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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Motorola Edge 50 Ultra

87 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
VS
75 out of 100
Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Motorola Edge 50 Ultra

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 Motorola Edge 50 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 9 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  • 71% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 1826K)
  • Shows 27% longer battery life (28:43 vs 22:32 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 12% higher pixel density (498 vs 446 PPI)
  • 59% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3202 and 2013 points
  • The phone is 9 months newer
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (125W versus 45W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.2 mm narrower
  • Weighs 21 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Motorola Edge 50 Ultra 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 512 GB
38.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
31.4
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S25 Ultra
vs
Edge 50 Ultra

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED POLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 498 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 2500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Armor 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 92.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 97.7% 97.5%
PWM 240 Hz 239 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Edge 50 Ultra
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S25 Ultra
1429 nits
Edge 50 Ultra +4%
1484 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) 161.1 mm (6.34 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 72.4 mm (2.85 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 218 g (7.69 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Eco-leather
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gray, Blue Gray, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.23/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 4470 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S25 Ultra +167%
26581
Edge 50 Ultra
9946
Compute Score (GPU) 26581 9946
Single-core score 3202 2013
Multi-core score 10347 5378
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S25 Ultra +71%
3128552
Edge 50 Ultra
1826731
CPU 987646 572700
GPU 1190760 501245
Memory 362214 347328
UX 587932 405458
Total score 3128552 1826731
Samples [66 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 61% 67%
Graphics test 17 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2272 1077
3DMark Solar Bay
Galaxy S25 Ultra +101%
10441
Edge 50 Ultra
5198
Graphics test 40 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 50 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 40 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 29 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 10441 5198
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 56% -
Graphics test 34 FPS -
Graphics score 5827 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S25 Ultra +30%
19901
Edge 50 Ultra
15290
Web score 21582 14214
Video editing 8625 7192
Photo editing 34425 28573
Data manipulation 17556 14358
Writing score 26844 20775
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-29 (VortexGen)AnTuTu 123414404
📘 2026-09-06 (Trexsotiy)Battery lifeSOT 12:30 / 03:16
📘 2026-09-02 -> Mohamed_136Battery lifeSOT 8:02 / 17:11
📘 2026-08-29 (PaWK)AnTuTu 113034536
📘 2026-08-23 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu 113254557
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Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-07 (GreenMioFa)Geekbench 6 CPU1955 / 5262
📘 2026-06-17 (MaylonXTG)AnTuTu 111856031
📘 2026-03-03 (Thx90)AnTuTu 111776467
📘 2026-01-19 -> ChrisqaAnTuTu 111802873
📘 2025-12-21 (Minato)AnTuTu 111804526
Add View all (8)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 8.0 Hello UI
OS size 30.4 GB 74 GB
OS updates 7 years 3 years
Security updates 7 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 125 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (25 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (81% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:59 hr 0:21 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:10 hr 08:41 hr
Watching video 19:32 hr 15:30 hr
Gaming 06:22 hr 05:36 hr
Standby 132 hr 102 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S25 Ultra +27%
28:43 hr
Edge 50 Ultra
22:32 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual 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° 122°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/2.4
Focal length 111 mm 72 mm
Sensor Sony IMX854 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 12 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 165 80
Preview 81 77
Zoom 137 147
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Motorola Edge 50 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Samsung JNS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) No
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 5.4
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 1.4
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
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* - 18
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
Galaxy S25 Ultra +11%
93 dB
Edge 50 Ultra
83.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 April 2024
Release date February 2025 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $999
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
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 125 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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
22 (61.1%)
14 (38.9%)
Total votes: 36

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