Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Note 10 Plus
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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 Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 9825 and came out 5 years and 6 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 Ultra
- 3.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 819K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Shows 47% longer battery life (28:43 vs 19:33 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 79% higher peak brightness (1413 against 790 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite
- Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4300 mAh
- The phone is 5 years and 6 months newer
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1000GB
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Weighs 22 grams less
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 | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3120 pixels | 1440 x 3040 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19:9 |
| PPI | 498 ppi | 495 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | - | 700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Armor 2 | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.4% | 92.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 97.7% | 95.4% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 250 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3.6 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) | 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) |
| Width | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) | 77.2 mm (3.04 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 196 g (6.91 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue | White, Black, Red |
| 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 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9825 |
| Max clock | 4470 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A75 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: M4 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Mali G76 MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 288 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 754 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~434.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 26581 | 5214 |
| Single-core score | 3202 | 1061 |
| Multi-core score | 10347 | 2640 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 987646 | 312389 |
| GPU | 1190760 | 140755 |
| Memory | 362214 | 165805 |
| UX | 587932 | 200505 |
| Total score | 3128552 | 819454 |
| Samples | [66 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 61% | 96% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2272 | 393 |
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% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 34 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5827 | 1002 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21582 | 8308 |
| Video editing | 8625 | 5802 |
| Photo editing | 34425 | 19062 |
| Data manipulation | 17556 | 7232 |
| Writing score | 26844 | 10895 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#86th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Gun park) | AnTuTu 12 | 3085318 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (potatowan) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2791 / 10180 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Apple Slayer) | AnTuTu 12 | 3529678 |
| 📘 2026-10-02 (potatowan) | AnTuTu 12 | 3590956 |
| 📘 2026-09-29 (VortexGen) | AnTuTu 12 | 3414404 |
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-17 -> j7primeciadam | AnTuTu 11 | 819454 |
| 📘 2026-05-25 (M1nn44a) | AnTuTu 11 | 722666 |
| 📘 2026-03-22 (Wolf_Tech 🐺) | AnTuTu 11 | 824382 |
| 📘 2026-03-14 (Random person) | AnTuTu 11 | 806002 |
| 📘 2026-03-09 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 5214 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.0 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1000 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 4.0 |
| OS size | 30.4 GB | 31.6 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4300 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (25 W) | Yes, Qi/PMA (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (65% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 1:05 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 11:10 hr | 06:30 hr |
| Watching video | 19:32 hr | 11:51 hr |
| Gaming | 06:22 hr | 04:44 hr |
| Standby | 132 hr | 105 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 2x |
| 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 240FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 16 MP 4) Depth: 0.3 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.5 - 2.4 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 27 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 | Samsung SAK2L4 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | 111 mm | 52 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | Samsung S5K3M3 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 16 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 | Samsung S5K3P9 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 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 | - |
| Preview | 81 | - |
| Zoom | 137 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.22 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 |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 103 |
| Video | - | 93 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP |
| 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 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2025 | August 2019 |
| Release date | February 2025 | August 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $1099 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | - Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra |
| SAR (head) | 1.25 W/kg | 0.19 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.42 W/kg | 1.4 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 25 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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