Samsung Galaxy S26 FE vs Honor Win RT 2

79 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
VS
89 out of 100
Honor Win RT 2

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S26 FE (with Exynos 2500) that was released on August 27, 2026, against the Honor Win RT 2, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 2 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Weighs 45 grams less
Reasons to consider the Honor Win RT 2
  • Comes with 7170 mAh larger battery capacity: 12070 vs 4900 mAh
  • 76% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4040K versus 2289K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • 29% higher pixel density (497 vs 385 PPI)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 45W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S26 FE and Honor Win RT 2 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
56.7
(Average)
Value Index
84.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.89 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1440 x 3104 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 385 ppi 497 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 185 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 10000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 520 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 91.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
1868 nits
n/a

Design and build

Height 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) 163 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 193 g (6.81 oz) 238 g (8.4 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Active fan
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Blue, Purple White, Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Win RT 2 +3%
91.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S26 FE and Honor Win RT 2
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2500 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 3300 MHz 4610 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 5 + 2) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 2 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 5 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 2 cores at 2.74 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X925
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 950 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 999 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~4091.9 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S26 FE and Honor Win RT 2
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Win RT 2 +66%
3671
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Win RT 2 +43%
10998
Compute Score (GPU)
Win RT 2 +23%
27183
Compute Score (GPU) 22100 27183
Single-core score 2217 3671
Multi-core score 7699 10998
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2289696
Win RT 2 +76%
4040013
CPU 771016 1257386
GPU 723824 1353204
Memory 356421 545517
UX 438435 883906
Total score 2289696 4040013
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S26 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-15 -> Malagau2AnTuTu 122751051
📘 2026-10-13 (Feran)AnTuTu 122750381
Honor Win RT 2
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 17 Android 17
ROM One UI 9.0 MagicOS 11
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 12070 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 90 W
Battery type - Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (69% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 1:08 hr -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:42 hr -
Watching video 17:42 hr -
Gaming 06:12 hr -
Standby 117 hr -
General battery life
25:38 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 -
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
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 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 -
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.5 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 75 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV08A10 -
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3L6 -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 22 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 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 No
Dolby Atmos Yes No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced August 2026 October 2026
Release date September 2026 November 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $630
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 90 W
*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 Honor Win RT 2 is definitely a better buy.

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