Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.5-inch Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G) that was released on September 23, 2020, against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 2 years after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
  • Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3200 mAh
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Reverse charging feature
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 16 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro
  • Delivers 119% higher peak brightness (1790 against 819 nits)
  • 53% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1501K versus 982K)
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (24:20 vs 22:18 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • 13% higher pixel density (460 vs 407 PPI)
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A16 Bionic
  • 2.5x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2961 and 1180 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G and Apple iPhone 14 Pro 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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6 / 128 GB
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6 / 128 GB
188.3
(Excellent)
Value Index
83.0
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Super AMOLED OLED
Size 6.5 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 407 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 400 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 -
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 86.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 95.7% 99.8%
PWM 227 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 2.8 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S20 FE 5G
6.5″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
iPhone 14 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
819 nits
1790 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 159.8 mm (6.29 inches) 147.5 mm (5.81 inches)
Width 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 7.85 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple Black, Silver, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G and Apple iPhone 14 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G Apple A16 Bionic
Max clock 2840 MHz 3460 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 650 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 768 640
GPU clock 587 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~901.6 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G and Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
23942
Compute Score (GPU) 2923 23942
Single-core score 1180 2961
Multi-core score 3300 7133
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1501273
CPU 391258 382796
GPU 171698 467517
Memory 167605 178501
UX 251913 472459
Total score 982474 1501273
Samples [27 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 77%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Section 1 - 20 FPS
Section 2 - 16 FPS
Section 3 - 12 FPS
Graphics score - 4289
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 90% 72%
Graphics test 6 FPS 20 FPS
Graphics score 1114 3340
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10914 -
Video editing 7129 -
Photo editing 31102 -
Data manipulation 9568 -
Writing score 12727 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 -> FenixistarkAnTuTu 121134088
📘 2026-10-05 (Gigante Supremo)AnTuTu 121111940
📘 2026-08-31 (GameFabuloso16)AnTuTu 111010010
📘 2026-08-09 (May)AnTuTu 11745543
📘 2026-07-13 (pooh)AnTuTu 111010016
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-15 (Tannery)AnTuTu 111335615
📘 2026-09-26 (Peltsi74)AnTuTu 111477304
📘 2026-09-21 (Атомная бомба)AnTuTu 111772840
📘 2026-08-31 (LORDroid)AnTuTu 111445126
📘 2026-08-16 (Ronaldo)AnTuTu 111626008

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 2750 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM One UI 5.0 -
OS size 25.6 GB -
OS updates 2 years 6 years
Security updates 4 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 3200 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (37% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:35 hr 1:41 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:09 hr 09:41 hr
Watching video 13:42 hr 16:03 hr
Gaming 05:01 hr 05:38 hr
Standby 114 hr 112 hr
General battery life
22:18 hr
24:20 hr

Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No 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 123° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX555 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.8 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 76 mm 77 mm
Sensor Hynix HI-847 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/4.5" (≈ 0.22 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 91
Zoom - 139
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 139
Video - 154

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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
90.1 dB
89.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2020 September 2022
Release date October 2020 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $700 $999
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) 0.5 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.35 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 15 W 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 Apple iPhone 14 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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