Samsung Galaxy Note10 review
Synthetic benchmarks
The Galaxy Note10 is available in two different hardware configurations depending on region. Some markets get the Snapdragon 855 SoC, but in our neck of the woods it's the version with Samsung's in-house Exynos 9825 chipset. The extra 5 on top of the Galaxy S10's Exynos 9820 means a 7nm manufacturing process to match the Snapdragon's and marginally increased clock speeds here and there, but not a ton of difference as we saw while testing the Note10+.
The CPU configuration goes like this - 2 oversized custom Mongoose M4 cores, clocked at 2.73GHz (so same as in the E9820), 2 standard Cortex-A75 cores at 2.4GHz (vs. 2.31GHz on the old model), and 4 Cortex-A55s listed at 1.95GHz. The GPU has also been tweaked but Samsung doesn't disclose clock speeds. The Note10 is only available with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS3.0 storage - if for whatever reason you want 12GB of RAM, you'd need to look at the Note10+, which can also be had with 512GB of onboard memory.
The increased clock speeds result in a minor bump in multi-core CPU benchmarks compared to the S10 and virtually no difference under single-core loads. Single-core performance is still far and away the best in the Android world and only a little behind last year's iPhone (new one on the way). Snapdragon 855 devices still have a slight advantage in multi-core performance.
GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)
Higher is better
-
Apple iPhone XS
11472 -
Xiaomi Mi 9
11181 -
Lenovo Z6 Pro
11155 -
Sony Xperia 1
10985 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
10943 -
Asus Zenfone 6
10721 -
Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro
10684 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
10403 -
Oppo Reno 10x zoom
10395 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
10353 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
10174 -
Huawei P30 Pro (perf. mode)
10014 -
Huawei P30 Pro
9649
GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)
Higher is better
-
Apple iPhone XS
4823 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
4544 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
4543 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
4541 -
Asus Zenfone 6
3505 -
Xiaomi Mi 9
3503 -
Lenovo Z6 Pro
3479 -
Sony Xperia 1
3447 -
Oppo Reno 10x zoom
3424 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
3402 -
Huawei P30 Pro (perf. mode)
3323 -
Huawei P30 Pro
3270 -
Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro
3000
Over in Antutu, there's a marginally more noticeable improvement - we gather it's the combined effect of the higher clocks and the faster UFS3.0 storage (S10 is on UFS2.1). Once again, the Snapdragon competition is ever so slightly ahead.
AnTuTu 7
Higher is better
-
Xiaomi Mi 9
372006 -
Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro
368846 -
Oppo Reno 10x zoom
364220 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
364025 -
Asus Zenfone 6
361679 -
Lenovo Z6 Pro
357672 -
Sony Xperia 1
356734 -
Apple iPhone XS
346379 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
344442 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
342208 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
328366 -
Huawei P30 Pro (perf. mode)
316156 -
Huawei P30 Pro
290189
In graphics benchmarks, the Note10 shows a notable advantage against its big brother in onscreen tests thanks to its lower resolution. Oddly enough, it can't quite match the Plus' performance in offscreen tests, which we can't quite pinpoint the reason for. The Adrenos of this world still do have the uppoer hand in most gaming applications.
3DMark SSE 3.1 Unlimited
Higher is better
-
Lenovo Z6 Pro
6351 -
Asus Zenfone 6
6263 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
6093 -
Oppo Reno 10x zoom
6052 -
Xiaomi Mi 9
5816 -
Sony Xperia 1
5792 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
5287 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
5269 -
Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro
4850 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
4550 -
Huawei P30 Pro (perf. mode)
4315 -
Huawei P30 Pro
3522
3DMark SSE Vulkan
Higher is better
-
Lenovo Z6 Pro
5018 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
4862 -
Oppo Reno 10x zoom
4840 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
4833 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
4763 -
Sony Xperia 1
4505 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
4238 -
Huawei P30 Pro (perf. mode)
4231 -
Xiaomi Mi 9
4068 -
Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro
3973
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
-
Apple iPhone XS
98 -
Asus Zenfone 6
71 -
Sony Xperia 1
71 -
Lenovo Z6 Pro
71 -
Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro
71 -
Xiaomi Mi 9
70 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
68 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
68 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
68 -
Oppo Reno 10x zoom
67 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
59 -
Huawei P30 Pro (perf. mode)
56 -
Huawei P30 Pro
54
GFX 3.1 Manhattan (onscreen)
Higher is better
-
Apple iPhone XS
60 -
Asus Zenfone 6
57 -
Oppo Reno 10x zoom
57 -
Lenovo Z6 Pro
57 -
Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro
57 -
Xiaomi Mi 9
56 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
55 -
Sony Xperia 1
55 -
Huawei P30 Pro
50 -
Huawei P30 Pro (perf. mode)
50 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
38 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
37 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
33
GFX 3.1 Car scene (1080p offscreen)
Higher is better
-
Apple iPhone XS
60 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
43 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
43 -
Xiaomi Mi 9
42 -
Asus Zenfone 6
42 -
Sony Xperia 1
42 -
Lenovo Z6 Pro
42 -
Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro
42 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
41 -
Oppo Reno 10x zoom
40 -
Huawei P30 Pro (perf. mode)
33 -
Huawei P30 Pro
29 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
28
GFX 3.1 Car scene (onscreen)
Higher is better
-
Apple iPhone XS
47 -
Asus Zenfone 6
36 -
Lenovo Z6 Pro
36 -
Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro
36 -
Xiaomi Mi 9
35 -
Oppo Reno 10x zoom
35 -
Sony Xperia 1
33 -
Huawei P30 Pro (perf. mode)
29 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
28 -
Huawei P30 Pro
27 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
24 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
23 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
19
Aztek Vulkan High (onscreen)
Higher is better
-
Apple iPhone XS
36 -
Xiaomi Mi 9
23 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10
19 -
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
13 -
OnePlus 7 Pro
13 -
Samsung Galaxy S10
13
Predictably, the Galaxy Note10 delivers great performance, worthy of its top-tier status. The one slight issue is that it can heat up significantly under sustained load, with thermal throttling taking away some 10% of its absolute maximum potential.
Reader comments
- Deepika
- 14 Jul 2024
- YQ$
Many of the users are telling that they have battery issue this is real after the some period of time the battery issue starts in my phone that is galaxy note 10 so I have changed the battery from the service centre it have battery drainage
- Chimwangafix
- 15 Jun 2024
- fu%
Truly smart but for the battery issue
- Enzo
- 05 Nov 2023
- NwI
Exactly same to me you got same point as mine the battery life is what gives this phone disappointment, atleast it could be around 4000 upward