Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G vs Google Pixel 8 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 Google Pixel 8 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 3 years and 1 month 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
  • Shows 14% longer battery life (22:18 vs 19:29 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 23 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8 Pro
  • Delivers 95% higher peak brightness (1600 against 819 nits)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1367K versus 982K)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 13
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 20% higher pixel density (489 vs 407 PPI)
  • The phone is 3 years and 1 month newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G and Google Pixel 8 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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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 71% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G to Google Pixel 8 Pro makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: camera, performance, and gaming.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Super AMOLED OLED
Size 6.5 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1344 x 2992 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 407 ppi 489 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 400 nits 2400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 95.7% 99.5%
PWM 227 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 2.8 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
819 nits
1600 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 159.8 mm (6.29 inches) 162.6 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple Black, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G and Google Pixel 8 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G Google Tensor G3
Max clock 2840 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 9 (1 + 4 + 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 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 650 Immortalis-G715s MC10
GPU shading units 768 896
GPU clock 587 MHz 890 MHz
FLOPS ~901.6 GFLOPS ~1594.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G and Google Pixel 8 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1765
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4297
Compute Score (GPU)
Pixel 8 Pro +125%
6573
Compute Score (GPU) 2923 6573
Single-core score 1180 1765
Multi-core score 3300 4297
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1367231
CPU 391258 468427
GPU 171698 384941
Memory 167605 182041
UX 251913 331822
Total score 982474 1367231
Samples [27 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 982
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 90% 75%
Graphics test 6 FPS -
Graphics score 1114 -
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
Google Pixel 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-04 (Karlik)AnTuTu 121408420
📘 2026-05-05 (s1mpick)AnTuTu 111338293
📘 2026-05-04 (Bilal Ahmed)AnTuTu 111367231
📘 2026-04-13 -> SpaikleonowAnTuTu 111482218
📘 2026-03-26 (Bilal)AnTuTu 111328640

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2750 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 5.0 Stock Android
OS size 25.6 GB 14 GB
OS updates 2 years 7 years
Security updates 4 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 5050 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (23 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (37% in 30 min) Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:35 hr 1:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:09 hr 08:23 hr
Watching video 13:42 hr 12:10 hr
Gaming 05:01 hr 04:58 hr
Standby 114 hr 87 hr
General battery life
22:18 hr
19:29 hr

Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 5x
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° 126°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 26 mm 25 mm
Sensor Sony IMX555 Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.8 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 76 mm 113 mm
Sensor Hynix HI-847 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/4.5" (≈ 0.22 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 75
Zoom - 152
Samples - Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 10.5 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS -
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.22 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 No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 143
Video - 149

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
90.1 dB
89.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2020 October 2023
Release date October 2020 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $700 $999
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Google Pixel 10 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
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 15 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Pixel 8 Pro:
    - The smartphone includes a temperature sensor.
*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 Google Pixel 8 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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