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Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra vs Note 20 Ultra

60 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
VS
59 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

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 Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, which is powered by the same chip and came out 6 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 (3)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1025 against 894 nits)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 3.0
  • The phone is 6 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and Note 20 Ultra 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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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
45.7
(Average)
Value Index
23.1
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S20 Ultra
vs
Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1440 x 3088 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 511 ppi 496 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 800 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1400 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90.6% 91.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.2% 96.9%
PWM 240 Hz 245 Hz
Response time 6.2 ms 6 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S20 Ultra
894 nits
Galaxy Note 20 Ultra +15%
1025 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 166.9 mm (6.57 inches) 164.8 mm (6.49 inches)
Width 76 mm (2.99 inches) 77.2 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 220 g (7.76 oz) 208 g (7.34 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray White, Black, Brown
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 990 Samsung Exynos 990
Max clock 3020 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 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Exynos M5
L3 cache 2 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G77 MP11 Mali-G77 MP11
GPU shading units 352 352
GPU clock 832 MHz 832 MHz
FLOPS ~585.7 GFLOPS ~585.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4915 5261
Single-core score 1256 1222
Multi-core score 3232 3060
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 349166 368930
GPU 165228 162695
Memory 169183 168589
UX 217769 218294
Total score 901346 918508
Samples [13 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 75% 74%
Graphics test 4 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 493 307
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 72% 71%
Graphics test 8 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1417 1407
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 9888 10705
Video editing 5933 6884
Photo editing 33478 30928
Data manipulation 9315 8823
Writing score 12578 11422
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-27 (Tomio.tomato)AnTuTu 121064880
📘 2026-08-16 -> SamsungS8HypeAnTuTu 111236527
📘 2026-07-09 (SamsungS8hype)AnTuTu 111052348
📘 2026-06-24 (Yiannis Mihai)AnTuTu 11822306
📘 2026-06-20 (Rei Zero)AnTuTu 11972437
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Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-16 (Vinny)AnTuTu 11746630
📘 2026-03-02 (Amir)AnTuTu 11529407
📘 2026-01-09 (WP69)AnTuTu 11944395
📘 2025-11-28 (K7)AnTuTu 11918508
📘 2025-11-15 (K7)AnTuTu 11699444
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Channels 2 -
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1000 GB Up to 1000 GB

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM One UI 5.1 One UI 5.0
OS size 23.7 GB 34.7 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 4 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (100% in 80 min) Yes (43% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:20 hr 1:20 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:27 hr 07:27 hr
Watching video 11:23 hr 12:33 hr
Gaming 04:23 hr 05:16 hr
Standby 91 hr 81 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S20 Ultra
18:01 hr
Galaxy Note 20 Ultra +3%
18:32 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 12032 x 9204 12000 x 9000
Zoom Optical, 4x Optical, 5x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS Up to 24FPS
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 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth: 0.3 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth: 0.3 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung Bright S5KHM1 Samsung Bright S5KHM1
Sensor size 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/3.5 f/3.0
Focal length 103 mm 103 mm
Sensor Sony IMX586 Samsung S5K3M5
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K2LA Samsung S5K2L3
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 40 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 7864 x 5200 3872 x 2592
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGH1 Sony IMX374
Sensor size 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.22 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 No

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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5 5.1
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 3.1 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
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* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 22 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 February 2020 August 2020
Release date March 2020 August 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $1400 $1299
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra -
SAR (head) 0.32 W/kg 0.319 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.56 W/kg 1.557 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

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. It has a better performance, gaming, and battery life.

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So, which phone would you choose?
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Scott July 14, 2022 at 12:30 PM
Hello nano review. I just did a comparison between the Samsung S20 Ultra & the Samsung Note 20 Ultra. The only thing Missing was YOUR "final analysis" that I've seen on every other comparison. Why not this time? GREAT website by the way, Thank You.
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root July 14, 2022 at 05:27 PM
Hi. We cannot decide what phone is better, that is why there is no "final analysis". But thanks for the suggestion, maybe we should make it more obvious.
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Scott February 3, 2023 at 12:55 PM
Root, Well, I ended up buying the S20 Ultra, until a week ago when I bought the Note 20 Ultra to replace it. The problem, the things I don't like about the S20 are all there on the Note as well. Haven't yet done the Factory Reset to the S20, seriously thinking about transferring everything back over to the S20, which would save me about $300 taking the trade-in into consideration. Still LOVE your website, it's AWESOME!
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