Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold vs Google Pixel Fold
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 10-inch Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on December 2, 2025, against the Google Pixel Fold, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 and came out 2 years and 7 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 Z TriFold
- 3.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2926K versus 859K)
- Has a 2.4 inches larger screen size
- Waterproof body (IP48 classification)
- Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Comes with 779 mAh larger battery capacity: 5600 vs 4821 mAh
- The phone is 2 years and 7 months newer
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Thinner bezels – 8.2% more screen real estate
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 30W)
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel Fold
- 41% higher pixel density (378 vs 269 PPI)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- Better grip in hands – the body is 74.4 mm narrower
- Weighs 26 grams less
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 | OLED |
| Size | 10 inches | 7.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1584 x 2160 pixels | 1840 x 2208 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 4:3 | 6:5 |
| PPI | 269 ppi | 378 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 1200 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1450 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 82.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 98.8% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 4 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Z TriFold
10″ (4:3 ratio) = 48 in2
Pixel Fold
7.6″ (6:5 ratio) = 28.4 in2
~68% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 159.2 mm (6.27 inches) | 158.7 mm (6.25 inches) |
| Width | 214.1 mm (8.43 inches) | 139.7 mm (5.5 inches) |
| Thickness | 3.9 mm (0.15 inches) | 5.8 mm (0.23 inches) |
| Weight | 309 g (10.9 oz) | 283 g (9.98 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP48 | IPX8 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | - | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black | Black, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Google Tensor G2 |
| Max clock | 4470 MHz | 2850 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78 - 2 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X1 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Mali-G710 MP7 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 448 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 848 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~759.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Single-core score | 3018 | 1501 |
| Multi-core score | 9710 | 3833 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 803775 | 317251 |
| GPU | 964888 | 124800 |
| Memory | 494729 | 174433 |
| UX | 663140 | 243381 |
| Total score | 2926532 | 859865 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 80% |
| Graphics test | - | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 673 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 9317 |
| Video editing | - | 6944 |
| Photo editing | - | 20248 |
| Data manipulation | - | 10994 |
| Writing score | - | 15214 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#124th place)
Memory
| RAM size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 512 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | - |
| OS size | - | 15 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5600 mAh | 4821 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (20 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 31 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 1:32 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 06:15 hr |
| Watching video | - | 10:45 hr |
| Gaming | - | 04:29 hr |
| Standby | - | 80 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 121° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 10.8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 10.8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 | Sony IMX787 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 10.8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/3.1 |
| Focal length | 67 mm | 112 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 10.8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX386 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.25 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 60 |
| Preview | - | 63 |
| Zoom | - | 117 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel Fold from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Additional lens | 10 MP, f/24, 1/3.0" | 9.5 MP, f/24 |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | - | 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, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| 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 |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2025 | May 2023 |
| Release date | December 2025 | June 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2899 | $1799 |
| Successor | - | - Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold |
| 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 |
*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 Z TriFold is definitely a better buy.
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