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Samsung Galaxy S10e vs S10 Lite

51 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S10e
VS
48 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
Samsung Galaxy S10e
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 5.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S10e (with Exynos 9 Octa 9820) that was released on February 20, 2019, against the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and came out 11 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S10e
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Handles Qi/PMA wireless charging up to 15W
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • Stereo speakers
  • 11% higher pixel density (438 vs 393 PPI)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Weighs 36 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.7 mm narrower
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
  • Has a 0.9 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1400 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3100 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 15W)
  • 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (818K versus 724K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
  • The phone is 11 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S10e and S10 Lite crucial features
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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6 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
109.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
125.2
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S10e
vs
Galaxy S10 Lite

Display

Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 5.8 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2280 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19:9 20:9
PPI 438 ppi 393 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 800 nits 400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 84.5% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97.5% 98.3%
PWM 232 Hz 250 Hz
Response time 6 ms 32 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S10 Lite
6.7β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Galaxy S10e
5.8β€³ (19:9 ratio) = 13 in2
~29% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S10e +1%
703 nits
Galaxy S10 Lite
699 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 142.2 mm (5.6 inches) 162.5 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 69.9 mm (2.75 inches) 75.6 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 150 g (5.29 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green, Yellow White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S10e
84.5%
Galaxy S10 Lite +4%
88.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S10e and Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Max clock 2730 MHz 2840 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.31 GHz: Cortex-A75
- 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Mongoose M4		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
L3 cache - 2 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 8 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 690
GPU
Graphics Mali G76 MP12 Adreno 640
GPU shading units 288 768
GPU clock 702 MHz 585 MHz
FLOPS ~404.4 GFLOPS ~898.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S10e and Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S10e +78%
4812
Galaxy S10 Lite
2704
Compute Score (GPU) 4812 2704
Single-core score 984 970
Multi-core score 2629 2747
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S10e
724233
Galaxy S10 Lite +13%
818155
CPU 292320 330001
GPU 132820 128688
Memory 139345 147924
UX 159748 211542
Total score 724233 818155
Samples [14 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 82% 87%
Graphics test 5 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 950 876
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S10e
8714
Galaxy S10 Lite +19%
10405
Web score 7115 8610
Video editing 5787 6004
Photo editing 17286 23113
Data manipulation 7407 8512
Writing score 9948 12376
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S10e
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 -> StarDragonPLAnTuTu 11707164
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 -> seraphimAnTuTu 11774175
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-07 (Xxfish7)AnTuTu 11745823
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (gayparad1488)AnTuTu 11742383
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (Erick Tcharles BR)AnTuTu 11685649
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Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-14 (putra)AnTuTu 11801223
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Joshua Z)Geekbench 6 GPU3752
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Joshua Z)AnTuTu 11833301
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-01 (averages10liteuser)AnTuTu 11821099
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-20 (Dawke v3)AnTuTu 11827876
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB Up to 1000 GB

Software

Operating system Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM One UI 4.0 One UI 5.1
OS size 20.2 GB 22.5 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 4 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 3100 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 15 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes, Qi/PMA (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Fast charging Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (40% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:35 hr 1:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:39 hr 08:04 hr
Watching video 14:31 hr 13:13 hr
Gaming 04:59 hr 04:48 hr
Standby 70 hr 122 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S10e
22:07 hr
Galaxy S10 Lite +3%
22:43 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8000 x 6000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123Β° 123Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 16 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.5 - 2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung SAK2L4 Samsung S5KGM1
Sensor size 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch) 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 16 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 12 mm 12 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 -
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 5 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 25 mm
Sensor size - 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4320 x 2432 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 Samsung S5KGD1
Sensor size 1/2.65" (β‰ˆ 0.38 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP LE, A2DP
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No Yes
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S10e
83 dB
Galaxy S10 Lite +7%
88.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2019 January 2020
Release date March 2019 January 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $750 $650
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite -
SAR (head) 0.582 W/kg 0.484 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.575 W/kg 1.02 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- 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 display, camera, connectivity, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S10e. But if the performance, gaming, battery life, and software are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite.

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Total votes: 573

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