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Samsung Galaxy S25 vs Realme GT 6

80 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25
VS
70 out of 100
Realme GT 6
Samsung Galaxy S25
Realme GT 6

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on January 22, 2025, against the Realme GT 6, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 7 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
  • 61% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2920K versus 1809K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Realme GT 6
  • Has a 0.58 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 5500 vs 4000 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (25:51 vs 24:10 hours)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 and Realme GT 6 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Galaxy S25
78*
GT 6
65*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Galaxy S25
80*
GT 6
70*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
46.4
(Average)
Value Index
53.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S25
vs
GT 6

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1264 x 2780 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91.1% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 97.4% -
PWM 240 Hz -
Response time 2 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
GT 6
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
Galaxy S25
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S25
1389 nits
GT 6 +7%
1483 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 146.9 mm (5.78 inches) 162 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 70.5 mm (2.78 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 7.2 mm (0.28 inches) 8.65 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 162 g (5.71 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.23/5) Good (3.37/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S25
91.1%
GT 6
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 and Realme GT 6
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 and Realme GT 6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S25 +55%
3012
GT 6
1944
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S25 +101%
9766
GT 6
4865
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S25
19829
GT 6
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 19829 -
Single-core score 3012 1944
Multi-core score 9766 4865
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S25 +61%
2920032
GT 6
1809566
CPU 899843 597008
GPU 1139434 479969
Memory 330975 298004
UX 549780 434585
Total score 2920032 1809566
Samples [44 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S25 +119%
2216
GT 6
1010
Stability 59% 85%
Graphics test 16 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 2216 1010
3DMark Solar Bay
Galaxy S25 +110%
10045
GT 6
4776
Graphics test 38 FPS 18 FPS
Section 1 48 FPS 21 FPS
Section 2 37 FPS 18 FPS
Section 3 29 FPS 15 FPS
Graphics score 10045 4776
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Galaxy S25
5664
GT 6
n/a
Stability 51% -
Graphics test 33 FPS -
Graphics score 5664 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S25 +7%
20022
GT 6
18654
Web score 21815 21204
Video editing 8619 6744
Photo editing 34466 44359
Data manipulation 17708 13834
Writing score 27109 24576
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#125th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 (Icecream)AnTuTu 123297029
📘 2026-09-18 (S25 owner)AnTuTu 123476989
📘 2026-08-23 (S25 owner)AnTuTu 113149606
📘 2026-08-14 (Atharva0999)AnTuTu 113027002
📘 2026-08-04 (Abn)AnTuTu 112514474
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Realme GT 6
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-02 (ridzy)AnTuTu 111809566
📘 2026-03-20 (Hadis)AnTuTu 111895729
📘 2026-01-14 (Alexander198823)AnTuTu 111951699
📘 2025-11-11 (Avishek Sankar Das)AnTuTu 111807243
📘 2025-10-24 (Parth Panchal)AnTuTu 111601805
Add View all (6)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4200 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM One UI 8.0 Realme UI 6.0
OS size 30.1 GB -
OS updates 7 years 3 years
Security updates 7 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) -
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (66% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:17 hr 0:28 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles 800 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:09 hr 10:56 hr
Watching video 17:15 hr 16:54 hr
Gaming 05:32 hr 06:11 hr
Standby 108 hr 114 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S25
24:10 hr
GT 6 +7%
25:51 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Sony LYTIA-808
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 67 mm 47 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 16 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.14 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.5
Focal length 26 mm 22 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 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 6 (802.11 a/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 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 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 Yes
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
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes -
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S25
91.7 dB
GT 6
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 June 2024
Release date February 2025 June 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $599
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) - Realme GT 8 Pro
SAR (head) 1.29 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.36 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, 120 W
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. model has 1.
*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 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
1 (12.5%)
7 (87.5%)
Total votes: 8

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