Samsung Galaxy S22 vs S10 Plus

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 Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 9820 and came out 3 years 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
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • 79% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1398K versus 782K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 2200
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
  • Delivers 9% higher peak brightness (856 against 787 nits)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (25W versus 15W)
  • The phone is 3 years newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
  • Shows 46% longer battery life (24:46 vs 16:55 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
  • Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
  • 23% higher pixel density (522 vs 425 PPI)
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 and S10 Plus 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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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 45% Yes
Maybe, but mainly if you specifically want better performance.
This is a situational upgrade. It makes the most sense if better performance matters to you.
Main improvements: performance, camera, and gaming.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1440 x 3040 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19:9
PPI 425 ppi 522 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 780 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Screen-to-body ratio 88.6% 87.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.3% 96.5%
PWM 239 Hz 235 Hz
Response time 10 ms 4.8 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S10 Plus
6.4″ (19:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
856 nits
787 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146 mm (5.75 inches) 157.6 mm (6.2 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 175 g (6.17 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow Black, Blue, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
88.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820
Max clock 2800 MHz 2730 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 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.31 GHz: Cortex-A75
- 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Mongoose M4
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 8 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 Mali G76 MP12
GPU shading units 384 288
GPU clock 1306 MHz 702 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~404.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 and Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S22 +57%
1600
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S22 +48%
3840
Single-core score 1600 1017
Multi-core score 3840 2593
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S22 +79%
1398273
CPU 462329 295808
GPU 376985 132940
Memory 231805 150643
UX 327154 202848
Total score 1398273 782239
Samples [11 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S22 +123%
820
Stability 65% 81%
Graphics test 6 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 820 367
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 +92%
1830
Stability 66% 82%
Graphics test 10 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 1830 952
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S22 +37%
12319
Web score 11192 7478
Video editing 7372 5765
Photo editing 21608 18093
Data manipulation 11423 7575
Writing score 14877 10112

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
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Vzxzv)CPU Throttle76%
📘 2026-09-30 (Vzxzv)AnTuTu 11717771
📘 2026-09-24 (unknown)AnTuTu 12904674
📘 2026-05-26 (Tban)AnTuTu 11550199
📘 2026-03-31 -> RodikAnTuTu 11745471

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI 4.0
OS size 30.2 GB 46.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 2 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 3700 mAh 4100 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes, Qi/PMA (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (63% in 30 min) Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:03 hr 1:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:42 hr 13:48 hr
Watching video 10:16 hr 16:28 hr
Gaming 04:06 hr 05:50 hr
Standby 90 hr 80 hr
General battery life
16:55 hr
24:46 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 4000 x 3000
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2x
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 240FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.5 - 2.4
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung GN5 Samsung SAK2L4
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.4 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 70 mm 52 mm
Sensor Sony IMX772 Samsung S5K3M3
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 16 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 12 mm
Sensor Sony IMX713 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 -
Preview 72 -
Zoom 126 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 3872 x 2592 4320 x 2432
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Additional lens - 8 MP, f/22, 1/4"
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 101
Video - 88

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
Bluetooth version 5.2 5
Bluetooth features LE PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, 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 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
89.5 dB
87.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2022 February 2019
Release date March 2022 March 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $1000
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
SAR (head) - 0.516 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.582 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy S22 is definitely a better buy.

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107 (45.1%)
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Total votes: 237

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GFD56 January 24, 2023 at 08:56 PM
WindowsXP analogy dictates no matter how smooth a product functions it must 'Do the dinosaur'.
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Freddy December 10, 2022 at 03:49 PM
S10 Plus is one of the greatest phones ever made. Also considering the fact you can get an S10 Plus for $600 new or $350 used makes it an even more self-evident choice.
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Mbos April 17, 2023 at 08:10 AM
I agree S10 Plus is one of the greatest phones ever made.
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Anna November 15, 2022 at 08:49 AM
Looking to buy a new Samsung Galaxy smartphone, but all the comparisons clearly say that s10 plus is still better. Not a huge jump made in 3 years, some things are even worse, like battery capacity and the removal of the audio jack which I still use.
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Scott October 10, 2022 at 03:55 AM
The S 10 plus is by far the best phone. Don't get sucked into marketing.
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