Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus (SM-N975) In-Depth Review!

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus Performance, Battery Life + Recharging Speed

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus Work Performance

We tested the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus’ performance using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browsing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.

Work 2.0 Xiaomi Mi 9 Samsung
Galaxy Note 10+
Samsung
Galaxy S10+
Samsung
Galaxy Note9
Mobile Platform Snapdragon 855 Exynos 9825 Exynos 9820 Exynos 9810
Performance Score
(Average)
9471 8981 7846 5557
Web Browsing 7792 8293 8583 5763
Video Editing 6038 9166 5524 5410
Writing 10919 9579 9076 5421
Photo Editing 20161 19376 10710 5898
Data Manipulation 7356 6155 6450 5316
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The Samsung Exynos 9825 is much faster than the Exynos 9820 used in the Galaxy S10+. However, it is still not as fast as the Snapdragon 855 used in the US version of the Galaxy Note 10+ and of course, the Xiaomi Mi 9.

 

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus Gaming Performance

We tested the Galaxy Note 10 Plus’ gaming performance using 3DMark, using the Ice Storm Unlimited test.

Ice Storm Unlimited Xiaomi Mi 9 Samsung
Galaxy S10+
Samsung
Galaxy Note 10+
Samsung
Galaxy Note9
Mobile Platform Snapdragon 855 Exynos 8920 Exynos 8925 Exynos 8910
Gaming Score 65518 56808 52693 42598
Graphics 106388 73362 63521 51199
Physics 27945 31741 33003 26825
Graphics Test 1 585.4 fps 397.5 fps 345.3 fps 330.2 fps
Graphics Test 2 382.3 fps 266.3 fps 230.1 fps 167.9 fps
Physics Test 88.7 fps 100.8 fps 104.8 fps 85.2 fps
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The Samsung Exynos 8925 was not only slower than the Snapdragon 855 in gaming performance, it was actually slightly slower than the Exynos 8920!

Samsung really needs to work harder on improving the gaming performance of their Exynos platforms.

 

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus Battery Life

We then tested the Galaxy Note 10 Plus’ battery performance using PCMark. It basically ran the PCMark work tests until its battery capacity dropped to 20%.

Work 2.0 Xiaomi Mi 9 Samsung
Galaxy Note 10+
Samsung
Galaxy S10+
Samsung
Galaxy Note9
Battery Capacity 3,300 mAh 4,300 mAh 4,100 mAh 4,000 mAh
Battery Life 12 hours 12 mins 10 hours 32 mins 10 hours 17 mins 10 hours 15 mins
Battery Utilisation 3.61 mAh / min. 5.44 mAh / min. 5.32 mAh / min. 5.20 mAh / min.
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ (USUK | AU | SGMY) uses slightly more power than the Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy Note9 smartphones, but its larger battery lets it last a bit longer.

10.5 hours of battery life is nothing to scoff at, but we should note that the Xiaomi Mi 9 lasts over 12 hours on a much smaller 3,300 mAh battery.

 

Battery Recharging Performance

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus comes with a new adaptive fast charger with a power output of 25 W. Take a look at how fast it recharged its 4,300 mAh battery.

Recharging Speed Samsung
Galaxy Note 10+
Samsung
Galaxy S10+
Xiaomi Mi 9 Samsung
Galaxy Note9
Battery Capacity 4,300 mAh 4,100 mAh 3,300 mAh 4,000 mAh
Charger Output 25 Watts 15 Watts 18 Watts 15 Watts
Recharging Time 63 minutes 91.6 minutes 84.5 Minutes 107 mins
Recharging Speed 54.6 mAh / minute 35.8 mAh / minute 31.2 mAh / minute 29.9 mAh/ / minute
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Thanks to its new 25 watt fast charger, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ (USUK | AU | SGMY) has significantly better battery charging performance.

It fully recharged its battery from 20% to 100% in just 63 minutes. That is 52.5% faster than the Galaxy S10+, and 82.6% faster than the Galaxy Note9.

That also gives it a much improved battery life : recharging ratio of 10:1. A rule of thumb – for one hour of battery life, just charge it for 6 minutes.

The fastest recharging happened up to the 80% level. This took just 34 minutes. Then the recharging speed slowed down, and it took a further 29 minutes to top up the last 20%.

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