Speed Test: Samsung Galaxy A52 5G vs. A72 vs. S20 FE vs. S21 Comparison! By TechDaily

What's going on guys, my name is wade with tech daily and in this video we are doing a speed test comparison between a bunch of Samsung devices. We've got the a52 5g, the a72, the s20 Fe and the s21. Now I think this is going to be a fascinating test, because, while these phones are technically all in a class of their own, the new 2021, a series phones, last year's Fe, the current flagship s21, I think, they're, actually even more similar than ever, which makes deciding between them pretty tough and if you're in the market for a new device and speed and performance are most important to you. Seeing the real world difference side by side might help you make the right decision, so we're going to go ahead and quickly just go over the specs of each device. So we know what we're working with we'll then get into the actual speed test itself. Where I'll offer my thoughts and commentary along the way- and hopefully this helps you decide if any one of these devices is the right one.

For you, for the purposes of this video, we're going to be using the a52 5g, the US variant with the snapdragon 750 g 5g processor, we also have the a72 there's only one iteration of this device out right now, and it's powered by the snapdragon 720 g chipset, the s20 Fe 5g us version, which has the snapdragon 865 5g processor inside and the flagship s21 again. We've got the US model here with the newest, most powerful chipset. The snapdragon 888 5g. To start off here are the geek bench scores for each of these devices. So you can kind of get a numerical value to compare a couple of things to note.

First off, even though the a72 is maybe technically a higher model device than the a525g, it does have a less powerful chipset inside which yields those lower scores, which you can see so already something worth considering, in my opinion, also between the series, phones and the s-series phones. The biggest difference definitely is in that multi-core score and that's a product of the flagship, caliber snapdragon 800 series chipsets versus the upper mid-range 700 series processors. I think you'll see much more of a difference between the different tiers of phones, a series versus s-series, rather than the individual devices themselves, but we'll get into all that in just a second and one last thing to mention as far as the ram the a525g, a 72 and s21 all have eight gigs inside, while the s20 Fe has six gigs. Unfortunately, I know that kind of throws off the comparison a little, but maybe just keep that in mind when we dive into some multitasking and app switching, you may or may not be able to pick out just a bit of a difference there with less ram on the s20 Fe, so to keep things as fair as possible. All four of these phones have been updated to android 11 and one UI 3.1 they've been set up exactly the same way with pretty much the same settings and apps installed, except just a few random defaults Samsung apps that differ slightly, and they've been charged up to at or near 100 as well. So everything should be as close as I can get it to being an even and honest test in regard to just your average everyday default android experience, I think, you'll find that all four of these zones are generally pretty close when it comes to app launches and load times.

We aren't doing anything too difficult here to start, obviously yet, but I think there's a good chunk of people out there who do just keep things pretty simple with their smartphone usage. If that's the case for you overall, I think you'll see that the s20, Fe and s21 can load up a fraction of a second faster than the two, a series phones, but the difference in my eyes is just so minor that it doesn't really affect usage at all, and you probably wouldn't even notice, unless you really analyzed it frame by frame for average everyday use getting one of the lower end. Phones here isn't going to be an issue, and you likely won't even notice any performance drop off in comparison now I will say that, while the s20, Fe and s21 almost remain in tandem with one another, the animations and load times are really close. The a52, 5g and a72 aren't always as similar with loading things. In fact, I think there's probably more instances where the a72 is the most noticeably behind the rest than anything else in the test, and while it's disappointing to see that it really shouldn't come as a surprise, we know the a72 has the lowest spec processor out of the bunch.

It's just kind of strange to see that when the a52 5g is, I guess, supposed to be the lower level model in the lineup by comparison and more than anything else, when just looking at what you're getting with the internal specs and performance, it obviously seems to make way more sense. Just get the a52 5g instead of the a72 between the s20, Fe and s21, the difference is almost non-existent, so you could totally argue saving some money and sticking with the s20 Fe. Instead, if performance is all you're looking at the real big question is just whether it makes sense going from the a525g to the s20fe. That's probably where you'll experience the most significant performance boost, and you'll have to decide. If that's worth it for you, I will say that if your smartphone usage is more phone, calls text messages, social media YouTube things like that.

It's definitely okay to just snag the a52 5g. You won't be missing much in the performance front, but if you're a big multitasker. If you push your smartphones super hard for work or for play with graphics, heavy games, if you're more of a power user in general, then yes, absolutely just jump to the s20 Fe, it's worth it for sure, and as we head into some games here in a moment, I think you'll see that difference. I will also mention that, with app, switching and multitasking that difference between six gigs of ram on the s20 Fe and eight gigs on the rest of the devices isn't too noticeable at all. At least in my tests.

I didn't find any apps needing to be reloaded on the Fe that held steady on the other phones, and I didn't find any sort of issues with app, switching or keeping things current, and this too kind of makes sense between six and eight gigs of ram. The difference isn't as big percentage-wise as if you were to compare four and six gigs or eight and twelve gigs, and you can get a s20 Fe with eight gigs of ram anyway, if you really want, but here with these tests at least I just don't really see it being a deciding factor nowadays, six gigs of ram, I think, is enough for 99 of smartphones. Eight is just more of an extra added boost and anything beyond that. In my opinion, I can't really imagine most people would fully utilize until you really start doing some super heavy stuff with your smartphone. Now, obviously, I know not everyone games, but I think seeing this side-by-side comparison really outlines the potential performance difference between all four phones, because launch and load times are really extended here, and the difference is much more obvious, rather than just barely seeing a fraction of a second difference in app load times.

We now see a second or two, maybe more, between all four devices. Now is this a major deciding factor? I don't necessarily think so, but it more definitively showcases the differences you might get in going with one phone over another beyond the launch and load times, though in-game performance is, in my opinion, identical across all four phones. I'd consider each one of these devices from the a52 all the way up to the s21 stellar gaming phones, and you just aren't going to notice. Any performance issues lag frame, drops or anything like that with any one of these four phones and that's great, because if maybe your budget only allows for the a52 or a72, you can be confident in knowing you're still getting a stellar device and on the flip side I think it's also fair to say that what you might be paying for something like the s21, 30 or 40 or 50 more money in comparison, you aren't exactly getting as significant of a performance boost. So that's another thing to consider.

While it is the newest, most powerful flagship on the market, I think you're really going to see some diminishing marginal returns when you start to spend all that extra money. Like I explained earlier, I think the difference is going to come down to a series versus s series more than anything else, not so much a52 versus a72 or s20 Fe versus s21. In my mind, you're getting way more value with the a52 5g. Like I said, it's, arguably, the better phone in the series, lineup, and you're- also getting crazy good value with the s20 Fe still, even though its last year's device with last year's flagship processor, the difference in my opinion is barely noticeable. You just now have to sort of determine whether you might want to spend some extra money going with the s20fe or if the a525g is fine for you for me personally, I'm totally okay with the a525g.

I also think we'll likely see a s21 Fe here soon, which changes the discussion drastically as well, but all in all, I think, you're probably going to get the most bang for your buck performance wise in the a525g more than any other device in this lineup. But what do you guys think? Which phone do you think is the best overall value, spec, wise and performance wise? Let me know in the comments down below I'd love, to hear your thoughts, of course, but hopefully you guys did enjoy this video be sure to follow tech daily on Twitter and subscribe to the tech daily YouTube channel. If you haven't already, and I'll see you guys later.

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