Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G vs Note 10 Plus
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.5-inch Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G) that was released on September 23, 2020, against the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 9825 and came out 1 year and 1 month 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 S20 FE 5G
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Shows 14% longer battery life (22:18 vs 19:33 hours)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
- 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (982K versus 819K)
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
- The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 3.0
- 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1180 and 1061 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- 22% higher pixel density (495 vs 407 PPI)
- Thinner bezels – 6.3% more screen real estate
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
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 | 6.5 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1440 x 3040 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19:9 |
| PPI | 407 ppi | 495 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 400 nits | 700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1200 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 92.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 95.7% | 95.4% |
| PWM | 227 Hz | 250 Hz |
| Response time | 2.8 ms | 3.6 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Note 10 Plus
6.8″ (19:9 ratio) = 17.9 in2
Galaxy S20 FE 5G
6.5″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 159.8 mm (6.29 inches) | 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) |
| Width | 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) | 77.2 mm (3.04 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 190 g (6.7 oz) | 196 g (6.91 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple | White, Black, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9825 |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) |
- 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 | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 650 | Mali G76 MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 288 |
| GPU clock | 587 MHz | 754 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~901.6 GFLOPS | ~434.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 2923 | 5214 |
| Single-core score | 1180 | 1061 |
| Multi-core score | 3300 | 2640 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 391258 | 312389 |
| GPU | 171698 | 140755 |
| Memory | 167605 | 165805 |
| UX | 251913 | 200505 |
| Total score | 982474 | 819454 |
| Samples | [27 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 96% |
| Graphics test | - | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 393 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 90% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1114 | 1002 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10914 | 8308 |
| Video editing | 7129 | 5802 |
| Photo editing | 31102 | 19062 |
| Data manipulation | 9568 | 7232 |
| Writing score | 12727 | 10895 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Gigante Supremo) | AnTuTu 12 | 1111940 |
| 📘 2026-08-31 (GameFabuloso16) | AnTuTu 11 | 1010010 |
| 📘 2026-08-09 (May) | AnTuTu 11 | 745543 |
| 📘 2026-07-13 (pooh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1010016 |
| 📘 2026-07-12 (Jao) | AnTuTu 11 | 1010390 |
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 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | Up to 1000 GB |
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 | 25.6 GB | 31.6 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 4300 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes, Qi/PMA (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (37% in 30 min) | Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (65% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:35 hr | 1:05 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:09 hr | 06:30 hr |
| Watching video | 13:42 hr | 11:51 hr |
| Gaming | 05:01 hr | 04:44 hr |
| Standby | 114 hr | 105 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 2x |
| 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 | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 16 MP 4) Depth: 0.3 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| 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 | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | 76 mm | 52 mm |
| Sensor | Hynix HI-847 | Samsung S5K3M3 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.5" (≈ 0.22 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 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 S5K3P9 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 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 10 Plus from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | 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 | - | 93 |
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 - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | 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* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2020 | August 2019 |
| Release date | October 2020 | August 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $700 | $1099 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE | - Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra |
| SAR (head) | 0.5 W/kg | 0.19 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.35 W/kg | 1.4 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 15 W | Yes, 25 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, gaming, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G. But if the design is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus.
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