Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 17, 2017	Aug 05, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$1000

Design

Dimensions
6.41 x 3.18 x 0.27 inches 162.9 x 80.7 x 6.9 mm	6.36 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches 161.6 x 75.2 x 8.3 mm
Weight
6.63 oz / 188.0 g	6.84 oz / 194.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Features
Notification light, Touch sensitive control keys	Stylus
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold	Mystic gray, Mystic bronze, Mystic green, Mystic red

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 75.47% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 89.23% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED Plus, 60Hz, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 367 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 393 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.5 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 653 8976 Pro (28 nm)	Snapdragon 865+ SM8250-AB (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1950 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.1GHz Kryo 585 3x2.42GHz Kryo 585 4x1.80GHz Kryo 585
GPU
Adreno 510	Adreno 650
Memory
6GB (LPDDR3)/64GB	8GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.0) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (13, 12, 11, 10)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	4300 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging Qi and Powermat wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 3min

Browsing

11h 58min

Video

7h 17min

Gaming

6h 38min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.76" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Third camera
	64 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal Length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (960 fps) OIS, HDR, Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse, Object tracking, EIS
Front
16 MP	10 MP (PDAF, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	32-Bit DAC, Dolby Atmos, aptX, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM, Stereo, RDS	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n2, n5, n12, n25, n41, n66, n71, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48
3G Bands
	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Jul 22, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMN981U
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.41 W/kg Body: 0.92 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.22 W/kg Phablet: 3.99 W/kg

Alternative variants

For Europe

System chip	Samsung Exynos 990 (7 nm)
Processor	Octa-core 2x2.73GHz Exynos M5 2x2.5GHz Cortex-A76 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
GPU	Mali G77 MP11
Memory	256GB
FCC approval	Date approved: Jul 16, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMN981B
Measured SAR	Head: 0.29 W/kg Body: 0.72 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.60 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.24 W/kg Phablet: 1.93 W/kg
Prices (MSRP)	€1023

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