Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs Honor Win 2

91 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
VS
90 out of 100
Honor Win 2

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 Honor Win 2, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and came out 8 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 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Weighs 23 grams less
Reasons to consider the Honor Win 2
  • Comes with 5100 mAh larger battery capacity: 10100 vs 5000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.3)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 60W)
  • 21% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4761K versus 3939K)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • 12% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4042 and 3624 points

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Honor Win 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
33.7
(Mediocre)
Value Index
46.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.89 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1440 x 3104 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 498 ppi 497 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 185 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 10000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 520 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Armor 2 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.4% 91.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
2801 nits
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) 163 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 214 g (7.55 oz) 237 g (8.36 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Active fan
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Blue, Pink, Purple White, Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
91.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Honor Win 2
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
Max clock 4740 MHz 5010 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 3 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 3 cores at 3.74 GHz:
- 3 cores at 4.03 GHz:
- 2 cores at 5.01 GHz:
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 2 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 850
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1450 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~4454.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Honor Win 2
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Win 2 +12%
4042
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Win 2 +2%
11226
Compute Score (GPU)
Win 2 +18%
33574
Compute Score (GPU) 28391 33574
Single-core score 3624 4042
Multi-core score 11049 11226
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Win 2 +21%
4761285
CPU 1168602 1268440
GPU 1520337 1692150
Memory 448779 612380
UX 801526 1188315
Total score 3939244 4761285
Samples [32 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 20 FPS -
Graphics score 2737 -
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]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 23390 -
Video editing 8217 -
Photo editing 37389 -
Data manipulation 18322 -
Writing score 32854 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (37th and 9th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-20 (LintyvladYT)AnTuTu 124025433
📘 2026-10-20 (MrQwizzy)Geekbench 7 GPU18403
📘 2026-10-20 (MrQwizzy)Geekbench 7 CPU3000 / 10013
📘 2026-10-20 (MrQwizzy)AnTuTu 124084057
📘 2026-10-20 -> M-515AnTuTu 124318419
Honor Win 2
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 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 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 17
ROM One UI 9.0 MagicOS 11
OS size 33.2 GB -
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 10100 mAh
Max charge power 60 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (25 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (84% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 28 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 1:07 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:12 hr -
Watching video 21:39 hr -
Gaming 06:42 hr -
Standby 130 hr -
General battery life
28:50 hr
n/a

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 -
Zoom Optical, 5x 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 240FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.4 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 -
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.9 -
Focal length 111 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX854 -
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 -
Sensor size 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 165 -
Zoom 141 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 23 mm 22 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5K3LU CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 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 6.3
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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
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
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2026 October 2026
Release date March 2026 November 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $999
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
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 100 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Honor Win 2.

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