Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 12
70
out of 100
VS
60
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (with Exynos 2200) that was released on February 9, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 12, which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 1 year and 4 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
- Comes with 2185 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 2815 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
- Delivers 95% higher peak brightness (1253 against 643 nits)
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Shows 9% longer battery life (23:05 vs 21:15 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 18W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 12
- Weighs 64 grams less
- 21% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1997 and 1648 points
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.4 mm narrower
Review
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3088 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.3:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 500 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 830 nits | 625 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1750 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.8% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.4% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 226 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 16 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S22 Ultra
6.8″ (19.3:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
iPhone 12
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~25% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 228 g (8.04 oz) | 164 g (5.78 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2200 | Apple A14 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3100 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 1.8 GHz: Icestorm - 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Xclipse 920 | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1306 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS | ~654.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 17099 |
| Single-core score | 1648 | 1997 |
| Multi-core score | 4351 | 4665 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 472427 | 402035 |
| GPU | 390230 | 336490 |
| Memory | 216173 | 153915 |
| UX | 355339 | 449135 |
| Total score | 1434169 | 1341575 |
| Samples | [17 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 66% | - |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 900 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 65% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 15 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | 18 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Section 2 | 15 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | 12 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3874 | 2651 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 66% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1967 | 2155 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 13423 | - |
| Video editing | 7399 | - |
| Photo editing | 24771 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12643 | - |
| Writing score | 16337 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-21 (RAID_0) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 10479 |
| 📘 2026-07-12 (João_Rosário_67) | AnTuTu 11 | 1474557 |
| 📘 2026-06-09 (Unknown) | AnTuTu 11 | 1318666 |
| 📘 2026-04-18 (Fsoceinty) | AnTuTu 11 | 1329673 |
| 📘 2026-03-28 (Bakzhan) | AnTuTu 11 | 1530447 |
Apple iPhone 12
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Z0tacxyz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1294739 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Timur) | AnTuTu 11 | 1199214 |
| 📘 2026-06-26 (Hellomt) | AnTuTu 11 | 1334721 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (🇷🇺010) | AnTuTu 11 | 1384982 |
| 📘 2026-03-23 (Roma) | AnTuTu 11 | 1326030 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 14.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | - |
| OS size | 26.8 GB | 7 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | - |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 2815 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (60% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:06 hr | 08:00 hr |
| Watching video | 13:47 hr | 12:09 hr |
| Gaming | 05:57 hr | 04:35 hr |
| Standby | 113 hr | 112 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12000 x 9000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 10x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad 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 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KHM3 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/4.9 | - |
| Focal length | 230 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX574 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX563 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 55 |
| Preview | 73 | 74 |
| Zoom | 141 | 60 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 12 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 40 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 7864 x 5200 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 139 | 127 |
| Video | 145 | 140 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.2 | - |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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 | 18 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | October 2020 |
| Release date | March 2022 | October 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | $800 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | 1.05 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.58 W/kg | 0.99 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 | - |
*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 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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