Samsung Galaxy S20 FE vs A54 5G

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 A54 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1380 and came out 2 years and 6 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
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
  • 17% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (909K versus 779K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 22% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1234 and 1009 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • The phone is 2 years and 6 months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 1380
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and A54 5G 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 15% Yes
No, we don't think this update is worth it.
Moving from Samsung Galaxy S20 FE to Samsung Galaxy A54 5G will likely not feel like a meaningful upgrade.
Main improvements: battery life and display.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in performance and camera.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.5 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 407 ppi 403 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 740 nits 1000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 85.8% 82.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.6%
PWM - 253 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 159.8 mm (6.29 inches) 158.2 mm (6.23 inches)
Width 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) 76.7 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
85.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 990 Samsung Exynos 1380
Max clock 2730 MHz 2400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (4 + 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 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G77 MP11 Mali-G68 MP5
GPU shading units 352 160
GPU clock 832 MHz 949 MHz
FLOPS ~585.7 GFLOPS ~303.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1234
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3385
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 3003
Single-core score 1234 1009
Multi-core score 3385 2865
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
909679
779380
CPU 359475 320379
GPU 155594 91502
Memory 153878 118771
UX 240732 248788
Total score 909679 779380
Samples [11 tests] [28 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 77% 97%
Graphics test 2 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 247 278
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 67% 99%
Graphics test 6 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 1061 808
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
12706
Web score 9860 11039
Video editing 6780 7267
Photo editing 29317 25604
Data manipulation 8978 9921
Writing score 10600 15745

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 A54 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-05 -> Danielfikri98_AnTuTu 12843108
📘 2026-09-08 (Chillorgil)AnTuTu 12856948
📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltailsGeekbench 6 CPU1027 / 3015
📘 2026-06-23 -> samueltailsAnTuTu 11811942
📘 2026-05-27 (Matheus)AnTuTu 11779380

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 5.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 24 GB 28 GB
OS updates 2 years 4 years
Security updates 4 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 45 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:35 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:04 hr
Watching video - 14:16 hr
Gaming - 05:24 hr
Standby - 106 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K2LD Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
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 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5K3L6
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
Macro lens
Image resolution - 5 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 25 mm
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 55
Preview - 53
Zoom - 79
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy A54 5G from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX616
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 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 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 Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 19 18
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 Mid-range
Announced September 2020 March 2023
Release date October 2020 March 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $700 $490
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
SAR (head) 0.341 W/kg 0.69 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.447 W/kg 1.34 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 15 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy A54 5G:
    - Only phones with model numbers SM-A546B and SM-A546E support eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. But if the battery life and software are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G.

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