Samsung Galaxy S20 FE vs Galaxy A03

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 Samsung Galaxy A03, which is powered by Unisoc T606 and came out 1 year and 2 months 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
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 3.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (909K versus 291K)
  • Has 3x more RAM: 6GB versus 2GB
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • 51% higher pixel density (407 vs 270 PPI)
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A03
  • The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and Galaxy A03 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)

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6 / 128 GB
VS
2 / 32 GB
13.7
(Bad)
Value Index
77.4
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Super AMOLED PLS TFT
Size 6.5 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 720 x 1600 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 407 ppi 270 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 740 nits 400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 81.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
-
Display tests
RGB color space - 96%
PWM - Not detected
Response time - 45 ms
Contrast - 1641:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
417 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 159.8 mm (6.29 inches) 164.2 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 9.1 mm (0.36 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
85.8%
81.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and Samsung Galaxy A03
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 990 Unisoc T606
Max clock 2730 MHz 1600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Exynos M5
- 6 cores at 1.6 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 1.6 GHz: Cortex-A75
L3 cache 2 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes No
GPU
Graphics Mali-G77 MP11 Mali G57 MP1
GPU shading units 352 32
GPU clock 832 MHz 650 MHz
FLOPS ~585.7 GFLOPS ~41.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and Samsung Galaxy A03
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1234
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3385
1199
Single-core score 1234 370
Multi-core score 3385 1199
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
909679
291706
CPU 359475 136204
GPU 155594 15043
Memory 153878 67286
UX 240732 73173
Total score 909679 291706
Samples [11 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 77% -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
Graphics score 247 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
Graphics score 1061 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
11028
7149
Web score 9860 6677
Video editing 6780 3936
Photo editing 29317 14202
Data manipulation 8978 5677
Writing score 10600 8365

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
Samsung Galaxy A03
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-19 (Muniviiro)AnTuTu 12367769
📘 2025-11-19 -> UsererAnTuTu 11291706
📘 2025-11-17 (niokn)AnTuTu 11303324
📘 2025-10-08 (KIN)AnTuTu 11291379
📘 2024-07-30 (enmitysl)Geekbench 6 CPU370 / 1199

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 2 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2750 MHz -
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 32 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM One UI 5.0 One UI Core 5.1
OS size 24 GB 13.5 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 4 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 45 min) Yes (20% in 40 min)
Full charging time 1:35 hr 3:35 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:11 hr
Watching video - 11:46 hr
Gaming - 05:23 hr
Standby - 103 hr
General battery life
21:21 hr

Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS No
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) No
Angle of widest lens 123° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K2LD -
Sensor size 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) -
Pixel size 1.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
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 -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 5 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 2560 x 1960
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C Micro USB
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 19 4
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No -
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Budget
Announced September 2020 November 2021
Release date October 2020 January 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $700 $140
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy A07 4G
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
- Proximity sensor
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 15 W Yes, 8 W
*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 FE is definitely a better buy.

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