Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G vs Samsung Galaxy Note 20

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy Note 20, which is powered by Exynos 990 and came out 4 years and 2 months before. 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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Delivers 97% higher peak brightness (1212 against 615 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
  • Shows 18% longer battery life (22:58 vs 19:26 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
  • Comes with 810 mAh larger battery capacity: 5110 vs 4300 mAh
  • 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1001K versus 913K)
  • The phone is 4 years and 2 months newer
  • 13% higher pixel density (446 vs 393 PPI)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Note 20
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2400 MHz
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
  • Reverse charging feature
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G and Samsung Galaxy Note 20 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 60% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy Note 20 to Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: display, battery life, and camera.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2712 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 446 ppi 393 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 89.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.1% 99.9%
PWM 120 Hz 250 Hz
Response time 1 ms 6.4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1212 nits
615 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.53 mm (6.4 inches) 161.6 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 74.67 mm (2.94 inches) 75.2 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Green, Purple Black, Green, Brown
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G and Samsung Galaxy Note 20
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Samsung Exynos 990
Max clock 2500 MHz 2730 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A76
- 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Exynos M5
L3 cache - 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 810 Mali-G77 MP11
GPU shading units 256 352
GPU clock 1050 MHz 832 MHz
FLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS ~585.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G and Samsung Galaxy Note 20
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 4464 -
Single-core score 1174 1190
Multi-core score 3157 2964
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 388668 367742
GPU 177263 161823
Memory 186944 165680
UX 248908 218675
Total score 1001783 913920
Samples [27 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 88%
Graphics test 3 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 362 443
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 88%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1419
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12562 8678
Video editing 7767 5768
Photo editing 22920 29836
Data manipulation 11977 7918
Writing score 15830 12118

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (Crxzy)AnTuTu 12992985
📘 2026-09-16 (Arkelian)AnTuTu 121060019
📘 2026-09-12 (MishaDesher)AnTuTu 121029598
📘 2026-08-11 (Đat)AnTuTu 11959029
📘 2026-07-24 (Super)AnTuTu 111018676
Samsung Galaxy Note 20
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-14 (TimFire)AnTuTu 11868691
📘 2026-07-24 (Ctvy970)AnTuTu 11922959
📘 2026-05-09 -> Jazari28AnTuTu 11913920
📘 2023-10-26 (Saleh)Geekbench 6 CPU1190 / 2964

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2400 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 One UI 5.0
OS size 32 GB 35 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 2 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5110 mAh 4300 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (75% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:21 hr 1:05 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:26 hr 07:01 hr
Watching video 13:31 hr 12:33 hr
Gaming 05:43 hr 04:55 hr
Standby 102 hr 96 hr
General battery life
19:26 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 4000 x 3000
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.65 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHP3 Sony IMX555
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 64 MP
Aperture - f/2.0
Focal length - 27 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 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Samsung S5K2LA
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV02B -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Generic main camera score
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Note 20 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 5184 x 3888 3872 x 2592
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B40 Sony IMX374
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 103
Video - 95

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.4 5
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
DisplayPort No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2024 August 2020
Release date January 2025 August 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $1000
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G -
SAR (head) - 0.359 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.366 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W -
Further details
Notes on Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G:
    - The black and blue models (glass back) are 8.75 mm thick and weigh 210.14g, while the purple model (eco-leather) is 8.85 mm and 205.13g.
*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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G is definitely a better buy.

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