Samsung Galaxy S25 FE vs S25 Edge

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 Edge, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 4 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
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 4900 vs 3900 mAh
  • Shows 14% longer battery life (24:20 vs 21:18 hours)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
  • 45% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3034K versus 2087K)
  • 33% higher pixel density (513 vs 385 PPI)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (1405 against 1240 nits)
  • Weighs 27 grams less
  • 25% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2650 and 2126 points

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and S25 Edge 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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8 / 128 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
69.8
(Good)
Value Index
32.6
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 385 ppi 513 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.2% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Peak brightness test (auto)
1240 nits
1405 nits

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 159 mm (6.26 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 76 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) 5.9 mm (0.23 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 163 g (5.75 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
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.19/5) Good (3.16/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
SoC
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
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 1095 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
24111
Compute Score (GPU) 18209 24111
Single-core score 2126 2650
Multi-core score 6910 9605
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2087886
3034849
CPU 714011 953422
GPU 653511 1106386
Memory 303868 366238
UX 416496 608803
Total score 2087886 3034849
Samples [48 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 62% 47%
Graphics test 14 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 1840 2300
3DMark Solar Bay
10302
Graphics test 32 FPS 39 FPS
Section 1 37 FPS 49 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 37 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 31 FPS
Graphics score 8302 10302
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 33 FPS
Graphics score - 5539
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
20036
Web score 12949 21611
Video editing 8051 8617
Photo editing 34315 33511
Data manipulation 13202 17944
Writing score 23460 27324
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#108th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-27 (Halil)AnTuTu 122426875
📘 2026-09-25 (Omar_syriangamerr)AnTuTu 122245977
📘 2026-09-12 -> Viljami22AnTuTu 122321618
📘 2026-09-11 -> S25fe6833AnTuTu 122388378
📘 2026-08-17 (Neto)AnTuTu 112303141
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 -> iannnnnAnTuTu 123255862
📘 2026-09-24 (ian)AnTuTu 123255862
📘 2026-08-02 (ilushon)AnTuTu 112704730
📘 2026-04-01 -> NordisAnTuTu 112894477
📘 2025-12-25 (Ferg🇮🇹)AnTuTu 113034849

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 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 31.4 GB
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 3900 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 (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 1:04 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:29 hr 06:41 hr
Watching video 14:24 hr 15:11 hr
Gaming 06:03 hr 04:54 hr
Standby 87 hr 107 hr
General battery life
24:20 hr
21:18 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 16320 x 12240
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
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 120FPS
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: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Samsung ISOCELL HP2
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 75 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV08A10 -
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization 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 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 (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 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
Network
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 May 2025
Release date September 2025 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $1099
SAR (head) - 1.24 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.25 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 Edge is definitely a better buy.

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hermawan May 7, 2026 at 06:52 AM
S25 FE better than s25 edge for me
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