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Samsung Galaxy S20 FE vs Google Pixel 9a

56 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
VS
67 out of 100
Google Pixel 9a
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
Google Pixel 9a

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.5-inch Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (with Exynos 990) that was released on September 23, 2020, against the Google Pixel 9a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 4 years and 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  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 FE
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9a
  • 45% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1321K versus 909K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 13
  • The phone is 4 years and 7 months newer
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Tensor G4
  • 36% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1677 and 1234 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and Google Pixel 9a 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 70% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy S20 FE to Google Pixel 9a makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: gaming, display, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S20 FE
vs
Pixel 9a

Display

Type Super AMOLED POLED
Size 6.5 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 407 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 740 nits 2700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 84.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.2%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S20 FE
n/a
Pixel 9a
1927 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 159.8 mm (6.29 inches) 154.7 mm (6.09 inches)
Width 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) 73.3 mm (2.89 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple White, Black, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.53/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S20 FE +2%
85.8%
Pixel 9a
84.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and Google Pixel 9a
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 990 Google Tensor G4
Max clock 2730 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 2 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G77 MP11 Mali-G715 MP7
GPU shading units 352 896
GPU clock 832 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~585.7 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and Google Pixel 9a
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S20 FE
1234
Pixel 9a +36%
1677
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S20 FE
3385
Pixel 9a +20%
4067
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 7784
Single-core score 1234 1677
Multi-core score 3385 4067
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S20 FE
909679
Pixel 9a +45%
1321069
CPU 359475 445318
GPU 155594 410687
Memory 153878 175537
UX 240732 289527
Total score 909679 1321069
Samples [11 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S20 FE
247
Pixel 9a +329%
1060
Stability 77% 81%
Graphics test 2 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 247 1060
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
Graphics score 1061 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S20 FE
11028
Pixel 9a +17%
12890
Web score 9860 10570
Video editing 6780 7547
Photo editing 29317 21264
Data manipulation 8978 12988
Writing score 10600 16308
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-02-25 (Pearlescent)AnTuTu 11895369
📘 2026-02-16 (Naynay(guaranay))AnTuTu 11886994
📘 2026-01-31 (Victor)AnTuTu 11792094
📘 2026-01-19 (souzabrz)AnTuTu 111027276
📘 2026-01-16 (souzabrz)AnTuTu 111020628
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Google Pixel 9a
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (Leif)AnTuTu 111590049
📘 2026-05-13 (kiriguap)AnTuTu 111182042
📘 2026-03-09 (d1ldo)AnTuTu 11943849
📘 2026-01-03 (Joy)AnTuTu 111487240
📘 2025-11-11 (VLAD)AnTuTu 111507185
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 8 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 5.0 Stock Android
OS size 24 GB 14 GB
OS updates 2 years 7 years
Security updates 4 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 5100 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
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 (47% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:35 hr 1:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:20 hr
Watching video - 12:40 hr
Gaming - 06:06 hr
Standby - 91 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S20 FE
n/a
Pixel 9a
20:15 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
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) Ultrawide: 13 MP
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/1.7
Focal length 26 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K2LD Samsung GN8
Sensor size 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 76 mm -
Sensor Hynix HI-847 -
Sensor size 1/4.5" (≈ 0.22 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 16 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX712
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Galaxy S20 FE
119
Pixel 9a +21%
144
Video quality
Galaxy S20 FE +1%
101
Pixel 9a
100
Generic main camera score
Galaxy S20 FE
115
Pixel 9a +11%
128
Bokeh - 145
Zoom - 99
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 9a from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 20 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (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 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
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* No Yes
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 19 -
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S20 FE
n/a
Pixel 9a
88.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced September 2020 March 2025
Release date October 2020 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $700 $499
Successor - - Google Pixel 10a
SAR (head) 0.341 W/kg 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.447 W/kg 1.39 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
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 Google Pixel 9a is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
1 (33.3%)
2 (66.7%)
Total votes: 3

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