Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Honor Win

88 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
VS
92 out of 100
Honor Win

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on January 22, 2025, against the Honor Win, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 11 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (1428 against 1161 nits)
  • 11% higher pixel density (498 vs 450 PPI)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Honor Win
  • Comes with 5000 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 5000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 45W)
  • 28% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3991K versus 3128K)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • 14% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3663 and 3202 points

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Honor Win 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
39.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
54.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1272 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 498 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 185 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 480 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Armor 2 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 97.7% 100%
PWM 240 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1428 nits
1161 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 218 g (7.69 oz) 229 g (8.08 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Active fan
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gray, Blue White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.23/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
92.4%
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Honor Win
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4470 MHz 4610 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1200 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Honor Win
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor Win +14%
3663
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor Win +6%
10928
Compute Score (GPU)
Honor Win +10%
29142
Compute Score (GPU) 26581 29142
Single-core score 3202 3663
Multi-core score 10347 10928
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor Win +28%
3991174
CPU 987646 1105325
GPU 1190760 1579293
Memory 362214 469071
UX 587932 837485
Total score 3128552 3991174
Samples [66 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor Win +21%
2741
Stability 61% 70%
Graphics test 17 FPS 20 FPS
Graphics score 2272 2741
3DMark Solar Bay
Honor Win +13%
11768
Graphics test 40 FPS 45 FPS
Section 1 50 FPS 53 FPS
Section 2 40 FPS 45 FPS
Section 3 29 FPS 38 FPS
Graphics score 10441 11768
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 56% -
Graphics test 34 FPS -
Graphics score 5827 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 21582 23048
Video editing 8625 9158
Photo editing 34425 40165
Data manipulation 17556 18912
Writing score 26844 25912
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (73rd and 18th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-06 (Trexsotiy)Battery lifeSOT 12:30 / 03:16
📘 2026-09-02 -> Mohamed_136Battery lifeSOT 8:02 / 17:11
📘 2026-08-29 (PaWK)AnTuTu3034536
📘 2026-08-23 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu3254557
📘 2026-08-08 (Minh Tùng)AnTuTu2954951
Honor Win
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 (Pyro)AnTuTu3918165
📘 2026-08-21 (Ilya)AnTuTu4007911
📘 2026-08-10 (SmileSoul)AnTuTu4260414
📘 2026-07-29 (SmileSoul)AnTuTu4119462
📘 2026-07-24 (Ilya)AnTuTu3927863

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 16
ROM One UI 8.0 MagicOS 10
OS size 30.4 GB 25 GB
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 10000 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (25 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 27 min)
Full charging time 0:59 hr 1:05 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:10 hr -
Watching video 19:32 hr -
Gaming 06:22 hr -
Standby 132 hr -
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/2.0
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 -
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/2.4
Focal length 111 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX854 -
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 -
Sensor size 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 165 -
Preview 81 -
Zoom 137 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 22 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) 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 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 6.0
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 No
Network
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
Speakers test
Max loudness
93 dB
88.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 December 2025
Release date February 2025 January 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $699
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra -
SAR (head) 1.25 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.42 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, 100 W
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25 Ultra:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.
    - Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the gaming and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Honor Win. But if the sound is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.

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