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Samsung Galaxy S20 vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus

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Samsung Galaxy S20 vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus

68 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S20
VS
53 out of 100
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Samsung Galaxy S20
Apple iPhone 8 Plus

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 Apple iPhone 8 Plus, which is powered by Apple A11 Bionic and came out 29 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20
  • Thinner bezels – 22.1% more screen real estate
  • Has 2.7x more RAM: 8GB versus 3GB
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1309 mAh larger battery capacity: 4000 vs 2691 mAh
  • Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
  • 59% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (652K versus 409K)
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • 40% higher pixel density (563 vs 401 PPI)
  • Delivers 32% higher peak brightness (821 against 624 nits)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1000GB
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 8 Plus
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Shows 12% longer battery life (27:25 vs 24:28 hours)
  • Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Samsung

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S20 and Apple iPhone 8 Plus 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
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation

Value for money

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S20
vs
iPhone 8 Plus

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 6.2 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1080 x 1920 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 16:9
PPI 563 ppi 401 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 800 nits 625 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 67.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display 		-
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.9%
PWM 242 Hz Not detected
Response time 8.5 ms 32 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 1471:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S20 +32%
821 nits
iPhone 8 Plus
624 nits

Design and build

Height 151.7 mm (5.97 inches) 158.4 mm (6.24 inches)
Width 69.1 mm (2.72 inches) 78.1 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.5 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 163 g (5.75 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Blue, Red Silver, Gold, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Tests of Samsung Galaxy S20 and Apple iPhone 8 Plus in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 990 Apple A11 Bionic
Max clock 2700 MHz 2390 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 6 (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 1.42 GHz: Mistral
- 2 cores at 2.39 GHz: Monsoon
L3 cache 2 MB -
Lithography process 7 nanometers 10 nanometers
Graphics Mali-G77 MP11 Apple A11 GPU
GPU shading units 704 192
GPU clock 550 MHz 1066 MHz
FLOPS ~1126 GFLOPS ~409.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
Galaxy S20 +59%
652761
iPhone 8 Plus
409550
CPU 185116 116319
GPU 195014 97105
Memory 144113 75477
UX 126679 118162
Total score 652761 409550
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Max surface temperature 49.7 °C 42.6 °C
Stability 51% 71%
Graphics test 25 FPS 20 FPS
Graphics score 4221 3432
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8843 -
Video editing 6024 -
Photo editing 30239 -
Data manipulation 8544 -
Writing score 11877 -

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 3 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4
Memory clock 3200 MHz -
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 64, 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.0 NVMe
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1000 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) iOS 11 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.5)
ROM One UI 4.1 -
OS size 20.1 GB 6 GB

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 2691 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes, Qi (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Fast charging Yes (100% in 75 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:40 hr 08:56 hr
Watching video 10:04 hr 11:09 hr
Gaming 04:15 hr 04:25 hr
Standby 83 hr 102 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S20
24:28 hr
iPhone 8 Plus +12%
27:25 hr

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera
Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 1.1x Optical, 2x
Flash LED Quad 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) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° -
Lenses 3 (12 MP + 64 MP + 12 MP) 2 (12 MP + 12 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 12 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 26 mm
- Pixel size: 1.8 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.76", Samsung S5K2LD (ISOCELL CMOS)
- Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
- Optical stabilization
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 28 mm
- Pixel size: 1.22 micron
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
Telephoto lens - 64 MP
- Aperture: f/2.0
- Pixel size: 0.8 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.72", Samsung Bright S5KGW2 (ISOCELL CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.8
- Focal length: 57 mm
- Phase autofocus
Ultra-wide lens - 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2
- Focal length: 13 mm
- Pixel size: 1.4 micron
- Sensor: 1/2.55", Samsung S5K2LA (ISOCELL CMOS)
-
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support 		- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 8 Plus from DxOMark
Selfie camera
Megapixels 10 megapixels 7 megapixels
Image resolution 2592 x 3872 3088 x 2320
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 32 mm
Pixel size 1.22 microns 1 microns
Sensor type CMOS BSI CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" -
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 b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display 		- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C No
USB version 3.1 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG 		- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC * Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM * 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support * Yes No
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat * 22 16
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S20 +7%
85.9 dB
iPhone 8 Plus
80.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2020 September 2017
Release date March 2020 September 2017
SAR (head) 0.28 W/kg 0.94 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.52 W/kg 0.99 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Fingerprint 		- 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy S20 is definitely a better buy.

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