Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus vs S20 Plus
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.6-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 990 and came out 2 years and 1 month 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 Plus
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- 67% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1456K versus 874K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 37% higher peak brightness (1085 against 794 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
- The phone is 2 years and 1 month newer
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus
- 33% higher pixel density (524 vs 393 PPI)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1000GB
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.6 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1440 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 393 ppi | 524 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 780 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1750 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.7% | 90.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.7% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 214 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 9 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.4 mm (6.2 inches) | 161.9 mm (6.37 inches) |
| Width | 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) | 73.7 mm (2.9 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 195 g (6.88 oz) | 186 g (6.56 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow | Black, Gray, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2200 | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 990 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3020 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)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 10293 | 5457 |
| Single-core score | 1592 | 1201 |
| Multi-core score | 3845 | 3090 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 514609 | 353726 |
| GPU | 391890 | 160485 |
| Memory | 210533 | 150410 |
| UX | 339378 | 209761 |
| Total score | 1456410 | 874382 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | [8 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 73% | 73% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 866 | 357 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 66% | - |
| Graphics test | 15 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 18 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 15 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 12 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3972 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 64% | 65% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1918 | 1416 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10564 | 9679 |
| Video editing | 7378 | 5820 |
| Photo editing | 19931 | 32412 |
| Data manipulation | 12336 | 8669 |
| Writing score | 15666 | 13413 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-08 (Nyamka) | AnTuTu | 1496095 |
| 📘 2026-05-06 (Максим) | AnTuTu | 1422388 |
| 📘 2026-03-01 (Unknown) | AnTuTu | 1456410 |
| 📘 2026-01-18 -> Gind1k | AnTuTu | 1549060 |
| 📘 2025-08-27 -> rei | GeekBench GPU | 9335 |
Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-05 (Chryso27) | AnTuTu | 815064 |
| 📘 2026-06-13 (Brill) | AnTuTu | 907763 |
| 📘 2026-05-28 (skoped) | AnTuTu | 950327 |
| 📘 2026-05-23 (skoped) | GeekBench CPU | 1171 / 3301 |
| 📘 2026-05-23 (skoped) | AnTuTu | 898821 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1000 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 5.1 |
| OS size | 28.6 GB | 23.6 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (64% in 30 min) | Yes (100% in 84 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:01 hr | 1:25 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:28 hr | 07:39 hr |
| Watching video | 11:26 hr | 12:04 hr |
| Gaming | 04:41 hr | 04:46 hr |
| Standby | 106 hr | 85 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 1.1x |
| 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 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth: 0.3 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 | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 70 mm | 29 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3K1 | Samsung Bright S5KGW2 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 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 | Samsung S5K2LA |
| 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
| Bokeh | 75 | 70 |
| Preview | 66 | - |
| Zoom | 121 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3872 x 2592 | 2592 x 3872 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX375 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 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 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 | 3.1 |
| 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 | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 22 |
| 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 | February 2020 |
| Release date | March 2022 | March 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $1200 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.38 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.57 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - 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 S22 Plus is definitely a better buy.
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