Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra vs Asus ROG Phone 6
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Asus ROG Phone 6, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 5 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Delivers 54% higher peak brightness (1265 against 821 nits)
- 27% higher pixel density (500 vs 395 PPI)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Optical image stabilization
- Thinner bezels – 8% more screen real estate
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Asus ROG Phone 6
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5000 mAh
- Shows 10% longer battery life (36:34 vs 33:09 hours)
- 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1107K versus 937K)
- Supports higher wattage charging (65W versus 45W)
- 12% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 1317 and 1176 points
- 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
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3088 pixels | 1080 x 2448 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20.4:9 |
| PPI | 500 ppi | 395 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 830 nits | 830 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1750 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.2% | 82.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 100% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 672 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) | 173 mm (6.81 inches) |
| Width | 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) | 77 mm (3.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 10.3 mm (0.41 inches) |
| Weight | 228 g (8.04 oz) | 239 g (8.43 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IPX4 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red | White, Black |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2200 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3190 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 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 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | - | 6 MB |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Samsung Xclipse 920 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 900 MHz |
| FLOPS | - | ~2765 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 223163 | 265173 |
| GPU | 391575 | 476559 |
| Memory | 175188 | 188898 |
| UX | 154579 | 185898 |
| Total score | 937034 | 1107231 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 39.7 °C | 40.6 °C |
| Stability | 64% | 94% |
| Graphics test | 41 FPS | 62 FPS |
| Graphics score | 6872 | 10438 |
| Web score | 10888 | - |
| Video editing | 7118 | - |
| Photo editing | 28477 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10541 | - |
| Writing score | 15794 | - |
AnTuTu 9 Android Results (90th and 31st place)
Memory
| RAM size | 8, 12 GB | 8, 12, 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128, 256, 512, 1024 GB | 128, 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | One UI 5.1 | - |
| OS size | 26.8 GB | 25 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 6000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 65 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (60% in 30 min) | Yes (68% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 1:02 hr |
| Web browsing | 11:20 hr | 13:50 hr |
| Watching video | 14:43 hr | 15:54 hr |
| Gaming | 05:53 hr | 06:03 hr |
| Standby | 109 hr | 110 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12000 x 9000 | - |
| Zoom | Optical, 10x | 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 | 960 FPS (720p) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 4 (108 MP + 10 MP + 10 MP + 12 MP) | 3 (50 MP + 13 MP + 5 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 108 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.33", Samsung S5KHM3 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Laser autofocus - Optical stabilization |
- 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.56", Sony IMX766 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
| Telephoto lens | - 10 MP - Aperture: f/4.9 - Focal length: 230 mm - Sensor: 1/3.52", Sony IMX574 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
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| Ultra-wide lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Sony IMX563 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
- 13 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 |
| Macro lens | - | - 5 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra from DxOMark | - |
| Megapixels | 40 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 7864 x 5200 | 4290 x 2800 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 27.5 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.7 microns | 1.22 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.82" | 1/2.93" |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | July 2022 |
| Release date | March 2022 | July 2022 |
| SAR (head) | 1.05 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.58 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 65 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, software, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. But if the performance, gaming, battery life, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Asus ROG Phone 6.
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