Samsung Galaxy S20 FE vs Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
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Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.5-inch Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (with Exynos 990) that was released on September 23 2020 against the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 1 month after. On this page you will find tests full specs strengths and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
- Differences
- Review
- Specs
- Benchmarks
- Battery life
- Camera
- Comments
Key differences
An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 813 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3687 mAh
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
- Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Samsung
- 17% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (734K versus 625K)
- 13% higher pixel density (458 vs 407 PPI)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A14 Bionic
- 76% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 1606 and 915 points
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness Galaxy S20 FE 83 iPhone 12 Pro Max 78 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games Galaxy S20 FE 71 iPhone 12 Pro Max 83 Battery Battery life charging type and speed Galaxy S20 FE 89 iPhone 12 Pro Max 82 Camera Photo and video recording quality Galaxy S20 FE 79 iPhone 12 Pro Max 82 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission Galaxy S20 FE 89 iPhone 12 Pro Max 75 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation Galaxy S20 FE 79 iPhone 12 Pro Max 81
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: Galaxy S20 FE vs iPhone 12 Pro Max
Display
| Type | Super AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.5 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1284 x 2778 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 407 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 740 nits | 800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.8% | 87.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 |
Display tests | RGB color space | - | 99.4% |
| PWM | - | 238 Hz |
| Response time | - | 8 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) Galaxy S20 FE n/a iPhone 12 Pro Max 870 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3]
Design and build
| Height | 159.8 mm (6.29 inches) | 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 190 gramm (6.7 oz) | 226 gramm (7.97 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White Blue Green Red Orange Purple | Silver Gold Gray Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio Galaxy S20 FE 84.8% iPhone 12 Pro Max +3% 87.4%
Performance
Tests of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Samsung Exynos 990 | Apple A14 Bionic |
| Max. clock | 2730 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 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 1.8 GHz: Icestorm - 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali-G77 MP11 | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 800 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | ~1196 GFLOPS | - |
Memory | RAM size | 6 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
Storage | Storage size | 128 256 GB | 128 256 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max. size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) Galaxy S20 FE 915 iPhone 12 Pro Max +76% 1606 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) Galaxy S20 FE 3310 iPhone 12 Pro Max +29% 4278 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Galaxy S20 FE 625839 iPhone 12 Pro Max +17% 734482
| CPU | 160384 | 198261 |
| GPU | 217589 | 274782 |
| Memory | 121945 | 126169 |
| UX | 125154 | 131354 |
| Total score | 625839 | 734482 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance Galaxy S20 FE 3770 iPhone 12 Pro Max +109% 7882
| Stability | 54% | 75% |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | 47 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3770 | 7882 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 11233 | - |
AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Android Rating Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | iOS 14.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16) |
| ROM | One UI 4.1 | - |
| OS size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 4500 mAh | 3687 mAh |
| Charge power | 25 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 45 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:35 hr | 1:32 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | - | 12:04 hr |
| Watching video | - | 14:25 hr |
| Gaming | - | 07:11 hr |
| Standby | - | 122 hr |
General battery life Galaxy S20 FE n/a iPhone 12 Pro Max 35:25 hr Phones With the Best Battery Life
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical 3x | Optical 2.5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 3 (12 MP + 8 MP + 12 MP) | 4 (12 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP + 0 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.76" Samsung S5K2LD (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.6 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.7 micron - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 76 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/4.5" (CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 65 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.4" Sony IMX613 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/3.0" (CMOS) | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.4" Sony IMX372 (Exmor-RS CMOS) |
| Depth lens | - | Yes |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S20 FE from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4290 x 2800 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.8 microns | 1 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" | - |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality Galaxy S20 FE 119 iPhone 12 Pro Max +16% 138 Video quality Galaxy S20 FE 101 iPhone 12 Pro Max +12% 113 Generic camera score Galaxy S20 FE 115 iPhone 12 Pro Max +13% 130
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 |
| Bluetooth features | LE A2DP | LE A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.2 | - |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo | GPS GLONASS Galileo QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
Network | Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | Yes | No |
| 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 Galaxy S20 FE n/a iPhone 12 Pro Max 81.2 dB
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2020 | October 2020 |
| Release date | October 2020 | November 2020 |
| SAR (head) | 0.341 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.447 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
*Disclaimer! NFC GSM network support and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance software and design are more important to you then choose the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max. But if the display battery life and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE.
Cast your vote
So which phone would you choose? Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 78 (89.7%) Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max 9 (10.3%) Vote Total votes:
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