Samsung Galaxy S10 Performance, Battery Life + Recharging Speed

Work Performance – PCMark

We tested the Samsung Galaxy S10’s performance using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browsing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.

Work 2.0	HUAWEI Mate 20	Samsung Galaxy S10	Samsung Galaxy S9+	Samsung Galaxy Note9
Performance Score (Average)	10215	7898	5590	5557
Web Browsing	10960	8696	6037	5763
Video Editing	6047	5518	5332	5410
Writing	12506	8895	4713	5421
Photo Editing	20262	11621	6847	5898
Data Manipulation	6514	6194	5253	5316
Review Links	Mate 20 Review		Galaxy S9+ Review	Galaxy Note9 Review
Price Check	US | UK | MY	US | UK | MY	Price Check	MY | US | UK

The Samsung Galaxy S10’s Exynos 9820 greatly improved on the mediocre work performance of the Exynos 9810 used in the Galaxy S9 Plus, and the Galaxy Note9.

However, it still falls behind the Kirin 980 that powers the HUAWEI Mate20.

 

Gaming Performance – 3DMark

We tested the Galaxy S10’s gaming performance using 3DMark, using the Ice Storm Unlimited test.

Ice Storm Unlimited	HUAWEI Mate 20	Samsung Galaxy S10	Samsung Galaxy Note9	Samsung Galaxy S9+
Gaming Score	61595	55597	42598	42489
Graphics	72523	70216	51199	49852
Physics	40327	32161	26825	28009
Graphics Test 1	386.2 fps	389.8 fps	330.2 fps	308.6 fps
Graphics Test 2	266.4 fps	250.9 fps	167.9 fps	167.0 fps
Physics Test	128.0 fps	102.1 fps	85.2 fps	88.9 fps
Review Links	Mate 20 Review		Galaxy Note9 Review	Galaxy S9+ Review
Price Check	US | UK | MY	US | UK | MY	MY | US | UK	Price Check

The Samsung Galaxy S10 (US | UK | MY) was 31% faster than the Galaxy S9 Plus, and the Galaxy Note9, and 10% slower than the HUAWEI Mate20.

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Battery Life – PCMark

We then tested the Galaxy S10’s battery performance using PCMark. It basically ran the PCMark work tests until its battery capacity dropped to 20%.

Work 2.0	HUAWEI Mate 20	Samsung Galaxy Note9	Samsung Galaxy S10 (WQHD+)	Samsung Galaxy S9+
Battery Life	12 hours 19 mins	10 hours 15 mins	9 hours 32 mins	9 hours 5 mins
Review Links	Mate 20 Review	Galaxy Note9 Review		Galaxy S9+ Review
Price Check	US | UK | MY	MY | US | UK	US | UK | MY	Price Check

The Samsung Galaxy S10 (US | UK | MY) has a slightly smaller battery size than the Galaxy S9 Plus, but lasted almost 30 minutes (5%) longer.

 

Battery Recharging Performance

The Samsung Galaxy S10 comes with an adaptive fast charger with a power output of 15 W. Take a look at how fast it recharged its 3,400 mAh battery.

Recharging Speed	Samsung Galaxy S10	Samsung Galaxy Note9	Samsung Galaxy S9+	HUAWEI Mate 20
Battery Capacity	3,400 mAh	4,000 mAh	3,500 mAh	4,000 mAh
Charger Output	15 Watts	15 Watts	15 Watts	22.5 Watts
Recharging Time	78 minutes	107 mins	95.5 minutes	118 Minutes
Recharging Speed	34.9 mAh / minute	29.9 mAh / minute	29.3 mAh / minute	27.1 mAh / minute
Review Links		Galaxy Note9 Review	Galaxy S9+ Review	Mate 20 Review
Price Check	US | UK | MY	MY | US | UK	Price Check	US | UK | MY

Despite using the same old 15 watt adaptive fast charger as the Galaxy S9 Plus, and the Galaxy Note9, the Samsung Galaxy S10 (US | UK | MY) has significantly improved fast charging performance by about 17%.

Even though the Galaxy S10 has about the same battery capacity as the Galaxy S9 Plus, it fully recharged its battery 17.5 minutes faster.

This gives it an improved battery life : recharging ratio of 7.33 : 1. A rule of thumb – for one hour of battery life, charge it for 8 minutes.

The fastest recharging happened up to the 90% level. This took just 55 minutes. Then the recharging speed slowed down, and it took a further 23 minutes to top up the remaining 10%.

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