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Apple iPhone XS vs Samsung Galaxy S20 5G SD865

Comparison of the technical features between smartphones, with the Apple iPhone XS on one side and the Samsung Galaxy S20 5G SD865 on the other. The first has a processor with 6 cores, 6 threads, a maximale frequency of 2.5GHz. The second chips has a total of 8 cores, 8 threads, its turbo frequency is set to 2.8GHz. The following table also compares the lithography, the amount of RAM memory, the date of first broadcast, the values obtained in Geekbench 4.

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Specifications:

Smartphone		Apple iPhone XS				Samsung Galaxy S20 5G SD865
Model version(s)		A1920, A2097, A2098, A2100				SM-G981U, SM-G981U1
Release date		Q3 2018				Q1 2020
Network		CDMA, EVDO, GSM, HSPA, LTE				5G, CDMA, GSM, EVDO, HSPA, LTE
Dimensions		5,65 x 2,79 x 0,30 in				5,97 x 2,72 x 0,31 in
Weight		6.24 oz				5.75 oz
Body		Front and back glass, frame in stainless steel				Front and back glass, aluminum frame
Screen size, colours		5.8 inches, 625 nits, 16M colours				6.2 inches, 16M colours
Screen type		Super AMOLED				Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Resolution		1125 x 2436 pixels				1440 x 3200 pixels
Screen ratio		19.5:9				20:9
Density		458 ppi				563 ppi
Operating system		iOS 12				Android 10.0; One UI 2
Processor		Apple A12 Bionic				Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865
Lithography		7 nm FinFET				7 nm N7P
Cores		6				8
Threads		6				8
Energy cores		4x Apple Tempest @ 1.59 GHz				4x Qualcomm Kryo 585 Silver @ 1.8 GHz
High performance cores		2x Apple Vortex @ 2.49 GHz				1x Qualcomm Kryo 585 Prime @ 2.84 GHz 3x Qualcomm Kryo 585 Gold @ 2.42 GHz
GPU integrated graphics		Apple A12 Bionic GPU				Qualcomm Adreno 650
GPU execution units		4				2
GPU shading units		-				512
GPU clock rate		-				587 MHz
GPU FP32 floating point		487.5 GFLOPS				1,250 GFLOPS
Memory		4 GB RAM				12 GB RAM
Storage		64 / 512 GB				128 / 512 GB
Memory card		-				Up to 1,000 GB
Photo		12 MP, f/1,8, 26mm 12 MP, f/2,4, 52mm				12 MP, f/1,8, 26mm, 64 MP, f/2,0, 12 MP, f/2,2, 13mm
Video		2160p24/30/60, 1080p30/60/120/240				4320p24, 2160p30/60, 1080p30/60/240, 720p960
Front photo		7 MP, f/2,2, 32mm				10 MP, f/1,9, 26mm
Front video		1080p60				2160p30/60, 1080p30
WLAN		Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac				Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth		5.0, A2DP, LE				5.0, A2DP, LE
USB		USB 2.0				USB Type-C 3.1
Battery capacity		2,658 mAh				4,000 mAh
Battery type		Non removable Li-Ion				Non removable Li-Po
Battery life (versatile use)		~ 12 hours and 10 minutes				~ 11 hours and 30 minutes
TDP		5 W				-
Head SAR		-				-
Body SAR		-				-
DxOMark		105				-
(iOS 64-bit | Android 64-bit) Geekbench 4 single core		4,758				3,981
(iOS 64-bit | Android 64-bit) Geekbench 4 multi-core		11,178				12,609
(iOS | Android) Geekbench 5 single core		1,107				814
(iOS | Android) Geekbench 5 multi-core		2,315				3,040
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We can easily compare the technical characteristics between these two smartphones. The phone Samsung Galaxy S20 5G SD865 has a larger number of cores, the maximum frequency of Samsung Galaxy S20 5G SD865 is larger. The Samsung Galaxy S20 5G SD865 was started more recently.

Autonomy: the autonomy given is the one for a versatile use with video playback, web browsing, various applications, games, photos, etc ...

Performances :

Performance comparison between the two smartphones, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark softwares such as Geekbench 4.

	Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & single core score - Android 64-bit & iOS 64-bit
Samsung Galaxy S20 5G SD865#ad	3,981 12,609
Apple iPhone XS#ad	4,758 11,178

In single core, the difference is 20%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 13%.

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average of the performances got with these smartphones, you may get different results.

Geekbench 4 is a complete benchmark platform with several types of tests, including data compression, images, AES encryption, SQL encoding, HTML, PDF file rendering, matrix computation, Fast Fourier Transform, 3D object simulation, photo editing, memory testing. This allows us to better visualize the respective power of these devices. For each result, we took an average of 250 values on the famous benchmark software.

	Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & single core score - Android & iOS
Samsung Galaxy S20 5G SD865	814 3,040
Apple iPhone XS	1,107 2,315

In single core, the difference is 36%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 31%.

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average of the performances got with these smartphones, you may get different results.

Geekbench 5 is a software for measuring the performance of a computer system, for fixed devices, mobile devices, servers. This platform makes it possible to better compare the power of the CPU, the computing power and to compare it with similar or totally different systems. Geekbench 5 includes new workloads that represent work tasks and applications that we can find in reality.

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