Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) vs Galaxy S20
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Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) Samsung Galaxy S20
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.6-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on February 9 2022 against the Samsung Galaxy S20 which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 990 and came out 25 months before. 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 S22 Plus (Snapdragon)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- 55% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (915K versus 589K)
- Shows 28% longer battery life (31:17 vs 24:28 hours)
- Delivers 48% higher peak brightness (1219 against 821 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 500 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 4000 mAh
- The phone is 2-years and 1-month newer
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20
- 43% higher pixel density (563 vs 393 PPI)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1000GB
- Weighs 32 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.7 mm narrower
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) 89 Galaxy S20 90 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) 88 Galaxy S20 68 Battery Battery life charging type and speed Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) 81 Galaxy S20 71 Camera Photo and video recording quality Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) 80 Galaxy S20 73 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) 92 Galaxy S20 92 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) 85 Galaxy S20 76
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) vs Galaxy S20
Display
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.6 inches | 6.2 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1440 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 393 ppi | 563 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 780 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1750 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.3% | 89.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Display tests | RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 242 Hz |
| Response time | - | 8.5 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) +48% 1219 nits Galaxy S20 821 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3]
Design and build
| Height | 157.4 mm (6.2 inches) | 151.7 mm (5.97 inches) |
| Width | 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) | 69.1 mm (2.72 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 195 gramm (6.88 oz) | 163 gramm (5.75 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White Black Gray Blue Green Pink Purple Yellow | Gray Blue Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | Yes in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) 88.3% Galaxy S20 +1% 89.5%
Performance
Tests of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) and Samsung Galaxy S20 in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 990 |
| Max. clock | 3000 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 | - 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 | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Mali-G77 MP11 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 550 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2236 GFLOPS | ~1196 GFLOPS |
Memory | RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
Storage | Storage size | 128 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.0 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max. size | - | Up to 1000 GB |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) +26% 1176 Galaxy S20 935 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) +28% 3551 Galaxy S20 2770 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) +55% 915342 Galaxy S20 589119
| CPU | 221512 | 151215 |
| GPU | 390502 | 230621 |
| Memory | 150390 | 81673 |
| UX | 148902 | 121126 |
| Total score | 915342 | 589119 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) +115% 9051 Galaxy S20 4216
| Stability | 52% | 42% |
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | 9051 | 4216 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 13165 | 10910 |
AnTuTu Benchmark Android Results (45th and 190th place) Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) |
| ROM | One UI 5.0 | One UI 4.1 |
| OS size | - | 20.1 GB |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 4500 mAh | 4000 mAh |
| Charge power | 45 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes (wireless) | Yes (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (64% in 30 min) | Yes (100% in 75 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:01 hr | 1:15 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | 10:49 hr | 08:40 hr |
| Watching video | 14:06 hr | 10:04 hr |
| Gaming | 05:10 hr | 04:15 hr |
| Standby | 102 hr | 83 hr |
General battery life Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) +28% 31:17 hr Galaxy S20 24:28 hr
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Optical 3x | Optical 1.1x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 3 (50 MP + 10 MP + 12 MP) | 3 (12 MP + 64 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.56" Samsung GN5 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization | - 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 |
| Telephoto lens | - 10 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 70 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.94" Samsung S5K3K1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization | - 64 MP - Aperture: f/2.0 - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.72" Samsung Bright S5KGW2 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55" Sony IMX713 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55" Samsung S5K2LA (ISOCELL CMOS) |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3872 x 2592 | 2592 x 3872 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 1.22 microns | 1.22 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" | 1/3.2" |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display | - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo |
| 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 | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 22 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test Max. loudness Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) n/a Galaxy S20 85.9 dB
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | February 2020 |
| Release date | March 2022 | March 2020 |
| SAR (head) | 0.57 W/kg | 0.28 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.4 W/kg | 1.52 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
*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 Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) is definitely a better buy.
Cast your vote
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