Samsung Galaxy S10 vs Galaxy A23
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out of 100
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58
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S10 (with Exynos 9 Octa 9820) that was released on February 20, 2019, against the Samsung Galaxy A23, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 and came out 37 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S10
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (648K versus 302K)
- Delivers 77% higher peak brightness (822 against 465 nits)
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- 38% higher pixel density (551 vs 400 PPI)
- Handles Qi/PMA wireless charging up to 9W
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
- Super AMOLED display (versus competitor''s PLS TFT)
- Thinner bezels – 5.08% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A23
- Shows 73% longer battery life (35:52 vs 20:46 hours)
- Comes with 1600 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3400 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
- The phone is 3-years and 1-month newer
- Supports higher wattage charging (25W versus 15W)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 680
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
Value for money
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Super AMOLED | PLS TFT |
| Size | 6.1 inches | 6.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3040 pixels | 1080 x 2408 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 551 ppi | 400 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1215 nits | 460 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.08% | 83% |
| Display features |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display |
- |
| RGB color space | 98.1% | - |
| PWM | 240 Hz | - |
| Response time | 4.8 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 149.9 mm (5.9 inches) | 164.5 mm (6.48 inches) |
| Width | 70.4 mm (2.77 inches) | 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 157 g (5.54 oz) | 195 g (6.88 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Green | White, Black, Blue, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 |
| Max clock | 2730 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.31 GHz: Cortex-A75 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Mongoose M4 |
- 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) |
| Lithography process | 8 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali-G76 MP12 | Adreno 610 |
| GPU shading units | 432 | 128 |
| GPU clock | 720 MHz | 1110 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~607 GFLOPS | ~284 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 148103 | 97504 |
| GPU | 236968 | 49417 |
| Memory | 121310 | 87497 |
| UX | 141476 | 65836 |
| Total score | 648880 | 302567 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 40.6 °C | - |
| Stability | 82% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3230 | 440 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 6523 | 6871 |
| Video editing | 5794 | 4228 |
| Photo editing | 18751 | 13622 |
| Data manipulation | 7126 | 5785 |
| Writing score | 10017 | 8438 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4, 6, 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 32, 64, 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 512 GB | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | One UI 4.0 | One UI 5.0 |
| OS size | 9.5 GB | 24 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 3400 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 15 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | - |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes, Qi/PMA (9 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (50% in 30 min) | Yes (32% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:35 hr | 1:43 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:12 hr | 13:23 hr |
| Watching video | 10:32 hr | 12:41 hr |
| Gaming | 03:23 hr | 06:14 hr |
| Standby | 70 hr | 127 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8700 x 5800 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 120 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | - |
| Lenses | 3 (12 MP + 12 MP + 16 MP) | 4 (50 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/1.5 - 2.4 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Samsung SAK2L4 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/1.5 - Focal length: 52 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.6", Samsung S5K3M3 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
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| Ultra-wide lens |
- 16 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 12 mm |
- 5 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/5" (CMOS) |
| Macro lens | - |
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 |
| Depth lens | - |
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 |
| Camera features |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode |
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4320 x 2432 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 microns | - |
| Sensor type | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" | - |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ax) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features |
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | 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 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support * | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat * | 20 | - |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | Yes |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Budget |
| Announced | February 2019 | March 2022 |
| Release date | March 2019 | March 2022 |
| SAR (head) | 0.48 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.59 W/kg | - |
| Sensors |
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Yes, 15 W |
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Disclaimer!
NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S10 . But if the battery life and software are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A23 .
