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Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra vs S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)

74 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
VS
67 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)

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 Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (3)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
  • 38% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1762K versus 1281K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2010 and 1733 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) 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
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
49.0
(Average)
Value Index
37.4
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S23 Ultra
vs
Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3088 pixels 1440 x 3088 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.3:9 19.3:9
PPI 500 ppi 500 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 830 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1750 nits 1750 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 89.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 96.9% -
PWM 240 Hz -
Response time 2 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) 77.9 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 233 g (8.22 oz) 228 g (8.04 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, Purple White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 3360 MHz 3000 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 8 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
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 818 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 9254 7088
Single-core score 2010 1733
Multi-core score 5245 4097
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 556398 474282
GPU 445907 218539
Memory 285085 221374
UX 474949 367090
Total score 1762339 1281285
Samples [31 tests] [16 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 81% 64%
Graphics test 8 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 1098 721
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
Stability 69% 59%
Graphics test 22 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 3723 2206
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 17072 13918
Video editing 7852 7376
Photo editing 33655 29480
Data manipulation 13329 11079
Writing score 19857 16194
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 -> Saad_irqAnTuTu 121959121
📘 2026-09-23 (Horizon377)AnTuTu 121894819
📘 2026-09-19 -> PhonePornAnTuTu 121873287
📘 2026-08-07 (Turtle tech)AnTuTu 111789039
📘 2026-07-21 (Jedidiah)AnTuTu 111621561
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Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-20 (P1rat)AnTuTu 121154394
📘 2026-09-14 (Natttss.)AnTuTu 121301916
📘 2026-08-20 (Jonath)AnTuTu 111005770
📘 2026-08-01 (Abdullah)AnTuTu 111324059
📘 2026-05-12 (KapitanAtuan)AnTuTu 111315637
Add View all (22)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 39.9 GB -
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

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

Matrix 200 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 12000 x 9000
Zoom Optical, 10x Optical, 10x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Samsung S5KHM3
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/4.9 f/4.9
Focal length 230 mm 230 mm
Sensor Sony IMX754 Sony IMX574
Sensor size 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch) 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Sony IMX563
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 70
Preview 73 71
Zoom 141 137
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 7864 x 5200
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU -
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
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 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 5.3 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
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
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2023 February 2022
Release date February 2023 February 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1199
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
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
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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 S23 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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unknown April 26, 2023 at 12:40 PM
The S23 Ultra offers a significant upgrade from the S22 Ultra, particularly for those who had the Exynos version. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is far superior to the Exynos 2200. However, I still believe that S22 users should wait for the S24, as a one-year gap is relatively short.
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Lolman123 February 20, 2023 at 05:21 AM
THe S23 Ultra is so much better. Get S23 Ultra, it is the best phone in the whole world.
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Nix April 23, 2023 at 05:27 AM
But Why? The specs look almost exactly the same. I have a google pixel 6 pro having upgraded from the 3 which I thought was the best phone so thought the 6 would be da bomb and it's almost the same phone. So annoyed. It's still functional but not fantastic. Wondering if I should make the switch and to what?
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