Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra vs S10 Plus

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 Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 9820 and came out 3 years before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • 83% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1434K versus 782K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4100 mAh
  • Delivers 60% higher peak brightness (1273 against 795 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 15W)
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 2200
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (24:46 vs 23:05 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
  • Weighs 53 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and S10 Plus 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 86% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus to Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: camera, performance, and display.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3088 pixels 1440 x 3040 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.3:9 19:9
PPI 500 ppi 522 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 830 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1750 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Screen-to-body ratio 89.8% 87.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.2% 96.5%
PWM 120 Hz 235 Hz
Response time 1 ms 4.8 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S22 Ultra
6.8″ (19.3:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Galaxy S10 Plus
6.4″ (19:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1273 nits
795 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) 157.6 mm (6.2 inches)
Width 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 228 g (8.04 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red Black, Blue, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820
Max clock 2800 MHz 2730 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 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 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.31 GHz: Cortex-A75
- 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Mongoose M4
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 8 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 Mali G76 MP12
GPU shading units 384 288
GPU clock 1306 MHz 702 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~404.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Single-core score 1648 1017
Multi-core score 4351 2593
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1434169
CPU 472427 295808
GPU 390230 132940
Memory 216173 150643
UX 355339 202848
Total score 1434169 782239
Samples [17 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 66% 81%
Graphics test 7 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 900 367
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 65% -
Graphics test 15 FPS -
Section 1 18 FPS -
Section 2 15 FPS -
Section 3 12 FPS -
Graphics score 3874 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 66% 82%
Graphics test 11 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 1967 952
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13423 7478
Video editing 7399 5765
Photo editing 24771 18093
Data manipulation 12643 7575
Writing score 16337 10112

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (RAID_0)Geekbench 6 GPU10479
📘 2026-07-12 (João_Rosário_67)AnTuTu 111474557
📘 2026-06-09 (Unknown)AnTuTu 111318666
📘 2026-04-18 (Fsoceinty)AnTuTu 111329673
📘 2026-03-28 (Bakzhan)AnTuTu 111530447
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Vzxzv)CPU Throttle76%
📘 2026-09-30 (Vzxzv)AnTuTu 11717771
📘 2026-09-24 (unknown)AnTuTu 12904674
📘 2026-05-26 (Tban)AnTuTu 11550199
📘 2026-03-31 -> RodikAnTuTu 11745471

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI 4.0
OS size 26.8 GB 46.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 2 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4100 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes, Qi/PMA (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (60% in 30 min) Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:59 hr 1:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:06 hr 13:48 hr
Watching video 13:47 hr 16:28 hr
Gaming 05:57 hr 05:50 hr
Standby 113 hr 80 hr
General battery life
23:05 hr
24:46 hr

Main camera

Matrix 108 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 12000 x 9000 4000 x 3000
Zoom Optical, 10x Optical, 2x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 108 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.5 - 2.4
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KHM3 Samsung SAK2L4
Sensor size 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.4 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/4.9 f/2.4
Focal length 230 mm 52 mm
Sensor Sony IMX574 Samsung S5K3M3
Sensor size 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 16 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 12 mm
Sensor Sony IMX563 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 -
Preview 73 -
Zoom 141 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 40 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 7864 x 5200 4320 x 2432
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Additional lens - 8 MP, f/22, 1/4"
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo 139 101
Video 145 88

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5.2 5
Bluetooth features LE PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP
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 1.2 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes No

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2022 February 2019
Release date March 2022 March 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1000
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
SAR (head) 1.05 W/kg 0.516 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.58 W/kg 1.582 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included -
*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 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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Neil Jurman February 23, 2022 at 05:45 AM
I want a bigger GPS display in the car for using apps like Waze. I really want an iPod which is at least 4x the size for use in a car to resemble an electric car Tesla-like display and special supersized dash mount.
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Erik December 11, 2022 at 08:01 AM
They make an iPod that is 4x the size of an iPod. It's called an iPad.
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