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Samsung Galaxy S22 vs Google Pixel 8 Pro

63 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S22
VS
71 out of 100
Google Pixel 8 Pro
Samsung Galaxy S22
Google Pixel 8 Pro

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 8 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 1 year and 8 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 46 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.9 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8 Pro
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 1350 mAh larger battery capacity: 5050 vs 3700 mAh
  • Delivers 87% higher peak brightness (1600 against 856 nits)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (19:29 vs 16:55 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 15% higher pixel density (489 vs 425 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Google Pixel 8 Pro 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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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
12 / 128 GB
68.9
(Good)
Value Index
67.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S22
vs
Pixel 8 Pro

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1344 x 2992 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 425 ppi 489 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 780 nits 2400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 99.5%
PWM 239 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 10 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Pixel 8 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S22
856 nits
Pixel 8 Pro +87%
1600 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146 mm (5.75 inches) 162.6 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow Black, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S22 +2%
88.6%
Pixel 8 Pro
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Google Pixel 8 Pro
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 Google Tensor G3
Max clock 2800 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 9 (1 + 4 + 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 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 Immortalis-G715s MC10
GPU shading units 384 896
GPU clock 1306 MHz 890 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~1594.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Google Pixel 8 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S22
1600
Pixel 8 Pro +10%
1765
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S22
3840
Pixel 8 Pro +12%
4297
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 6573
Single-core score 1600 1765
Multi-core score 3840 4297
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S22 +2%
1398273
Pixel 8 Pro
1367231
CPU 462329 468427
GPU 376985 384941
Memory 231805 182041
UX 327154 331822
Total score 1398273 1367231
Samples [11 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S22
820
Pixel 8 Pro +20%
982
Stability 65% 74%
Graphics test 6 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 820 982
3DMark Solar Bay
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
Stability 66% 75%
Graphics test 10 FPS -
Graphics score 1830 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11192 -
Video editing 7372 -
Photo editing 21608 -
Data manipulation 11423 -
Writing score 14877 -
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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
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Google Pixel 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-04 (Karlik)AnTuTu 121408420
📘 2026-05-05 (s1mpick)AnTuTu 111338293
📘 2026-05-04 (Bilal Ahmed)AnTuTu 111367231
📘 2026-04-13 -> SpaikleonowAnTuTu 111482218
📘 2026-03-26 (Bilal)AnTuTu 111328640
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 4200 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 8.0 Stock Android
OS size 30.2 GB 14 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 3700 mAh 5050 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (23 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (63% in 30 min) Yes (53% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:03 hr 1:23 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:42 hr 08:23 hr
Watching video 10:16 hr 12:10 hr
Gaming 04:06 hr 04:58 hr
Standby 90 hr 87 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S22
16:55 hr
Pixel 8 Pro +15%
19:29 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 5x
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° 126°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 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/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung GN5 Samsung GNV
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 48 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 70 mm 113 mm
Sensor Sony IMX772 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX713 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Galaxy S22
129
Pixel 8 Pro +20%
155
Video quality
Galaxy S22
137
Pixel 8 Pro +9%
149
Generic main camera score
Galaxy S22
133
Pixel 8 Pro +15%
153
Bokeh 70 65
Preview 72 75
Zoom 126 152
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 10.5 megapixels
Image resolution 3872 x 2592 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS -
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) Phase autofocus
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 - 143
Video - 149

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 5.2 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, 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
Galaxy S22
89.5 dB
Pixel 8 Pro
89.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2022 October 2023
Release date March 2022 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $999
Successor - - Google Pixel 10 Pro
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
Further details
Notes on Pixel 8 Pro:
    - The smartphone includes a temperature sensor.
*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 Google Pixel 8 Pro is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
6 (22.2%)
21 (77.8%)
Total votes: 27

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