Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Huawei Pura 80 Ultra
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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 Huawei Pura 80 Ultra, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9020 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 Ultra
- 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 1395K)
- Shows 42% longer battery life (28:43 vs 20:17 hours)
- Delivers 39% higher peak brightness (1429 against 1030 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite
- 2.6x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3202 and 1248 points
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- The rear camera has a 9.4x optical zoom
- Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 45W)
- 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 | 6.9 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3120 pixels | 1276 x 2848 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 498 ppi | 459 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | 3000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Armor 2 | Kunlun Glass 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.4% | 90% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 97.7% | - |
| PWM | 240 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) | 163 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) | 76.1 mm (3 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 233.5 g (8.24 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue | Black, Gold, Brown |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | Good (3.23/5) | Average (2.74/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Average (D) · 45 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | HiSilicon Kirin 9020 |
| 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 920 |
| 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) | 26581 | 4356 |
| Single-core score | 3202 | 1248 |
| Multi-core score | 10347 | 4151 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 987646 | 487087 |
| GPU | 1190760 | 275022 |
| Memory | 362214 | 340981 |
| UX | 587932 | 292436 |
| Total score | 3128552 | 1395526 |
| Samples | [66 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 61% | - |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2272 | 454 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 40 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 50 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 40 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 10441 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 56% | - |
| Graphics test | 34 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5827 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21582 | - |
| Video editing | 8625 | - |
| Photo editing | 34425 | - |
| Data manipulation | 17556 | - |
| Writing score | 26844 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#86th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-29 (VortexGen) | AnTuTu 12 | 3414404 |
| 📘 2026-09-06 (Trexsotiy) | Battery life | SOT 12:30 / 03:16 |
| 📘 2026-09-02 -> Mohamed_136 | Battery life | SOT 8:02 / 17:11 |
| 📘 2026-08-29 (PaWK) | AnTuTu 11 | 3034536 |
| 📘 2026-08-23 (Apple Slayer) | AnTuTu 11 | 3254557 |
Huawei Pura 80 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-18 (Antonio) | AnTuTu 11 | 1395526 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 12 |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | EMUI 15 |
| OS size | 30.4 GB | - |
| OS updates | 7 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5170 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (25 W) | Yes (80 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes (83% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 0:34 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 11:10 hr | 07:10 hr |
| Watching video | 19:32 hr | 15:01 hr |
| Gaming | 06:22 hr | 05:36 hr |
| Standby | 132 hr | 90 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#69th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 9.4x |
| 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 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| 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) Telephoto: 12.5 MP 4) Ultrawide: 40 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.6 - 4.0 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 | Smartsens SC5AOCS |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/0" (≈ Infinity inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 111 mm | 83 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 40 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 | Omnivision OV40A |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 165 | 175 |
| Preview | 81 | - |
| Zoom | 137 | 169 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Huawei Pura 80 Ultra from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, 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 | Yes |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2025 | June 2025 |
| Release date | February 2025 | June 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $1499 |
| 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 |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - 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
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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