Samsung Galaxy S20 FE vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro
56
out of 100
VS
76
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.5-inch Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (with Exynos 990) 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.
Select the amount of RAM to evaluate performance and value for money more precisely
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
- 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
- 65% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1501K versus 909K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- 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
- 2.4x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2961 and 1234 points
- Ready for eSIM technology
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Select your primary usage scenario to get a more accurate DeviceFacts Score
Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| 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 | 740 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 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 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S20 FE
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)
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 | Samsung Exynos 990 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2730 MHz | 3460 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 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G77 MP11 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 352 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 832 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~585.7 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 23942 |
| Single-core score | 1234 | 2961 |
| Multi-core score | 3385 | 7133 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 359475 | 382796 |
| GPU | 155594 | 467517 |
| Memory | 153878 | 178501 |
| UX | 240732 | 472459 |
| Total score | 909679 | 1501273 |
| Samples | [11 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 77% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 247 | - |
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 | 67% | 72% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1061 | 3340 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9860 | - |
| Video editing | 6780 | - |
| Photo editing | 29317 | - |
| Data manipulation | 8978 | - |
| Writing score | 10600 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-02-25 (Pearlescent) | AnTuTu 11 | 895369 |
| 📘 2026-02-16 (Naynay(guaranay)) | AnTuTu 11 | 886994 |
| 📘 2026-01-31 (Victor) | AnTuTu 11 | 792094 |
| 📘 2026-01-19 (souzabrz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1027276 |
| 📘 2026-01-16 (souzabrz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1020628 |
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-15 (Tannery) | AnTuTu 11 | 1335615 |
| 📘 2026-09-26 (Peltsi74) | AnTuTu 11 | 1477304 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Атомная бомба) | AnTuTu 11 | 1772840 |
| 📘 2026-08-31 (LORDroid) | AnTuTu 11 | 1445126 |
| 📘 2026-08-16 (Ronaldo) | AnTuTu 11 | 1626008 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| 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 | 24 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-Po | 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 (50% in 45 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:35 hr | 1:41 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 09:41 hr |
| Watching video | - | 16:03 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:38 hr |
| Standby | - | 112 hr |
General battery life
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 |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K2LD | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Samsung Galaxy S20 FE from DxOMark | 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 |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| LTE Cat* | 19 | 20 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
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 | September 2020 | September 2022 |
| Release date | October 2020 | September 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $700 | $999 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 0.341 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.447 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity 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.
Cast your vote
Total votes: 108