Samsung Galaxy S22 vs Galaxy A23
63
out of 100
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40
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy A23, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 and came out 1 month after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 3.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 398K)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Delivers 85% higher peak brightness (851 against 460 nits)
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A23
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3700 mAh
- Shows 42% longer battery life (23:59 vs 16:55 hours)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | PLS TFT |
| Size | 6.1 inches | 6.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2408 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 425 ppi | 400 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 780 nits | 460 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1300 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.6% | 83.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- |
| RGB color space | 99.3% | - |
| PWM | 239 Hz | - |
| Response time | 10 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A23
6.6″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 146 mm (5.75 inches) | 164.5 mm (6.48 inches) |
| Width | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) | 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 oz) | 195 g (6.88 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow | White, Black, Blue, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2200 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53) - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 686 |
| Graphics | Xclipse 920 | Adreno 610 |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 128 |
| GPU clock | 1306 MHz | 1114 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS | ~285.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 346 |
| Single-core score | 1600 | 405 |
| Multi-core score | 3840 | 1361 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 462329 | 186622 |
| GPU | 376985 | 26319 |
| Memory | 231805 | 96462 |
| UX | 327154 | 89240 |
| Total score | 1398273 | 398643 |
| Samples | [11 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 65% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 820 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 66% | - |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 17 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 14 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3751 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 66% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1830 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11192 | 7188 |
| Video editing | 7372 | 4209 |
| Photo editing | 21608 | 14461 |
| Data manipulation | 11423 | 6045 |
| Writing score | 14877 | 8304 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S22
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Battery life | SOT 5:35 / 7:27 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Geekbench 6 GPU | 10630 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik)) | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1587642 |
Samsung Galaxy A23
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-11 (TestGame) | AnTuTu 11 | 398643 |
| 📘 2026-02-28 (Nikita) | AnTuTu 11 | 330162 |
| 📘 2026-01-31 (Mah) | AnTuTu 11 | 399045 |
| 📘 2025-12-17 (Murat) | AnTuTu 11 | 316098 |
| 📘 2025-12-12 (ZeroOne) | AnTuTu 11 | 413187 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 6.1 |
| OS size | 30.2 GB | 24 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 3700 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | - |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (63% in 30 min) | Yes (32% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 1:43 hr |
| Web browsing | 05:42 hr | 08:39 hr |
| Watching video | 10:16 hr | 13:39 hr |
| Gaming | 04:06 hr | 05:40 hr |
| Standby | 90 hr | 128 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8700 x 5800 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 120 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 5 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN5 | Samsung S5KJN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 70 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX772 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 5 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX713 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 72 | - |
| Zoom | 126 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3872 x 2592 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Budget |
| Announced | February 2022 | March 2022 |
| Release date | March 2022 | March 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $240 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy A24 4G |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 15 W |
*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 Samsung Galaxy S22 is definitely a better buy.
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