Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos) vs S25 Ultra
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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 S25 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 year 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 79% higher peak brightness (2560 against 1429 nits)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 51 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.9 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Shows 14% longer battery life (28:43 vs 25:13 hours)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4300 mAh
- 21% higher pixel density (498 vs 411 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
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 | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1440 x 3120 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 411 ppi | 498 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1500 nits | - |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | 2600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Corning Gorilla Armor 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 92.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 100% | 97.7% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Galaxy S26 (Exynos)
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) | 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 71.7 mm (2.82 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.2 mm (0.28 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 oz) | 218 g (7.69 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver, Blue, Pink, Purple | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.01/5) | Good (3.23/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2600 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite |
| Max clock | 3800 MHz | 4470 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (1 + 3 + 6) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 2 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | AI engine with 32K MAC NPU | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Xclipse 960 | Adreno 830 |
| GPU shading units | 1792 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 980 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~7024.6 GFLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27264 | 26581 |
| Single-core score | 3271 | 3202 |
| Multi-core score | 11051 | 10347 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1060612 | 987646 |
| GPU | 1200578 | 1190760 |
| Memory | 409429 | 362214 |
| UX | 491211 | 587932 |
| Total score | 3161830 | 3128552 |
| Samples | [15 tests] | [66 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 61% |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3109 | 2272 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 45 FPS | 40 FPS |
| Section 1 | 51 FPS | 50 FPS |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | 40 FPS |
| Section 3 | 39 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Graphics score | 11935 | 10441 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 56% |
| Graphics test | - | 34 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5827 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21279 | 21582 |
| Video editing | 8171 | 8625 |
| Photo editing | 40764 | 34425 |
| Data manipulation | 16909 | 17556 |
| Writing score | 30248 | 26844 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (78th and 82nd 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 S25 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 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 |
| 📘 2026-08-08 (Minh Tùng) | AnTuTu 11 | 2954951 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 29.5 GB | 30.4 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4300 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (62% in 30 min) | Yes (72% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:04 hr | 0:59 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:34 hr | 11:10 hr |
| Watching video | 21:01 hr | 19:32 hr |
| Gaming | 06:20 hr | 06:22 hr |
| Standby | 97 hr | 132 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 16320 x 12240 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 240FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/3.4 |
| Focal length | 67 mm | 111 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 | Sony IMX854 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 150 | 165 |
| Preview | - | 81 |
| Zoom | 119 | 137 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos) from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | Samsung S5K3LU |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 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 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 | 3.2 |
| 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, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2026 | January 2025 |
| Release date | March 2026 | February 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $1299 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra |
| SAR (head) | 1.21 W/kg | 1.25 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.1 W/kg | 1.42 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 |
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
If the battery life is more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. But if the gaming and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos).
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