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Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5G

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5G , Apple iPhone 8 Plus

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5G 2020 year of release, cpu - Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) - Global -Octa-core (1x3.0 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585) - USA, screen 6.7", with resolution 1080x2400. Smartphone has 10 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Apple iPhone 8 Plus 2017 year of release, cpu Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral), screen 5.5", with resolution 1080x1920. Smartphone has 7 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Plus LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.7" inc 5.5" inch
Screen area 108.4 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 20:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 89.2% 67.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2400 px 1080 x 1920 px
PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Triple 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS -64 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (telephoto), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x hybrid zoom -12 MP, f/2.2, 120˚, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), OIS, PDAF -12 MP, f/2.8, 57mm (telephoto), 2x optical zoom, PDAF
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR Face detection, HDR
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 10 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.2'', 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)
DxOMark Main Score 112 94
DxOMark Photo 115 96
DxOMark Video 97 89
Performance Operating system OS Android 10, One UI 2.5 iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Exynos 990 (7 nm+) - Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865+ (7 nm+) - USA Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm)
Processor CPU - Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) - Global -Octa-core (1x3.0 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585) - USA Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)
Graphics processor GPU - Mali-G77 MP11 - Global -Adreno 650 - USA Apple GPU (three-core graphics)
External memory No No
Internal memory 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 232145
GeekBench 4 Single Core 4224
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10193
Antutu 8 score 528591 305167
GeekBench 4 Battery 2842
General specs Release date 2020, August 05 2017, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 161.6 Х 75.2 Х 8.3 mm 158.4 Х 78.1 Х 7.5 mm
Weight 192 g 202 g
Colors Mystic Green, Mystic Bronze, Mystic Gray, Mystic Red, Mystic Blue Gold, Space Gray, Silver, Red
Battery 4300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2691 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 1000 EUR 770 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 21 h (3G) Music play - Up to 60 h
Body build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), plastic back Front/back glass, aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)  CDMA 800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100   CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -4G - LTE -5G - SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (7CA) Cat20 2000/200 Mbps, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.2, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.95 W/kg (head) 0.72 W/kg (body) SAR EU - 0.68 W/kg (head) 1.37 W/kg (body) SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio FM radio (market dependent) No
Headphone jack No No
Others - HDR10+ -Always-on display Wide color gamut -3D Touch display & home button -True-tone
Other features Dop - Sensors - Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support) -ANT+ -Bixby natural language commands and dictation - Fast charging 25W -USB Power Delivery 3.0 -Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W -Reverse wireless charging 4.5W - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) -Stylus, 26ms latency (Bluetooth integration, gyro) Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min -Qi wireless charging -Siri natural language commands and dictation - IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins) -Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified) - Versions: A1864 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1897 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore); A1898 (Japan)

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy Note 20 5G
  • Screen 6.7"
  • Front camera 10 MP
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • RAM 8 GB
Reasons to buy iPhone 8 Plus
  • Screen 5.5"