Tecno Camon Slim 5G vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.78-inch Tecno Camon Slim 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 7300e) that was released on September 2, 2026, against the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 year and 4 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory 8 / 256 GB

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Tecno Camon Slim 5G
  • Comes with 2100 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 3900 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate โ€“ 144 Hz
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
  • 3.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3034K versus 831K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 20% higher pixel density (513 vs 429 PPI)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Tecno Camon Slim 5G and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge 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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Currency
8 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1208 x 2644 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 429 ppi 513 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 2600 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 180 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Peak brightness test (auto)

Design and build

Height 162.58 mm (6.4 inches) 159 mm (6.26 inches)
Width 77.27 mm (3.04 inches) 76 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 6.39 mm (0.25 inches) 5.9 mm (0.23 inches)
Weight 171 g (6.03 oz) 163 g (5.75 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Burgundy Black, Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.16/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) ยท 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Tecno Camon Slim 5G and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7300e Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 2500 MHz 4470 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 4 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 655 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MP2 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 128 1536
GPU clock 1000 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~256 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Tecno Camon Slim 5G and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9605
Compute Score (GPU)
24111
Compute Score (GPU) 2418 24111
Single-core score 997 2650
Multi-core score 2950 9605
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
831785
3034849
CPU 316034 953422
GPU 97731 1106386
Memory 158905 366238
UX 259115 608803
Total score 831785 3034849
Samples Less than 3 [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 47%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2300
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 39 FPS
Section 1 - 49 FPS
Section 2 - 37 FPS
Section 3 - 31 FPS
Graphics score - 10302
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 33 FPS
Graphics score - 5539
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 21611
Video editing - 8617
Photo editing - 33511
Data manipulation - 17944
Writing score - 27324
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#108th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Tecno Camon Slim 5G
No benchmark results yet
Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> iannnnnAnTuTu 123255862
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-24 (ian)AnTuTu 123255862
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-02 (ilushon)AnTuTu 112704730
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-01 -> NordisAnTuTu 112894477
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-12-25 (Ferg๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น)AnTuTu 113034849

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HIOS 16.3 One UI 8.0
OS size - 31.4 GB
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 3900 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 1:04 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 06:41 hr
Watching video - 15:11 hr
Gaming - 04:54 hr
Standby - 107 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12240
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording No Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112ยฐ 120ยฐ
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 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/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700C Samsung ISOCELL HP2
Sensor size 1/1.56" (โ‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.3" (โ‰ˆ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX564
Sensor size 1/4.0" (โ‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (โ‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4000 x 3000
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size - 1/3.2" (โ‰ˆ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced September 2026 May 2025
Release date September 2026 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) - $1099
SAR (head) - 1.24 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.25 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 45 W 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 S25 Edge is definitely a better buy.

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