Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra vs Huawei P60 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy) that was released on February 1, 2023, against the Huawei P60 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 2 months after. 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 S23 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
  • Shows 31% longer battery life (26:01 vs 19:49 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1762K versus 1333K)
  • Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (1278 against 1140 nits)
  • 13% higher pixel density (500 vs 444 PPI)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei P60 Pro
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (88W versus 45W)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Weighs 33 grams less
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Huawei P60 Pro 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)

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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
49.0
(Average)
Value Index
55.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3088 pixels 1220 x 2700 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.3:9 20:9
PPI 500 ppi 444 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 550 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1750 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Kunlun Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 89.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 96.9% 99.6%
PWM 240 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1278 nits
1140 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) 161 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) 74.5 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 233 g (8.22 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Huawei P60 Pro
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Max clock 3360 MHz 3190 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 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
- 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 8 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 680 MHz 900 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Huawei P60 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2010
1816
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
5245
4639
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 9254 -
Single-core score 2010 1816
Multi-core score 5245 4639
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1762339
1333248
CPU 556398 528817
GPU 445907 225078
Memory 285085 243458
UX 474949 335895
Total score 1762339 1333248
Samples [31 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1098
854
Stability 81% 55%
Graphics test 8 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 1098 854
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 77% -
Graphics test 20 FPS -
Section 1 23 FPS -
Section 2 20 FPS -
Section 3 18 FPS -
Graphics score 5383 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
3723
2756
Stability 69% 44%
Graphics test 22 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 3723 2756
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 17072 -
Video editing 7852 -
Photo editing 33655 -
Data manipulation 13329 -
Writing score 19857 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (Horizon377)AnTuTu 121894819
📘 2026-09-19 -> PhonePornAnTuTu 121873287
📘 2026-08-07 (Turtle tech)AnTuTu 111789039
📘 2026-07-21 (Jedidiah)AnTuTu 111621561
📘 2026-07-20 (Khải)Geekbench 6 CPU1642 / 5251
Huawei P60 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 (Gog)AnTuTu 121527301
📘 2026-09-10 (spoonky)AnTuTu 121520938
📘 2026-08-17 (Pietro)AnTuTu 111333248
📘 2025-12-07 (Posshy)AnTuTu 111320073
📘 2025-10-14 -> fervistmodeAnTuTu 111333248

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No Nano Memory
Memory card max size - Up to 256 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13
ROM One UI 8.0 EMUI 13.1
OS size 39.9 GB -
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4815 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 88 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (68% in 30 min) Yes (58% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:59 hr 0:35 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:57 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 15:38 hr 12:20 hr
Gaming 06:22 hr 05:27 hr
Standby 130 hr 88 hr
General battery life
26:01 hr
19:49 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 10x Optical, 3.5x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.4 - 4.0
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Sony IMX888
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.17 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/4.9 f/2.1
Focal length 230 mm 90 mm
Sensor Sony IMX754 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Sony IMX688
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) -
Pixel size 1.4 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
P60 Pro +14%
159
Video quality
Generic main camera score
P60 Pro +11%
156
Bokeh 70 80
Preview 73 75
Zoom 141 158
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Huawei P60 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo 139 -
Video 145 -

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 MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 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
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 1 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 No

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2023 March 2023
Release date February 2023 March 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1199
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra - Huawei Pura 80 Pro
SAR (head) 0.96 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.4 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 88 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, battery life, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. But if the camera is more of a priority – go for the Huawei P60 Pro.

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