Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus vs Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus (with Exynos 9 Octa 990) that was released on February 11, 2020, against the Apple iPhone 11 Pro, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 0.9 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1454 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3046 mAh
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1000GB
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Thinner bezels – 8.4% more screen real estate
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 14% higher pixel density (524 vs 458 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 11 Pro
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Shows 7% longer battery life (30:23 vs 28:26 hours)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Samsung
- 21% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (636K versus 524K)
- 47% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 1338 and 911 points
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Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 5.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1125 x 2436 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 524 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.5% | 82.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.7% | 99.4% |
| PWM | 214 Hz | 290 Hz |
| Response time | 9 ms | 7.4 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.9 mm (6.37 inches) | 144 mm (5.67 inches) |
| Width | 73.7 mm (2.9 inches) | 71.4 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 186 g (6.56 oz) | 188 g (6.63 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Red | Silver, Gold, Gray, Dark gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 990 | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2700 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 6 (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 1.6 GHz: Thunder - 2 cores at 2.66 GHz: Lightning |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali-G77 MP11 | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | ~1196 GFLOPS | ~736 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 135748 | 168355 |
| GPU | 155476 | 258575 |
| Memory | 113898 | 84144 |
| UX | 115935 | 120243 |
| Total score | 524923 | 636389 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 48.1 °C | 44.2 °C |
| Stability | 50% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 44 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4293 | 7459 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8688 | - |
| Video editing | 5887 | - |
| Photo editing | 30778 | - |
| Data manipulation | 8535 | - |
| Writing score | 12229 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64, 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1000 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.2) |
| ROM | One UI 4.1 | - |
| OS size | 23.6 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 3046 mAh |
| Charge power | 25 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (100% in 84 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:25 hr | 1:42 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:33 hr | 10:19 hr |
| Watching video | 13:44 hr | 12:57 hr |
| Gaming | 03:56 hr | 05:57 hr |
| Standby | 92 hr | 102 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 1.1x | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | 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 60FPS | Up to 240FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 4 (12 MP + 64 MP + 12 MP + 0.3 MP) | 3 (12 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.76", Samsung S5K2LD (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Apple iSight Camera (CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 64 MP - Aperture: f/2.0 - Focal length: 29 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.72", Samsung Bright S5KGW2 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.0 - Focal length: 52 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.4" (CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Samsung S5K2LA (ISOCELL CMOS) |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 13 mm - Sensor: 1/3.4" (CMOS) |
| Depth lens | - 0.3 MP - Aperture: f/1.0 |
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| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 11 Pro from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 2592 x 3872 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 microns | - |
| Sensor type | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" | - |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.1 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 22 | 18 |
| 5G support | No | 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 | February 2020 | September 2019 |
| Release date | March 2020 | September 2019 |
| SAR (head) | 0.38 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.57 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
*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 S20 Plus is definitely a better buy.
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