Samsung Galaxy S21 vs Galaxy S10
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Samsung Galaxy S10
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S21 (with Exynos 2100) that was released on January 14 2021 against the Samsung Galaxy S10 which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 9820 and came out 24 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 S21
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- 51% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (772K versus 509K)
- Shows 24% longer battery life (25:31 vs 20:33 hours)
- Comes with 600 mAh larger battery capacity: 4000 vs 3400 mAh
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
- More recent OS version: Android 13 versus 12
- The phone is 2-years newer
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S10
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- 31% higher pixel density (551 vs 421 PPI)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness Galaxy S21 87 Galaxy S10 76 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games Galaxy S21 79 Galaxy S10 57 Battery Battery life charging type and speed Galaxy S21 71 Galaxy S10 62 Camera Photo and video recording quality Galaxy S21 76 Galaxy S10 76 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission Galaxy S21 94 Galaxy S10 89 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation Galaxy S21 79 Galaxy S10 70
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: Galaxy S21 vs Galaxy S10
Display
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.2 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1440 x 3040 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19:9 |
| PPI | 421 ppi | 551 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 1215 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.2% | 88.08% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Display tests | RGB color space | 99.5% | 98.1% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) Galaxy S21 +4% 863 nits Galaxy S10 828 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3] [4]
Design and build
| Height | 151.7 mm (5.97 inches) | 149.9 mm (5.9 inches) |
| Width | 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) | 70.4 mm (2.77 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 169 gramm (5.96 oz) | 157 gramm (5.54 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White Gray Pink Purple | White Black Blue Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | Yes in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio Galaxy S21 87.2% Galaxy S10 +1% 88.08%
Performance
Tests of Samsung Galaxy S21 and Samsung Galaxy S10 in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2100 | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820 |
| Max. clock | 2900 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 3 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A78 - 1 core at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-X1 | - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Cortex-A75 - 2 cores at 2.7 GHz: Mongoose |
| L3 cache | - | 2 MB |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali-G78 MP14 | Mali G76 MP12 |
| GPU clock | 760 MHz | 720 MHz |
| FLOPS | - | ~652 GFLOPS |
Memory | RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
Storage | Storage size | 128 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max. size | - | Up to 512 GB |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) Galaxy S21 +47% 1033 Galaxy S10 704 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) Galaxy S21 +57% 3252 Galaxy S10 2066 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Galaxy S21 +51% 772188 Galaxy S10 509906
| CPU | 203417 | 123447 |
| GPU | 272156 | 191749 |
| Memory | 144766 | 85737 |
| UX | 146598 | 108901 |
| Total score | 772188 | 509906 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance Galaxy S21 +76% 5659 Galaxy S10 3209
| Stability | 66% | 82% |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | 19 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5659 | 3209 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 13812 | 8719 |
AnTuTu Benchmark Android Smartphone Scores Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) |
| ROM | One UI 5.0 | One UI 4.0 |
| OS size | 28.1 GB | 9.5 GB |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 4000 mAh | 3400 mAh |
| Charge power | 25 W | 15 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes Qi/PMA (9 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes (wireless) | Yes (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 50 min) | Yes Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:35 hr | 1:35 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | 07:17 hr | 06:03 hr |
| Watching video | 12:26 hr | 10:32 hr |
| Gaming | 04:20 hr | 03:11 hr |
| Standby | 92 hr | 70 hr |
General battery life Galaxy S21 +24% 25:31 hr Galaxy S10 20:33 hr
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Optical 1.1x | Optical 2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 240FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 3 (12 MP + 64 MP + 12 MP) | 3 (12 MP + 12 MP + 16 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.76" Sony IMX555 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.5 - 2.4 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55" Samsung SAK2L4 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 64 MP - Aperture: f/2.0 - Focal length: 28 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.72" Samsung Bright S5KGW2 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.5 - Focal length: 52 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.6" Samsung S5K3M3 (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 IMX563 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | - 16 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 12 mm |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S21 from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3872 x 2592 | 4320 x 2432 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Pixel size | 1.22 microns | 1.22 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" | 1/2.65" |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality Galaxy S21 123 Galaxy S10 +1% 124 Video quality Galaxy S21 93 Galaxy S10 +8% 100 Generic camera score Galaxy S21 116 Galaxy S10 116
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE A2DP | PBAP/PAB PAN OPP MAP LE HSP HID HFP DIP AVRCP A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host 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 | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 24 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test Max. loudness Galaxy S21 87 dB Galaxy S10 +1% 88 dB
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2021 | February 2019 |
| Release date | February 2021 | March 2019 |
| SAR (head) | 0.46 W/kg | 0.48 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.51 W/kg | 1.59 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - 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 S21 is definitely a better buy.
Cast your vote
So which phone would you choose? Samsung Galaxy S21 168 (30.2%) Samsung Galaxy S10 388 (69.8%) Vote Total votes:
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