Samsung Galaxy S20 vs Fairphone 5
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S20 (with Exynos 9 Octa 990) that was released on February 11, 2020, against the Fairphone 5, which is powered by Qualcomm QCM6490 and came out 3 years and 8 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
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- 23% higher pixel density (563 vs 459 PPI)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- The rear camera has a 1.1x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 23% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (907K versus 736K)
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Thinner bezels – 6.3% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Fairphone 5
- Shows 20% longer battery life (19:25 vs 16:07 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
- The phone is 3 years and 8 months newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 3.0
- 13% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1121 and 996 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 | 6.2 inches | 6.46 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1224 x 2700 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 563 ppi | 459 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 880 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1200 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.5% | 82.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 242 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Response time | 8.5 ms | 6 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Fairphone 5
6.46″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.6 in2
Galaxy S20
6.2″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.4 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 151.7 mm (5.97 inches) | 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 69.1 mm (2.72 inches) | 75.83 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 9.6 mm (0.38 inches) |
| Weight | 163 g (5.75 oz) | 212 g (7.48 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP55 |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Red | Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | - | Excellent (4.37/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 300 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 990 | Qualcomm QCM6490 |
| Max clock | 3020 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| CPU cores | 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 |
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| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | - |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | - |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | - |
| Graphics | Mali-G77 MP11 | Adreno 642L |
| GPU shading units | 352 | - |
| GPU clock | 832 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | ~585.7 GFLOPS | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Single-core score | 996 | 1121 |
| Multi-core score | 2914 | 2990 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 370196 | 256966 |
| GPU | 130687 | 154721 |
| Memory | 151878 | 104511 |
| UX | 254379 | 220109 |
| Total score | 907140 | 736307 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 73% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 391 | 305 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 71% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1414 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9900 | 7145 |
| Video editing | 5850 | 5798 |
| Photo editing | 32007 | 18366 |
| Data manipulation | 8870 | 8463 |
| Writing score | 13632 | 11497 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S20
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-17 -> wrath | AnTuTu 11 | 953700 |
| 📘 2026-06-16 (Wrath) | AnTuTu 11 | 907140 |
| 📘 2026-03-26 (Soulsinho) | AnTuTu 11 | 888046 |
| 📘 2026-01-20 (minxvix) | AnTuTu 11 | 876396 |
| 📘 2024-09-21 (Muhammad Abdullah Haider) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 996 / 2914 |
Fairphone 5
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| 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 2048 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | One UI 5.1 | - |
| OS size | 20.1 GB | 30 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 8 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 4200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | Yes |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (100% in 75 min) | Yes (50% in 20 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 1:05 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1300 cycles |
| Web browsing | 06:49 hr | 06:03 hr |
| Watching video | 10:33 hr | 10:08 hr |
| Gaming | 04:30 hr | 04:16 hr |
| Standby | 69 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 1.1x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K2LD | Sony IMX800 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) | 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 29 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung Bright S5KGW2 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K2LA | Sony IMX858 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 45 |
| Preview | - | 64 |
| Zoom | - | 79 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Fairphone 5 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 2592 x 3872 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.45 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 0.64 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 b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| 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 | 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 | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2020 | August 2023 |
| Release date | March 2020 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $699 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.28 W/kg | 0.4 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.52 W/kg | 0.847 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
*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 is definitely a better buy.
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