Lab – The performance of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and the limits of the Exynos

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With 12 and 16 GB of RAM respectively, the Samsung Galaxy S20 and S20 Ultra are real power monsters. Unfortunately, this power is limited by the SoC Exynos chosen by the manufacturer in Europe.

For its Galaxy S20, Samsung puts the package on performance. In addition to its state-of-the-art SoC, the Exynos 990, the Korean manufacturer has chosen to integrate 12 GB of RAM in its Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20 +. For its part, the Galaxy S20 Ultra has no less than 16 GB of RAM. A veritable paraphernalia which we hastened to verify the relevance in the face of our Review protocols.

First, note that Europe is now the last refuge for Samsung's Exynos chips. When the rest of the world takes advantage of the Galaxy S20 with a Snapdragon 865 chip, users of the Old Continent, they have to do with the Exynos 990. A health home SoC deemed less efficient than its American competitor. While waiting to Review a mobile equipped with the Qualcomm chip, let's take a look at the capabilities of this Exynos 990 against the Snapdragon 855+ or Huawei's Kirin 990. According to our tests, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and the Huawei Mate 30 Pro are the best performing smartphones using these components. For its part, the Pixel 4 (Snapdragon 855, 8 GB of RAM) appears as the best performing phone in all categories. We will see how the S20 are positioned against these three smartphones.

The fluidity of the S20 Ultra

In multitasking first, the Galaxy S20 and its 12 GB of RAM reach a quite honorable score. With its performance index positioned at 96.89, the Korean flagship is among the best. However, this is not enough to catch its competitors that are the Galaxy Z Flip (97.55), the Google Pixel 4 (99.07) or the Huawei Mate 30 Pro (100.55). Even by activating the "high performance" mode supposed to give a little boost to the processor, the Galaxy S20 struggles to take off and stagnates at an index of 96.62. Suffice to say that the difference between the two modes is insignificant.

The Galaxy S20 Ultra fares much better. With its 16 GB of RAM, the mobile has a multitasking index of 100.61. The best score ever recorded in our laboratory for this exercise. It therefore precedes the Huawei Mate 30 Pro by a short head. Again, there is no point in exploiting the "high performance" mode, as this does not improve things.

A stall in play

In game, the Galaxy S20 is definitely outdistanced by the best student encountered so far, the Pixel 4. Where the Google smartphone climbs to 113.89, the Korean mobile gets only 81.04. In "high performance" mode, it does not do much better (81.86). Competition is therefore better, whether it is the Mate 30 Pro and its Kirin 990 (108.99) or the Galaxy Z Flip and its Snapdragon 855+ (106.96). Concretely, the Galaxy S20 rises to 46 fps on average, when its rivals rotate between 60 and 63 fps. And this time, there will be no thinnings on the side of the Galaxy S20 Ultra. At 81.73 by default, he only wins an index of 85.15 once the horses are released. All for averages at 46 and 47 fps. The flagship of Korean flagships therefore always remains far from its competitors.

Snapdragon regret

This stall in game therefore prevents Samsung's mobiles from finding a place at the top of the table. With respectively 88.97 and 91.17, the S20 and S20 Ultra record results far from the high-end of the competition. The Pixel 4 XL, with its Snapdragon 855 chip and 6 GB of RAM, obtains an overall performance index of 106.48. For its part, the Mate 30 Pro, operating the Kirin 990, Huawei's latest SoC, is positioned at 104.77. Despite the excess RAM, the Exynos chips installed in the S20 and S20 Ultra have been released. A conclusion all the more regrettable that the Galaxy Z Flip is doing it honorably with its Snapdragon 855+ chip and its score of 102.26.

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