Samsung Galaxy S25 FE vs Galaxy S25
74
out of 100
VS
80
out of 100
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 S25, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 8 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
- Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 4900 vs 4000 mAh
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- The phone is 8 months newer
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25
- 40% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2920K versus 2087K)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (1389 against 1240 nits)
- 42% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3012 and 2126 points
- Weighs 28 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.1 mm narrower
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.2 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 385 ppi | 416 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 2600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.2% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 97.4% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 2 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy S25
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~16% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) | 146.9 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) | 70.5 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) | 7.2 mm (0.28 inches) |
| Weight | 190 g (6.7 oz) | 162 g (5.71 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Yellow | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.19/5) | Good (3.23/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2400 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 4470 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 18209 | 19829 |
| Single-core score | 2126 | 3012 |
| Multi-core score | 6910 | 9766 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 714011 | 899843 |
| GPU | 653511 | 1139434 |
| Memory | 303868 | 330975 |
| UX | 416496 | 549780 |
| Total score | 2087886 | 2920032 |
| Samples | [48 tests] | [44 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 62% | 59% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1840 | 2216 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 32 FPS | 38 FPS |
| Section 1 | 37 FPS | 48 FPS |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | 37 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8302 | 10045 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 51% |
| Graphics test | - | 33 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5664 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12949 | 21815 |
| Video editing | 8051 | 8619 |
| Photo editing | 34315 | 34466 |
| Data manipulation | 13202 | 17708 |
| Writing score | 23460 | 27109 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#125th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Halil) | AnTuTu 12 | 2426875 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (Omar_syriangamerr) | AnTuTu 12 | 2245977 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 -> Viljami22 | AnTuTu 12 | 2321618 |
| 📘 2026-09-11 -> S25fe6833 | AnTuTu 12 | 2388378 |
| 📘 2026-08-17 (Neto) | AnTuTu 11 | 2303141 |
Samsung Galaxy S25
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Icecream) | AnTuTu 12 | 3297029 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (S25 owner) | AnTuTu 12 | 3476989 |
| 📘 2026-08-23 (S25 owner) | AnTuTu 11 | 3149606 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Atharva0999) | AnTuTu 11 | 3027002 |
| 📘 2026-08-04 (Abn) | AnTuTu 11 | 2514474 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | - | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 23.8 GB | 30.1 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4900 mAh | 4000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (52% in 30 min) | Yes (56% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 1:17 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 13:29 hr | 09:09 hr |
| Watching video | 14:24 hr | 17:15 hr |
| Gaming | 06:03 hr | 05:32 hr |
| Standby | 87 hr | 108 hr |
General battery life
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 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 |
| 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 |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 67 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV08A10 | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | Sony IMX564 |
| 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 | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Samsung S5K3LU |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| 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 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 | 5.4 |
| 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, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 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 | September 2025 | January 2025 |
| Release date | September 2025 | February 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $799 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.29 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.36 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 |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25:
- Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. model has 1.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S25. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE.
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