Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro
60
out of 100
VS
71
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra (with Exynos 990) that was released on February 11, 2020, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 1 year and 7 months after. 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 Ultra
- Comes with 1905 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3095 mAh
- Has a 0.8 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1000GB
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 23W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 11% higher pixel density (511 vs 460 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
- Shows 31% longer battery life (23:32 vs 18:01 hours)
- 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1222K versus 901K)
- Delivers 19% higher peak brightness (1073 against 898 nits)
- The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A15 Bionic
- 2x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2450 and 1256 points
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 | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 511 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1400 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.6% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.2% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 510 Hz |
| Response time | 6.2 ms | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S20 Ultra
6.9″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.8 in2
iPhone 13 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~25% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 166.9 mm (6.57 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 76 mm (2.99 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 220 g (7.76 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 990 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3020 MHz | 3230 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 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G77 MP11 | Apple GPU (5 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 352 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 832 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~585.7 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4915 | 21903 |
| Single-core score | 1256 | 2450 |
| Multi-core score | 3232 | 6170 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 349166 | 311650 |
| GPU | 165228 | 389528 |
| Memory | 169183 | 136036 |
| UX | 217769 | 385319 |
| Total score | 901346 | 1222533 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 75% | - |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 493 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3765 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 72% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1417 | 2949 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9888 | - |
| Video editing | 5933 | - |
| Photo editing | 33478 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9315 | - |
| Writing score | 12578 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Tomio.tomato) | AnTuTu 12 | 1064880 |
| 📘 2026-08-16 -> SamsungS8Hype | AnTuTu 11 | 1236527 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 (SamsungS8hype) | AnTuTu 11 | 1052348 |
| 📘 2026-06-24 (Yiannis Mihai) | AnTuTu 11 | 822306 |
| 📘 2026-06-20 (Rei Zero) | AnTuTu 11 | 972437 |
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1127460 |
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 21903 |
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2475 / 6154 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1322345 |
| 📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1222533 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 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 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 5.1 | - |
| OS size | 23.7 GB | 15.2 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | - |
| Security updates | 4 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3095 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (100% in 80 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:20 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:27 hr | 09:39 hr |
| Watching video | 11:23 hr | 15:16 hr |
| Gaming | 04:23 hr | 05:20 hr |
| Standby | 91 hr | 107 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12032 x 9204 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 4x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | Dual 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 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth: 0.3 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung Bright S5KHM1 | Sony IMX703 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) | 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.9 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.5 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 103 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K2LA | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 75 |
| Preview | - | 81 |
| Zoom | - | 119 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 40 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 7864 x 5200 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGH1 | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 128 |
| Video | - | 143 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | 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, 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 | Yes | Yes |
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 2021 |
| Release date | March 2020 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1400 | $1000 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 0.32 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.56 W/kg | 0.98 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 - 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 Apple iPhone 13 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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