Samsung Galaxy S22 vs Google Pixel 7

63 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S22
VS
62 out of 100
Google Pixel 7

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Google Pixel 7, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 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 S22
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 16% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 1203K)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 30 grams less
  • 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1600 and 1462 points
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (19:30 vs 16:55 hours)
  • Delivers 14% higher peak brightness (973 against 856 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • The phone is 8 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Google Pixel 7 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
68.9
(Good)
Value Index
159.2
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 425 ppi 416 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 780 nits 450 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits 1400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 84.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 98.5%
PWM 239 Hz 360 Hz
Response time 10 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
856 nits
Pixel 7 +14%
973 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146 mm (5.75 inches) 155.6 mm (6.13 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 73.2 mm (2.88 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.7 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow White, Black, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.6%
84.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Google Pixel 7
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 Google Tensor G2
Max clock 2800 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
- 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 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU shading units 384 448
GPU clock 1306 MHz 848 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~759.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Google Pixel 7
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1600
1462
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3840
Pixel 7 +1%
3871
Compute Score (GPU)
3696
Compute Score (GPU) - 3696
Single-core score 1600 1462
Multi-core score 3840 3871
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S22 +16%
1398273
1203381
CPU 462329 420771
GPU 376985 289075
Memory 231805 204670
UX 327154 288865
Total score 1398273 1203381
Samples [11 tests] [24 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S22 +17%
820
703
Stability 65% 77%
Graphics test 6 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 820 703
3DMark Solar Bay
3751
n/a
Stability 66% -
Graphics test 14 FPS -
Section 1 17 FPS -
Section 2 14 FPS -
Section 3 11 FPS -
Graphics score 3751 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
1830
Pixel 7 +1%
1841
Stability 66% 75%
Graphics test 10 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 1830 1841
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S22 +12%
12319
10994
Web score 11192 7923
Video editing 7372 6434
Photo editing 21608 18842
Data manipulation 11423 11061
Writing score 14877 15053

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S22
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGAnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGBattery lifeSOT 5:35 / 7:27
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGGeekbench 6 GPU10630
📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik))AnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal)AnTuTu 111587642
Google Pixel 7
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 -> putkin_prosrochka59AnTuTu 121477460
📘 2026-07-20 -> Dnhlst244.AnTuTu 111258304
📘 2026-07-14 (Ndraa)AnTuTu 111259081
📘 2026-07-11 (zeesun)AnTuTu 111232487
📘 2026-07-08 (Олах #teamPixel)AnTuTu 111184600

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 8.0 Stock Android
OS size 30.2 GB 14 GB
OS updates 4 years 5 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 3700 mAh 4355 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (20 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (63% in 30 min) Yes (48% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:03 hr 1:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:42 hr 07:58 hr
Watching video 10:16 hr 13:42 hr
Gaming 04:06 hr 05:14 hr
Standby 90 hr 82 hr
General battery life
16:55 hr
Pixel 7 +15%
19:30 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung GN5 Samsung GN1
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX772 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX713 Sony IMX381
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.25 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Pixel 7 +12%
145
Video quality
Pixel 7 +4%
143
Generic main camera score
Pixel 7 +5%
140
Bokeh 70 70
Preview 72 72
Zoom 126 106
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 10.8 megapixels
Image resolution 3872 x 2592 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 134
Video - 144

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.2 5.2
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 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
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 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
89.5 dB
88.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2022 October 2022
Release date March 2022 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $599
Successor - - Google Pixel 10
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

If the display, gaming, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S22. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 7.

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