Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.6-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 1 year and 7 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 Plus
  • Comes with 1226 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3274 mAh
  • Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 23W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
  • Shows 28% longer battery life (24:47 vs 19:24 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Delivers 62% higher peak brightness (1772 against 1092 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • 17% higher pixel density (460 vs 393 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer
  • 83% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2915 and 1592 points
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.2 mm narrower

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus and Apple iPhone 15 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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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
60.0
(Average)
Value Index
22.8
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.6 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 393 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 780 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1750 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.2% 99.9%
PWM 240 Hz 242 Hz
Response time 5 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S22 Plus
6.6″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 15 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1092 nits
1772 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 157.4 mm (6.2 inches) 146.6 mm (5.77 inches)
Width 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz) 187 g (6.6 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 White, Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
89.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2200 Apple A17 Pro
Max clock 2800 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (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 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 920 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 384 768
GPU clock 1306 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS ~2147.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
28057
Compute Score (GPU) 10293 28057
Single-core score 1592 2915
Multi-core score 3845 7115
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1456410
1452754
CPU 514609 368915
GPU 391890 490265
Memory 210533 182600
UX 339378 410974
Total score 1456410 1452754
Samples [3 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 73% 71%
Graphics test 6 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 866 1391
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 66% 73%
Graphics test 15 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 18 FPS 29 FPS
Section 2 15 FPS 23 FPS
Section 3 12 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 3972 6089
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 64% 63%
Graphics test 11 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 1918 3655
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10564 -
Video editing 7378 -
Photo editing 19931 -
Data manipulation 12336 -
Writing score 15666 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-08 (Nyamka)AnTuTu 111496095
📘 2026-05-06 (Максим)AnTuTu 111422388
📘 2026-03-01 (Unknown)AnTuTu 111456410
📘 2026-01-18 -> Gind1kAnTuTu 111549060
📘 2025-08-27 -> reiGeekbench 6 GPU9335
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 GPU26734
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-24 (elips)AnTuTu 111387191
📘 2026-06-15 (k0nd3r)AnTuTu 111329788

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 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM One UI 8.0 -
OS size 28.6 GB -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 3274 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (64% in 30 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:01 hr 1:33 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:28 hr 09:28 hr
Watching video 11:26 hr 17:33 hr
Gaming 04:41 hr 05:41 hr
Standby 106 hr 111 hr
General battery life
19:24 hr
24:47 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
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° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
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 24 mm
Sensor Samsung GN5 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 70 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3K1 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX713 Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 75 80
Preview 66 85
Zoom 121 139
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3872 x 2592 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 145
Video - 156

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.3
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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
91.3 dB
79.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2022 September 2023
Release date March 2022 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $999
Successor - - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 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
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Not included 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 Apple iPhone 15 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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