Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro vs Phone 7 Ultimate

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 8, 2024, against the Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 9 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory
16 / 512 GB

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Delivers 62% higher peak brightness (1780 against 1100 nits)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 30% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2464K versus 1899K)
  • Thinner bezels – 6% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (27:21 vs 25:06 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14

Review

Evaluation of Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro and Phone 7 Ultimate crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
16 / 512 GB
VS
16 / 512 GB
4.8
(Bad)
Value Index
16.4
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2448 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20.4:9
PPI 388 ppi 395 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 2500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 720 Hz 720 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 88.2% 82.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.9%
PWM 485 Hz 513 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1780 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.8 mm (6.45 inches) 173 mm (6.81 inches)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 77 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 10.3 mm (0.41 inches)
Weight 225 g (7.94 oz) 246 g (8.68 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black White
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro and Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3300 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro and Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Single-core score 2341 1988
Multi-core score 7491 5584
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2464181
CPU 744942 621025
GPU 825953 533652
Memory 313899 323418
UX 579387 421719
Total score 2464181 1899814
Samples [2 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 88% 98%
Graphics test 13 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1708 1094
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 90% 99%
Graphics test 33 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 33 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 29 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 8671 5353
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 71% 99%
Graphics test 31 FPS 22 FPS
Graphics score 5205 3734
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 23055 -
Video editing 9019 -
Photo editing 46533 -
Data manipulation 19145 -
Writing score 25533 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#146th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-31 (a24dot)AnTuTu 112427528
📘 2026-02-19 (GendutGaz)AnTuTu 112464181
📘 2025-11-19 (Jubidaara)Geekbench 6 CPU2369 / 7463
📘 2025-11-19 (Sage mode Madara)Geekbench 6 CPU2341 / 7491
📘 2025-11-19 (Madara uchiha)Geekbench 6 CPU2362 / 7480
Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 512 GB 512 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM ROG UI -
OS size 28 GB 28 GB
OS updates 2 years -
Security updates 2 years -

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 65 W 65 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (80% in 30 min) Yes (68% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 1:02 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:18 hr 10:53 hr
Watching video 17:21 hr 17:04 hr
Gaming 06:04 hr 06:45 hr
Standby 108 hr 129 hr
General battery life
25:06 hr
27:21 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording Up to 24FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (2160p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 32 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 23.8 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX890 Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 32 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV32C -
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV31B Omnivision OV13B10
Sensor size 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 5 MP
Aperture - f/2.0
Sensor - Samsung S5K5E9
Sensor size - 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Focal length 22 mm 29 mm
Sensor - Omnivision OV32C
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Autofocus - No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.4 Yes, DP 1.4
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 April 2023
Release date January 2024 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1399
Successor - Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro - Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 65 W Yes, 65 W
Further details
Notes on ROG Phone 8 Pro:
    - Support for NTFS is available for external storage devices.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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jaywhite10 _jake-brown. September 22, 2025 at 09:36 PM
The rog phone 7 series was the last of its kind from Asus which was a phone perfectly made for mobile gamers while ROG phone 8 pro is more of a general phone for non gamers which all the design for gaming look was not present on the 8
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