- Delivers 27% higher peak brightness (793 against 623 nits)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Weighs 24 grams less
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 | 6.7 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1080 x 2280 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19:9 |
| PPI | 393 ppi | 401 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.1% | 91.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.9% | 97.1% |
| PWM | 250 Hz | 236 Hz |
| Response time | 6.4 ms | 8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Note 20
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Galaxy Note 10
6.3″ (19:9 ratio) = 15.4 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) | 151 mm (5.94 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 71.8 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 192 g (6.77 oz) | 168 g (5.93 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green, Brown | White, Black, Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 990 | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9825 |
| Max clock | 2730 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A76 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Exynos M5 |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A75 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: M4 |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G77 MP11 | Mali G76 MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 352 | 288 |
| GPU clock | 832 MHz | 754 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~585.7 GFLOPS | ~434.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 5137 |
| Single-core score | 1190 | 994 |
| Multi-core score | 2964 | 2454 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 367742 | 295657 |
| GPU | 161823 | 141095 |
| Memory | 165680 | 166593 |
| UX | 218675 | 178958 |
| Total score | 913920 | 782303 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 88% | 62% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 443 | 385 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 88% | 95% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1419 | 1003 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8678 | 7605 |
| Video editing | 5768 | 5853 |
| Photo editing | 29836 | 17849 |
| Data manipulation | 7918 | 7383 |
| Writing score | 12118 | 10095 |
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 |
Samsung Galaxy Note 10
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-28 (Tomio.tomato) | AnTuTu 11 | 820039 |
| 📘 2026-01-23 -> Piazzaroli | Geekbench 6 GPU | 5137 |
| 📘 2026-01-23 -> Piazzaroli | Geekbench 6 CPU | 994 / 2454 |
| 📘 2026-01-23 -> Piazzaroli | AnTuTu 11 | 798922 |
| 📘 2026-01-15 -> Piazzaroli | Geekbench 6 CPU | 994 / 2454 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2400 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) |
| ROM | One UI 5.0 | One UI 4.0 |
| OS size | 35 GB | 20 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4300 mAh | 3500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes, Qi/PMA (12 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:01 hr | 06:34 hr |
| Watching video | 12:33 hr | 11:12 hr |
| Gaming | 04:55 hr | 04:27 hr |
| Standby | 96 hr | 84 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 240FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 16 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.5 - 2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 27 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX555 | Samsung SAK2L4 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.8 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | 27 mm | 52 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung Bright S5KGW2 | Samsung S5K3M3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 16 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K2LA | Samsung S5K3P9 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Note 20 from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3872 x 2592 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX374 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| 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 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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 |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| 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 | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | August 2020 | August 2019 |
| Release date | August 2020 | August 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1000 | $949 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy Note 20 |
| SAR (head) | 0.359 W/kg | 0.21 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.366 W/kg | 1.52 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - 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
If the performance, gaming, battery life, connectivity, and software are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy Note 20. But if the design is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.
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