Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge vs Huawei Mate 70 Air
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on May 13, 2025, against the Huawei Mate 70 Air, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9020A and came out 5 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
- 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3034K versus 1504K)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite
- 17% higher pixel density (513 vs 437 PPI)
- 2.2x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2650 and 1212 points
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 45 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.5 mm narrower
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate 70 Air
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Comes with 2600 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 3900 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 25W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared 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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3120 pixels | 1320 x 2760 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.9:9 |
| PPI | 513 ppi | 437 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1400 nits | - |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | 4000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 | Huawei Kunlun Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.2% | 88.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Screen space comparison
Mate 70 Air
7″ (19.9:9 ratio) = 18.4 in2
Galaxy S25 Edge
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 159 mm (6.26 inches) | 165 mm (6.5 inches) |
| Width | 76 mm (2.99 inches) | 81.5 mm (3.21 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.9 mm (0.23 inches) | 6.6 mm (0.26 inches) |
| Weight | 163 g (5.75 oz) | 208 g (7.34 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | - |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue | White, Black, Silver, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | Good (3.16/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | HiSilicon Kirin 9020A |
| Max clock | 4470 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Taishan-Little - 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: TaiShan V120 - 1 core at 2.5 GHz: TaiShan V121 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 10 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | SMIC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Da Vinci |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Maleoon 910 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 840 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~1720.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 24111 | 3730 |
| Single-core score | 2650 | 1212 |
| Multi-core score | 9605 | 3483 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 953422 | 537902 |
| GPU | 1106386 | 242916 |
| Memory | 366238 | 412154 |
| UX | 608803 | 311997 |
| Total score | 3034849 | 1504969 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 47% | - |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2300 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 39 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 49 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 37 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 31 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 10302 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5539 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21611 | - |
| Video editing | 8617 | - |
| Photo editing | 33511 | - |
| Data manipulation | 17944 | - |
| Writing score | 27324 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#95th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-02 (ilushon) | AnTuTu | 2704730 |
| 📘 2026-04-01 -> Nordis | AnTuTu | 2894477 |
| 📘 2025-12-25 (Ferg🇮🇹) | AnTuTu | 3034849 |
| 📘 2025-09-30 (Reiiii) | AnTuTu | 3091117 |
| 📘 2025-05-17 -> Rennsport | GeekBench GPU | 24111 |
Huawei Mate 70 Air
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | HarmonyOS 5.1 |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | - |
| OS size | 31.4 GB | - |
| OS updates | 7 years | - |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 3900 mAh | 6500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 66 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (59% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 1:04 hr | - |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 06:41 hr | - |
| Watching video | 15:11 hr | - |
| Gaming | 04:54 hr | - |
| Standby | 107 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| 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 | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 | 1/1.3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 69 mm |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 10.7 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 18 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| 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 | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | May 2025 | November 2025 |
| Release date | May 2025 | November 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1099 | $600 |
| SAR (head) | 1.24 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.25 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 66 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 S25 Edge is definitely a better buy.
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