Samsung Galaxy S20 vs A54 5G

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S20 (with Exynos 9 Octa 990) that was released on February 11, 2020, against the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1380 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
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • 40% higher pixel density (563 vs 403 PPI)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • The rear camera has a 1.1x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • 16% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (907K versus 779K)
  • Thinner bezels – 5.7% more screen real estate
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 7.6 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
  • Shows 36% longer battery life (21:52 vs 16:07 hours)
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4000 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (974 against 810 nits)
  • The phone is 3 years and 1 month newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 3.0
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 1380

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S20 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
4 / 128 GB
133.6
(Excellent)
Value Index
73.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 563 ppi 403 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 800 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 82.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.6%
PWM 242 Hz 253 Hz
Response time 8.5 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A54 5G
6.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.6 in2
Galaxy S20
6.2″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.4 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
810 nits
974 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 151.7 mm (5.97 inches) 158.2 mm (6.23 inches)
Width 69.1 mm (2.72 inches) 76.7 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 163 g (5.75 oz) 202 g (7.13 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Gray, Blue, Red White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S20 and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 990 Samsung Exynos 1380
Max clock 3020 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 and Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1009
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
2914
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 3003
Single-core score 996 1009
Multi-core score 2914 2865
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S20 +16%
907140
779380
CPU 370196 320379
GPU 130687 91502
Memory 151878 118771
UX 254379 248788
Total score 907140 779380
Samples [4 tests] [28 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S20 +41%
391
Stability 73% 97%
Graphics test 3 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 391 278
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Galaxy S20 +75%
1414
Stability 71% 99%
Graphics test 8 FPS 4 FPS
Graphics score 1414 808
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
11592
12706
Web score 9900 11039
Video editing 5850 7267
Photo editing 32007 25604
Data manipulation 8870 9921
Writing score 13632 15745

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S20
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-17 -> wrathAnTuTu 11953700
📘 2026-06-16 (Wrath)AnTuTu 11907140
📘 2026-03-26 (Soulsinho)AnTuTu 11888046
📘 2026-01-20 (minxvix)AnTuTu 11876396
📘 2024-09-21 (Muhammad Abdullah Haider)Geekbench 6 CPU996 / 2914
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 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1000 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 5.1 One UI 8.0
OS size 20.1 GB 28 GB
OS updates 2 years 4 years
Security updates 4 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (100% in 75 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:49 hr 08:04 hr
Watching video 10:33 hr 14:16 hr
Gaming 04:30 hr 05:24 hr
Standby 69 hr 106 hr
General battery life
16:07 hr
21:52 hr

Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 1.1x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS 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 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 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 64 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 29 mm -
Sensor Samsung Bright S5KGW2 -
Sensor size 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 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 S5K2LA Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 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 A54 5G from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 2592 x 3872 6464 x 4864
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 Sony IMX616
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) 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 b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - 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 3.1 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* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 22 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
85.9 dB
88.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced February 2020 March 2023
Release date March 2020 March 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $490
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
SAR (head) 0.28 W/kg 0.69 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.52 W/kg 1.34 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger - 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 display, camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S20. But if the battery life and software are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A54 5G.

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Rafael December 9, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Please test the Samsung S20 model with 12 GB RAM. SM-G981 1B/DS. It offers a fast and smooth display operation, superior to that of my iPhone 11 Pro. It's also very convenient because of its lightweight design. Yes, the battery is small, but I carry a power bank in my laptop bag. Moreover, I prefer wireless charging and wouldn't want to be without this feature. By the way, nice website. Thanks.
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M. Horwath October 5, 2023 at 01:20 AM
Has the S20 that broke so as no longer been forced into the A54? So I have no control over this.
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