Samsung Galaxy S22 vs OnePlus 9 Pro

63 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S22
VS
63 out of 100
OnePlus 9 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 OnePlus 9 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and came out 11 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 1185K)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • The phone is 11 months newer
  • Weighs 30 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 9 Pro
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Shows 30% longer battery life (21:58 vs 16:55 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 3.3x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (65W versus 25W)
  • Comes with 800 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3700 mAh
  • 24% higher pixel density (525 vs 425 PPI)

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 and OnePlus 9 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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Final comparison evaluation
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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
68.9
(Good)
Value Index
105.8
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1440 x 3216 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 425 ppi 525 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 780 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 90.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 97.8%
PWM 239 Hz 192 Hz
Response time 10 ms 41.5 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 9 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)
856 nits
867 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146 mm (5.75 inches) 163.2 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 73.6 mm (2.9 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, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.6%
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 and OnePlus 9 Pro
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Max clock 2800 MHz 2840 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 780
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 Adreno 660
GPU shading units 384 768
GPU clock 1306 MHz 840 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~1290.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 and OnePlus 9 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1600
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3840
3989
Single-core score 1600 1537
Multi-core score 3840 3989
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S22 +18%
1398273
1185805
CPU 462329 437275
GPU 376985 236949
Memory 231805 195660
UX 327154 315921
Total score 1398273 1185805
Samples [11 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 65% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
Graphics score 820 -
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
Galaxy S22 +20%
1830
Stability 66% 56%
Graphics test 10 FPS 9 FPS
Graphics score 1830 1527
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
12319
Web score 11192 10265
Video editing 7372 6204
Photo editing 21608 26249
Data manipulation 11423 9595
Writing score 14877 14324

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
OnePlus 9 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-15 (Md Taief Khan)AnTuTu 121321279
📘 2026-10-12 (Executedream)AnTuTu 121200645
📘 2026-08-14 (Marchi1962)Geekbench 6 CPU1537 / 3989
📘 2026-08-14 (Marchi1962)AnTuTu 111253342
📘 2026-02-21 (Mete kaan)AnTuTu 111207152

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock - 2750 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 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM One UI 8.0 OxygenOS 13
OS size 30.2 GB 16 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 3700 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 65 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (63% in 30 min) Yes (100% in 32 min)
Full charging time 1:03 hr 0:32 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:42 hr 08:24 hr
Watching video 10:16 hr 12:07 hr
Gaming 04:06 hr 04:56 hr
Standby 90 hr 116 hr
General battery life
16:55 hr
21:58 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3.3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 140°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung GN5 Sony IMX789
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 70 mm 77 mm
Sensor Sony IMX772 Omnivision OV08A10
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Focal length 13 mm 14 mm
Sensor Sony IMX713 Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Galaxy S22 +16%
137
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 65
Preview 72 60
Zoom 126 110
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark Photo samples of OnePlus 9 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 3872 x 2592 4920 x 3264
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX471
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.1
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, Beidou, Galileo, SBAS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby 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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S22 +10%
89.5 dB
81.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2022 March 2021
Release date March 2022 March 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $970
Successor - - OnePlus 15
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.21 W/kg
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 -
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S22. But if the display and battery life are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 9 Pro.

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