Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus Performance, Battery Life + Recharging Speed
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Work Performance – PCMark
We tested the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus’ performance using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browing, 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 | 7846 | 5590 | 5557 |
| Web Browsing | 10960 | 8583 | 6037 | 5763 |
| Video Editing | 6047 | 5524 | 5332 | 5410 |
| Writing | 12506 | 9076 | 4713 | 5421 |
| Photo Editing | 20262 | 10710 | 6847 | 5898 |
| Data Manipulation | 6514 | 6450 | 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 Plus’ 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 Plus’ 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 | 56808 | 42598 | 42489 |
| Graphics | 72523 | 73362 | 51199 | 49852 |
| Physics | 40327 | 31741 | 26825 | 28009 |
| Graphics Test 1 | 386.2 fps | 397.5 fps | 330.2 fps | 308.6 fps |
| Graphics Test 2 | 266.4 fps | 266.3 fps | 167.9 fps | 167.0 fps |
| Physics Test | 128.0 fps | 100.8 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 Plus (US | UK | MY) was 33% faster than the Galaxy S9 Plus, and the Galaxy Note9, and 8% slower than the HUAWEI Mate20.
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%.
Full WQHD+ Resolution
Standard Full HD+ Resolution
| Work 2.0 | HUAWEI Mate 20 |
Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Full HD+) |
Samsung Galaxy Note9 |
Samsung Galaxy S10+ (WQHD+) |
Samsung Galaxy S9+ |
| Battery Life | 12 hours 19 mins | 10 hours 17 mins | 10 hours 15 mins | 9 hours 15 mins | 9 hours 5 mins |
| Review Links | Mate 20 Review | Galaxy Note9 Review | Galaxy S9+ Review | ||
| Price Check | US | UK | MY | US| UK| MY | MY | US | UK | US| UK| MY | Price Check |
The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus (US | UK | MY) has the same battery size and battery life as the Galaxy Note9, but lasted more than an hour longer than the Galaxy S9 Plus.
Thanks to its larger 4,100 mAh battery, it lasted longer than the S9 Plus, even when you turned its display resolution all the way to WQHD+.
Battery Recharging Performance
The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus comes with an adaptive fast charger with a power output of 15 W. Take a look at how fast it recharged its 4,100 mAh battery.
| Recharging Speed | Samsung Galaxy S10+ |
Samsung Galaxy Note9 |
Samsung Galaxy S9+ |
HUAWEI Mate 20 |
| Battery Capacity | 4,100 mAh | 4,000 mAh | 3,500 mAh | 4,000 mAh |
| Charger Output | 15 Watts | 15 Watts | 15 Watts | 22.5 Watts |
| Recharging Time | 91.6 minutes | 107 mins | 95.5 minutes | 118 Minutes |
| Recharging Speed | 44.8 mAh / minute | 37.4 mAh/ / minute | 36.6 mAh / minute | 33.9 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 Plus (US | UK | MY) has significantly improved fast charging performance – about 20-22%.
Even though the Galaxy S10 Plus has about the same battery capacity as the Galaxy Note9 and the HUAWEI Mate20, it fully recharged its battery 15 minutes and 26 minutes faster respectively.
This gives it an improved battery life : recharging ratio of 6.75 : 1. A rule of thumb – for one hour of battery life, charge it for 9 minutes.
The fastest recharging happened up to the 90% level. This took just 61 minutes. Then the recharging speed slowed down, and it took a further 30.5 minutes to top up the remaining 10%.
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