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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

91 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
VS
80 out of 100
Google Pixel 10 Pro XL
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on February 25, 2026, against the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL, which is powered by Google Tensor G5 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 (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
  • 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3939K versus 1617K)
  • Shows 25% longer battery life (28:50 vs 23:06 hours)
  • Delivers 19% higher peak brightness (2776 against 2336 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (60W versus 45W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 57% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3624 and 2305 points
  • The phone is 7 months newer
  • Weighs 18 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Google Pixel 10 Pro XL 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
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
16 / 256 GB
33.7
(Mediocre)
Value Index
45.0
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S26 Ultra
vs
Pixel 10 Pro XL

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1344 x 2992 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 500 ppi 486 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 3300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 2200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Armor 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91.4% 89.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 96.2%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 3 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S26 Ultra +19%
2776 nits
Pixel 10 Pro XL
2336 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) 162.8 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 214 g (7.55 oz) 232 g (8.18 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 White, Black, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.66/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Google Pixel 10 Pro XL
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Google Tensor G5
Max clock 4740 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 5 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 5 cores at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.78 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 PowerVR DXT-48-1536
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Google Pixel 10 Pro XL
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 28391 3760
Single-core score 3624 2305
Multi-core score 11049 6054
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S26 Ultra +144%
3939244
Pixel 10 Pro XL
1617706
CPU 1168602 760240
GPU 1520337 181200
Memory 448779 267804
UX 801526 408462
Total score 3939244 1617706
Samples [32 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% 93%
Graphics test 20 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2737 1012
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 46 FPS -
Section 1 58 FPS -
Section 2 42 FPS -
Section 3 37 FPS -
Graphics score 11990 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 42 FPS -
Graphics score 7123 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 23390 17237
Video editing 8217 7203
Photo editing 37389 24584
Data manipulation 18322 14036
Writing score 32854 20213
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (Raze)AnTuTu 123920421
📘 2026-09-19 (Niko)AnTuTu 123439980
📘 2026-09-18 (KEKRiLL)AnTuTu 124208433
📘 2026-09-14 -> Mi7haAnTuTu 124485552
📘 2026-09-05 (Pavel)AnTuTu 113959848
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Google Pixel 10 Pro XL
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 (Dolbaeb)AnTuTu 121549159
📘 2026-07-16 (fox_sky)AnTuTu 111629394
📘 2026-06-05 (dunkiegaming)Geekbench 6 GPU4116
📘 2026-06-05 (dunkiegaming)Geekbench 6 CPU2295 / 6133
📘 2026-05-17 (Dustigen)AnTuTu 111487891
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 8.5 Stock Android
OS size 33.2 GB 23 GB
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5200 mAh
Max charge power 60 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (25 W) Yes (23 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (84% in 30 min) Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 1:22 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:12 hr 11:06 hr
Watching video 21:39 hr 17:14 hr
Gaming 06:42 hr 05:08 hr
Standby 130 hr 81 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S26 Ultra +25%
28:50 hr
Pixel 10 Pro XL
23:06 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 5x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
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: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.4 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.9 f/2.8
Focal length 111 mm 113 mm
Sensor Sony IMX854 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 13 mm 12 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 165 160
Zoom 141 141
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 10 Pro XL from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 42 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 23 mm 17 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5K3LU Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 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

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 6.0 6.0
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 Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S26 Ultra +7%
92 dB
Pixel 10 Pro XL
85.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2026 August 2025
Release date March 2026 August 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $1199
SAR (head) 1.28 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.35 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Pixel 10 Pro XL:
    - Supports Bypass Charge.
*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 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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ComputerNerd July 28, 2026 at 09:28 PM
The S26 Ultra has the better battery, lighter to carry, better CPU performance, better video recording & editing capabilities, and better main camera. Overall, it's a win for the S26 Ultra. The Pixel 10 Pro XL offers a solid CPU performance as a standalone, but not impressive when compared with the huge leaps the Snapdragon 8 gen 5 and the Apple A19 chips have made. Good night photos, great selfie photos, and a good OS software with no bloatware wars. It really is a good mid-tier phone pretending to be a flagship phone. Only get it if it is on sale and you have zero intentions of gaming on it.
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