Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

Apple

iPhone 12 Pro Max

13 November 2020

Launched

Smartphone

USB-C to Lightning cable, SIM ejector tool

Super Retina XDR OLED

6.7 inches

1284 x 2778 pixels

458 ppi

Up to 1200 nits

Yes

60Hz

Scratch-resistant ceramic glass, Oleophobic coating

19.5:9

87.4%

HDR10, Dolby Vision, Wide color gamut, True-tone

160.8 mm

78.1 mm

7.4 mm

228 g

Glass front (Gorilla Glass), Glass back (Gorilla Glass), Stainless steel frame

Silver, Graphite, Gold, Pacific Blue

iOS 14.1

Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)

Hexa-core (2×3.1 GHz Firestorm + 4×1.8 GHz Icestorm)

Apple GPU (4-core graphics)

6/128GB, 6/256GB, 6/512GB

NVMe

No

Quad

12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm, 1.7µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS

12 MP, f/2.2, 65mm, 1/3.4″, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 2.5x optical zoom

12 MP, f/2.4, 13mm, 120˚, 1/3.6″

TOF 3D LiDAR scanner

[email protected]/30/60fps, [email protected]/60/120/240fps, 10‑bit HDR, Dolby Vision HDR, Stereo sound rec.

Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR

Dual

12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm, 1/3.6″

SL 3D

[email protected]/30/60fps, [email protected]/60/120fps, Gyro-EIS

HDR

Li-Ion

3687 mAh

No

Fast charging 20W
Qi fast wireless charging 15W
USB Power Delivery 2.0

2G, 3G, 4G, 5G

Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)

Yes

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, Dual-band, Hotspot

5.0

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS

Yes

No

Lightning, USB 2.0

Yes with stereo speakers

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Face ID

IP68 dust/water resistant

Yes

Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Siri natural language commands and dictation

Samsung

Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

21 August 2020

Launched

Smartphone

25W power adapter, USB-C to USB-C cable, SIM ejector tool

0.71 W/kg (head), 1.18 W/kg (body)

Dynamic AMOLED 2X

6.9 inches

1440 x 3088 pixels

496 ppi

Up to 1609 nits

Yes

[email protected]/[email protected]

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

19.3:9

91.7%

Always-on display, HDR10+

16M colors

164.8 mm

77.2 mm

8.1 mm

208 g

Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), Glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus), Stainless steel frame

Mystic Bronze, Mystic Black, Mystic White

Android 10

One UI 2.5

Exynos 990 (7 nm+) – Global
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (7 nm+) – USA

Octa-core (2×2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2×2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) – Global
Octa-core (1×3.0 GHz Kryo 585 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 585) – USA

Mali-G77 MP11 – Global
Adreno 650 – USA

12/128GB, 12/256GB, 12/512GB

UFS 3.1

MicroSDXC (uses shared SIM slot), Expandable storage up to 1TB

LPDDR5

Triple

108 MP, f/1.8, 26mm, 1/1.33″, 0.8µm, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS

12 MP, f/3.0, 120mm, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom, 50x hybrid zoom

12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm

[email protected], [email protected]/60fps, [email protected]/60/240fps, [email protected], HDR10+, Stereo sound rec., Gyro-EIS & OIS

LED flash, Auto-HDR, Panorama

Single

10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm, 1/3.2″, 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF

[email protected]/60fps, [email protected]

Dual video call, Auto-HDR

Li-Ion

4500 mAh

No

Fast charging 25W
Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W
Reverse wireless charging 4.5W
USB Power Delivery 3.0

2G, 3G, 4G, 5G

Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Yes

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, Dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot

5.0

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO

Yes

FM radio

USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go

Yes with stereo speakers

No

32-bit/384kHz audio
Tuned by AKG

Yes, (under display, ultrasonic)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IP68 dust/water resistant

Yes

Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Stylus, 9ms latency (Bluetooth integration, accelerometer, gyro)
Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support)
ANT+
Bixby natural language commands and dictation