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.
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