vivo X90 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Comparison and Differences

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vivo X90 Pro

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vivo X90 Pro or Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model vivo X90 Pro Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
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Release date 2022, November 22 2020, August 05
Dimensions (HxWxD) 164.1 x 74.5 x 9.3 mm | 6.46 x 6.46 x 2.93 in 164.8 x 77.2 x 8.1 mm | 6.49 x 6.49 x 3.04 in
Weight 214.9 g | 7.58 oz 208 g | 7.34 oz
Body Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus), stainless steel frame
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Colors Legendary Black, Red Mystic Bronze, Mystic Black, Mystic White
Battery 4870 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable 4500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
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Screen

Technology AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 1B 16M
Screen size 6.78" in 6.9" in
Screen area 111.0 cm2 116.7 cm2
Screen format 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 90.8% 91.7%
Screen resolution 1260 x 2800 px 1440 x 3088 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 453 PPI 496 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Other specs - 120Hz
-HDR10+
-1300 nits (peak)
- HDR10+
-Always-on display
-120Hz@FHD/60Hz@QHD refresh rate
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 50.3 MP, Triple 108 MP, Triple
Camera specs -50.3 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1.0"-type, 1.6µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
-50 MP, f/1.6, 50mm (telephoto), 1/2.4", 0.7µm, AF, 2x optical zoom, OIS
-12 MP, f/2.0, 108˚ (ultrawide), AF
-108 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.33", 0.8µm, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
-12 MP, f/3.0, 120mm (periscope telephoto), 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom, 50x hybrid zoom
-12 MP, f/2.2, 120˚, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm
Functions Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, Pixel Shift, dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 8K, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS
DxOMark Main Score 136 121
DxOMark Photo 133 130
DxOMark Video 133 101
Front camera, selfie 32 MP, Single 10 MP, Single
Specifications 32 MP, f/2.5, 24mm (wide), 1/2.8'', 0.8µm 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.2'', 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF
Functions HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 100
DxOMark Photo 104
DxOMark Video 95

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 13, Funtouch 13 (Global), Origin OS 3 (China) Android 10, One UI 2.5
Chipset - Mediatek MT6985 Dimensity 9200 (4 nm) - Exynos 990 (7 nm+)
- Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865+ (7 nm+) - USA
CPU - Octa-core (1x3.05 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.50 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510)
-Octa-core (1x3.05 GHz Cortex-X3 & 3x2.85 GHz Cortex-A715 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A510)
- Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) - Global
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Octa-core (1x3.0 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585) - USA
GPU Arm Immortalis-G715 Mali-G77 MP11 - Global
Adreno 650 - USA
External memory No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal memory 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM 256GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 9 Total 1282999 666321
Antutu 8 Total 528591
GeekBench 6 Single Core 990
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2748
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 4133
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 4137
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1392 788
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 4509 2645

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
-5G - 1, 3, 5, 8, 28, 38, 40, 41, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA
-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
Speed HSPA, LTE-A, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (7CA) Cat20 2000/200 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS, NavIC Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go 3.2, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.3, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.57 W/kg (head) 1.02 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head) 1.47 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio (market dependent)
Headphone jack No No
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Tuned by AKG

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum , Infrared port - Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast charging 120W , 50% in 8 min
-Wireless charging 50W
-Reverse charging
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- 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, 9ms latency (Bluetooth integration, accelerometer, gyro)

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