Samsung Galaxy S25 FE vs S22 (Snapdragon)

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 FE (with Exynos 2400) that was released on September 4, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 3 years and 7 months 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 S25 FE
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Shows 41% longer battery life (24:20 vs 17:14 hours)
  • Comes with 1200 mAh larger battery capacity: 4900 vs 3700 mAh
  • 63% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2087K versus 1281K)
  • Delivers 27% higher peak brightness (1251 against 988 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • The phone is 3 years and 7 months newer
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 10% higher pixel density (425 vs 385 PPI)
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 6 mm narrower
  • Weighs 23 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and S22 (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)

Should I update?
No 68% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) to Samsung Galaxy S25 FE makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: gaming, battery life, and performance.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in camera.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 385 ppi 425 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 780 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 89.2% 88.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon)
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1251 nits

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 146 mm (5.75 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Yellow White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.19/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon)
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 3200 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 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 Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 768 1024
GPU clock 1095 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 18209 5646
Single-core score 2126 1703
Multi-core score 6910 4021
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2087886
CPU 714011 492631
GPU 653511 220632
Memory 303868 204295
UX 416496 363661
Total score 2087886 1281210
Samples [48 tests] [11 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 62% -
Graphics test 14 FPS -
Graphics score 1840 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 32 FPS -
Section 1 37 FPS -
Section 2 31 FPS -
Section 3 25 FPS -
Graphics score 8302 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 52%
Graphics test - 11 FPS
Graphics score - 2003
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12949 12379
Video editing 8051 7351
Photo editing 34315 28711
Data manipulation 13202 10875
Writing score 23460 14823

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 (Vic)AnTuTu 122495318
📘 2026-10-11 -> Viljami22AnTuTu 122540580
📘 2026-10-10 (Halil)AnTuTu 122586383
📘 2026-10-03 (matthew ajero)AnTuTu 122377317
📘 2026-09-27 (Halil)AnTuTu 122426875
Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-07 (W1zex)AnTuTu 121416723
📘 2026-10-06 (Boeing)Geekbench 6 CPU1712 / 4287
📘 2026-10-03 (Saintrj1)AnTuTu 121379215
📘 2026-08-27 (Khaled)AnTuTu 111341721
📘 2026-06-28 (swooo_rd)AnTuTu 111367038

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 23.8 GB -
OS updates 7 years -
Security updates 7 years -

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 3700 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 25 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 No -
Fast charging Yes (52% in 30 min) Yes (63% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 1:03 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:29 hr 06:06 hr
Watching video 14:24 hr 10:26 hr
Gaming 06:03 hr 04:19 hr
Standby 87 hr 89 hr
General battery life
24:20 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Samsung GN5
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 75 mm 70 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV08A10 Sony IMX772
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 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 Samsung S5K3L6 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 150 -
Zoom 83 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 3872 x 2592
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
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 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 5.4 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 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC 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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 February 2022
Release date September 2025 February 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $799
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon)
SAR (head) - 0.21 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.59 W/kg
Sensors - 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 S25 FE is definitely a better buy.

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