Samsung Galaxy S22 vs S20 FE
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, which is powered by Exynos 990 and came out 1 year and 5 months 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 S22
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- 54% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 909K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
- More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 2200
- 30% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1600 and 1234 points
- Weighs 23 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 800 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3700 mAh
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 | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.1 inches | 6.5 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 425 ppi | 407 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 780 nits | 740 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1300 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.6% | 85.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.3% | - |
| PWM | 239 Hz | - |
| Response time | 10 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S20 FE
6.5″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 146 mm (5.75 inches) | 159.8 mm (6.29 inches) |
| Width | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) | 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 oz) | 190 g (6.7 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow | White, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2200 | Samsung Exynos 990 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 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 | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Xclipse 920 | Mali-G77 MP11 |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 352 |
| GPU clock | 1306 MHz | 832 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS | ~585.7 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Single-core score | 1600 | 1234 |
| Multi-core score | 3840 | 3385 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 462329 | 359475 |
| GPU | 376985 | 155594 |
| Memory | 231805 | 153878 |
| UX | 327154 | 240732 |
| Total score | 1398273 | 909679 |
| Samples | [11 tests] | [11 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 65% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 820 | 247 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 66% | - |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 17 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 14 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3751 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 66% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1830 | 1061 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11192 | 9860 |
| Video editing | 7372 | 6780 |
| Photo editing | 21608 | 29317 |
| Data manipulation | 11423 | 8978 |
| Writing score | 14877 | 10600 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S22
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal) | AnTuTu | 1587642 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 (Clem) | GeekBench GPU | 10118 |
| 📘 2026-07-08 (Wertix) | AnTuTu | 1387553 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 (Akemi) | AnTuTu | 1458641 |
| 📘 2026-05-20 (Sinsow) | AnTuTu | 1404309 |
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-02-25 (Pearlescent) | AnTuTu | 895369 |
| 📘 2026-02-16 (Naynay(guaranay)) | AnTuTu | 886994 |
| 📘 2026-01-31 (Victor) | AnTuTu | 792094 |
| 📘 2026-01-19 (souzabrz) | AnTuTu | 1027276 |
| 📘 2026-01-16 (souzabrz) | AnTuTu | 1020628 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 2750 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 5.0 |
| OS size | 30.2 GB | 24 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 3700 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (63% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 45 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 1:35 hr |
| Web browsing | 05:42 hr | - |
| Watching video | 10:16 hr | - |
| Gaming | 04:06 hr | - |
| Standby | 90 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | 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) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN5 | Samsung S5K2LD |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 70 mm | 76 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX772 | Hynix HI-847 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4.5" (≈ 0.22 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX713 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 72 | - |
| Zoom | 126 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3872 x 2592 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| 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 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/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 MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| 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* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 19 |
| 5G support | Yes | 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 2022 | September 2020 |
| Release date | March 2022 | October 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $700 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.341 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.447 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 15 W |
*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 S22 is definitely a better buy.
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