Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos) vs Galaxy S22
86
out of 100
VS
63
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.3-inch Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos) (with Exynos 2600) that was released on February 25, 2026, against the Samsung Galaxy S22, which is powered by Exynos 2200 and came out 4 years and 1 month 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 S26 (Exynos)
- Delivers 196% higher peak brightness (2560 against 865 nits)
- 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3161K versus 1398K)
- Shows 49% longer battery life (25:13 vs 16:55 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- The phone is 4 years and 1 month newer
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.3 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 411 ppi | 425 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1500 nits | 780 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 88.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 99.3% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 10 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) | 146 mm (5.75 inches) |
| Width | 71.7 mm (2.82 inches) | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.2 mm (0.28 inches) | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 oz) | 167 g (5.89 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver, Blue, Pink, Purple | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.01/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2600 | Samsung Exynos 2200 |
| Max clock | 3800 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (1 + 3 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 2.75 GHz: C1-Pro - 3 cores at 3.25 GHz: C1-Pro - 1 core at 3.8 GHz: C1-Ultra |
- 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 2 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI engine with 32K MAC NPU | Yes |
| Graphics | Xclipse 960 | Xclipse 920 |
| GPU shading units | 1792 | 384 |
| GPU clock | 980 MHz | 1306 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~7024.6 GFLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27264 | - |
| Single-core score | 3271 | 1600 |
| Multi-core score | 11051 | 3840 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1060612 | 462329 |
| GPU | 1200578 | 376985 |
| Memory | 409429 | 231805 |
| UX | 491211 | 327154 |
| Total score | 3161830 | 1398273 |
| Samples | [15 tests] | [11 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 65% |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3109 | 820 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | 45 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | 51 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | 39 FPS | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | 11935 | 3751 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1830 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21279 | 11192 |
| Video editing | 8171 | 7372 |
| Photo editing | 40764 | 21608 |
| Data manipulation | 16909 | 11423 |
| Writing score | 30248 | 14877 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#78th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Pires) | AnTuTu 12 | 3302245 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Shaco) | AnTuTu 12 | 3216468 |
| 📘 2026-09-06 (Artem) | AnTuTu 11 | 3113554 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (David Vasic) | AnTuTu 11 | 3317117 |
| 📘 2026-07-26 (Simon) | AnTuTu 11 | 3215235 |
Samsung Galaxy S22
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Battery life | SOT 5:35 / 7:27 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Geekbench 6 GPU | 10630 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik)) | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1587642 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 29.5 GB | 30.2 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4300 mAh | 3700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (62% in 30 min) | Yes (63% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:04 hr | 1:03 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 09:34 hr | 05:42 hr |
| Watching video | 21:01 hr | 10:16 hr |
| Gaming | 06:20 hr | 04:06 hr |
| Standby | 97 hr | 90 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Samsung GN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 67 mm | 70 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 150 | 70 |
| Preview | - | 72 |
| Zoom | 119 | 126 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos) from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 3872 x 2592 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| 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 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 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, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2026 | February 2022 |
| Release date | March 2026 | March 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $799 |
| SAR (head) | 1.21 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.1 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*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 S26 (Exynos) is definitely a better buy.
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