Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs Oppo Find X9 Pro
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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 Oppo Find X9 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and came out 5 months 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 Ultra
- Delivers 55% higher peak brightness (2776 against 1795 nits)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3939K versus 3508K)
- 11% higher pixel density (500 vs 450 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X9 Pro
- Comes with 2500 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 5000 mAh
- Shows 22% longer battery life (35:19 vs 28:50 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 60W)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- Has a built-in infrared port
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3120 pixels | 1264 x 2780 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 500 ppi | 450 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1500 nits | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | 3600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Armor 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.4% | 90% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 98.3% |
| PWM | - | 354 Hz |
| Response time | - | 7 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 161.26 mm (6.35 inches) |
| Width | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) | 76.46 mm (3.01 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 214 g (7.55 oz) | 224 g (7.9 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver, Blue, Pink, Purple | White, Gray, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.82/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | MediaTek Dimensity 9500 |
| Max clock | 4740 MHz | 4210 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro - 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium - 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | MediaTek NPU 990 |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1716 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~5271.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 28391 | 26944 |
| Single-core score | 3624 | 3422 |
| Multi-core score | 11049 | 10065 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1168602 | 1098383 |
| GPU | 1520337 | 1275843 |
| Memory | 448779 | 378116 |
| UX | 801526 | 756339 |
| Total score | 3939244 | 3508681 |
| Samples | [32 tests] | [17 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 67% | 52% |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 22 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2737 | 3009 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 46 FPS | 51 FPS |
| Section 1 | 58 FPS | 55 FPS |
| Section 2 | 42 FPS | 52 FPS |
| Section 3 | 37 FPS | 43 FPS |
| Graphics score | 11990 | 13319 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | 42 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 7123 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 23390 | 11183 |
| Video editing | 8217 | 5850 |
| Photo editing | 37389 | 22747 |
| Data manipulation | 18322 | 13395 |
| Writing score | 32854 | 19055 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (32nd and 51st place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-03 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 7 GPU | 16267 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3022 / 9141 |
| 📘 2026-09-23 (Raze) | AnTuTu 12 | 3920421 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Niko) | AnTuTu 12 | 3439980 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (KEKRiLL) | AnTuTu 12 | 4208433 |
Oppo Find X9 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-29 -> StevenS | AnTuTu 12 | 3322691 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (7kxlz) | AnTuTu 12 | 3626063 |
| 📘 2026-07-26 -> FrostbyteX | AnTuTu 11 | 3454088 |
| 📘 2026-07-14 (7kxlz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3520797 |
| 📘 2026-05-23 (Valerij) | AnTuTu 11 | 3562181 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 16 |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | ColorOS 16 |
| OS size | 33.2 GB | 58 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 7500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 60 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (25 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (84% in 30 min) | Yes (54% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:43 hr | 1:20 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1300 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:12 hr | 19:04 hr |
| Watching video | 21:39 hr | 25:00 hr |
| Gaming | 06:42 hr | 10:24 hr |
| Standby | 130 hr | 107 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (67th and 13th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.4 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 | Sony LYT-828 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.9 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | 111 mm | 70 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | Samsung ISOCELL HP5 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.5 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 165 | 180 |
| Zoom | 141 | 131 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Oppo Find X9 Pro 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 | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3LU | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.64 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| 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 | October 2025 |
| Release date | March 2026 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $1299 |
| 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 - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 80 W |
*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 Oppo Find X9 Pro. But if the display, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra.
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