Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy S23
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Compared 2 smartphones : Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Manufactured in February, 2025, with display 6.9 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, vs Samsung Galaxy S23, Manufactured in February, 2023with chipsetSnapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Key Differences
Reasons to choose Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
- Larger display: 6.9in
- Higher pixel density: 498ppi
- Higher battery capacity: 5000mAh vs 3900mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version: 5.4 vs 5.3
Reasons to choose Samsung Galaxy S23
- Lighter design: 168g vs 218g
Versions
| Memory Options | - 12/256 GB - 12/512 GB - 12/1024 GB - 16/1024 GB |
- 8/128 GB - 8/256 GB - 8/512 GB |
Review
Display
Color accuracy, sharpness & brightness
Camera
Main & front camera tests
Performance
App & system performance
Games
3D gaming performance
Battery
Battery life, charging speed & type
Connectivity
Connectivity features
Adjust each parameter’s importance to find the best match for you.
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonDisplay
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.9 in | 6.1 in |
| Resolution | 1440x3120 pixels | 1080x2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| Pixel density | 498 ppi | 425 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (24-120 Hz) |
| Max brightness | 2600 nits | 800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes HDR10+ |
| Touch Sampling Rate | 240 Hz | n/a |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.4 % | 88 % |
| Features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| sRGB gamut | 97.7 % | 98.9 % |
| PWM (Flicker) | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinite | ∞ Infinite |
Design & Build
| Height | 162.8 mm (6.41 in) | 146.3 mm (5.76 in) |
| Width | 77.6 mm (3.06 in) | 70.9 mm (2.79 in) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 in) | 7.6 mm (0.3 in) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 168 g (5.93 oz) |
| Water resistance | IP68 | IP68 |
| Cooling system | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Back panel | Glass | Glass |
| Frame | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | - Black - Silver - Gray - Blue |
- White - Black - Gray - Green - Purple - Yellow |
| Fingerprint sensor | Yes In-Display | Yes In-Display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy |
| Max Frequency | 4470 MHz | 3360 MHz |
| CPU Cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 6/3.53 (Oryon (Phoenix M)) - 2/4.32 (Oryon (Phoenix L)) |
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510) - 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710) - 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715) - 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3) |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Transistor Size | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Neural Processor | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU Cores | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU Frequency | 1100 MHz | 719 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3379.2 GFLOPS | 2089 GFLOPS |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 3147 | 1831 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 9750 | 4914 |
| Geekbench Compute (GPU) | 25681 | 9422 |
| CPU | 659871 | 380535 |
| GPU | 1294167 | 598896 |
| Memory | 471319 | 273271 |
| UX | 369782 | 270109 |
| NanoReview Score | 2795139 | 1522811 |
| Max Surface Temp. | n/a | 34.3 °C |
| Stability | n/a | 60 % |
| Graphics Test | n/a | 72 fps |
| Graphics Score | n/a | 12039 |
| Writing score | n/a | 19330 |
| Web score | n/a | 14262 |
| Video editing | n/a | 7840 |
| Data manipulation | n/a | 12674 |
| NanoReview Score | n/a | 15602 |
Memory
| RAM Size | - 12 GB - 16 GB |
8 GB |
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 5333 MHz | n/a |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage Capacity | - 256 GB - 512 GB - 1024 GB | - 128 GB - 256 GB - 512 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory Card | No | No |
Software
| OS | Android 15 | Android 13 (Upgradeable to Android 14) |
| OS Size | 30.4 GB | 29.7 GB |
| UI Skin | One UI 7.0 | One UI 6.1 |
Battery
| Volume | 5000 mAh | 3900 mAh |
| Max Charging Power | 45 W | 25 W |
| Battery Type | Li-ion | Li-ion |
| Removable | No | No |
| Wireless Charging | Yes (25 W) | Yes (10 W) |
| Reverse Charging | Yes (Wireless) | Yes (Wireless) |
| Fast Charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes (57% in 30 min) |
| Full Charge Time | 0:59 h | 1:16 h |
| Web Browsing | 11:10 h | 08:12 h |
| Video Playback | 19:32 h | 13:41 h |
| Games | 06:22 h | 05:20 h |
| Standby Mode | 160 h | 109 h |
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Photo resolution | 16320x12240 pixels | 8160x6120 pixels |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K Recording | Yes (Up to 30 fps) | Yes (Up to 30 fps) |
| 4K Recording | Yes (Up to 120 fps) | Yes (Up to 60 fps) |
| 1080p Recording | Yes (Up to 240 fps) | Yes (Up to 120 fps) |
| Slow Motion | 240 fps (1080p) | 960 fps (1080p) |
| Wide-angle lens | 120 ° | 120 ° |
| Lenses count | Standard: 200 MP Telephoto: 50 MP Telephoto: 12 MP Ultra-wide: 50 MP |
Standard: 50 MP Telephoto: 10 MP Ultra-wide: 12 MP |
| Features | - Bokeh effect - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh effect - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Matrix | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 | Samsung S5KGN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3 | 1/1.57 |
| Pixel size | 0.6 μm | 1 μm |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Matrix | 50 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 111 mm | 70 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | Samsung S5K3K1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52 | 1/3.94 |
| Pixel size | 0.7 μm | 1 μm |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Matrix | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 | Sony IMX564 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5 | 1/2.55 |
| Pixel size | 0.7 μm | 1.4 μm |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Bokeh | 70 | 70 |
| Preview | 81 | 72 |
| Zoom | 149 | 126 |
Front camera
| Matrix | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Photo resolution | 4000x3000 pixels | 4000x3000 pixels |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | Samsung S5K3LU |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2 | 1/3.24 |
| Pixel size | 1.12 μm | 1.12 μm |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 fps | 2160p (4K) at 60 fps |
| TOF 3D sensor | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi version | 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 | 5.3 |
| 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 DP 1.2 | Yes DP 1.2 |
| GPS | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared Port | No | No |
| SIM Count* | 1 | 1 |
| SIM Type | Nano | Nano |
| SIM Mode | Dual SIM Standby | Dual SIM Standby |
| eSIM Support * | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid Slot | No | No |
| 2G Bands | GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900 | GSM 850/1700/1900/2100Mhz |
| 3G Bands | UMTS B1(2100),B2(1900),B4(AWS),B5(850),B8(900) | UMTS 6/5/8/34 |
| LTE Bands* | LTE (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B14/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B29/B30/B66/B71) | LTE (B/B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B16/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B27/B28/B29/B30/B38/B39/B40/B41/B66/B71) |
| LTE category | n/a | 20 |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| 3.5 mm Jack | No | No |
| FM Radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Other
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January, 2025 yr | February, 2023 yr |
| Release Date | February, 2025 yr | February, 2023 yr |
| Launch Price ($) | 1299 | 799 |
| Sensors | - Hall Sensor - Barometer - Proximity Sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor - Compass - Fingerprint sensor |
- Hall Sensor - Barometer - Proximity Sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient Light Sensor - Compass - Fingerprint sensor |
| Charger Included | No | No |
Note
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra:
Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.","Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
Samsung Galaxy S23:
The 128GB version uses slower UFS 3.1 memory, while the 256GB and 512GB models have UFS 4.0.
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Attention!
Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 8
