Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
70
out of 100
VS
93
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 17 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 3 years 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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
- Delivers 26% higher peak brightness (1253 against 993 nits)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
- 81% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2590K versus 1434K)
- Shows 44% longer battery life (33:14 vs 23:05 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- The phone is 3 years and 8 months newer
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 2.4x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3940 and 1648 points
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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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 | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3088 pixels | 1320 x 2868 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.3:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 500 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 830 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1750 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.8% | 91.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) | 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) | 78 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 228 g (8.04 oz) | 233 g (8.22 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red | Silver, Blue, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.04/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2200 | Apple A19 Pro |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 4260 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 2.6 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Xclipse 920 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1306 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS | ~2488.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 46450 |
| Single-core score | 1648 | 3940 |
| Multi-core score | 4351 | 10434 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 472427 | 788283 |
| GPU | 390230 | 922741 |
| Memory | 216173 | 226010 |
| UX | 355339 | 653533 |
| Total score | 1434169 | 2590567 |
| Samples | [17 tests] | [14 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 66% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 18 FPS |
| Graphics score | 900 | 2487 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 65% | - |
| Graphics test | 15 FPS | 42 FPS |
| Section 1 | 18 FPS | 47 FPS |
| Section 2 | 15 FPS | 42 FPS |
| Section 3 | 12 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3874 | 10999 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 66% | - |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1967 | - |
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 17 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Md.Imran Shafiq) | AnTuTu 11 | 2602137 |
| 📘 2026-07-31 (xon1005) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4028 / 10579 |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Domi) | AnTuTu 11 | 2427596 |
| 📘 2026-06-09 (Cristiano) | AnTuTu 11 | 2258714 |
| 📘 2026-05-29 (Joker) | AnTuTu 11 | 2433128 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | - |
| OS size | 26.8 GB | 20 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5088 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (60% in 30 min) | Yes (65% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 1:12 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:06 hr | 12:36 hr |
| Watching video | 13:47 hr | 22:25 hr |
| Gaming | 05:57 hr | 08:17 hr |
| Standby | 113 hr | 154 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12000 x 9000 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 10x | Optical, 4x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 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: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.78 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KHM3 | Sony IMX903 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/4.9 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 230 mm | 100 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX574 | Sony IMX973 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX563 | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 73 | - |
| Zoom | 141 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 40 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 7864 x 5200 | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX914 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | 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 | 139 | - |
| Video | 145 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 6.0 |
| 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 |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | September 2025 |
| Release date | March 2022 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | $1199 |
| SAR (head) | 1.05 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.58 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 |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro Max:
- Battery is 5,088 mAh on the eSIM-only model (vs 4,832 mAh on the Nano SIM + eSIM version).
- The Chinese model alone includes dual Nano SIM slots and 15 W wireless charging.
*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 17 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.
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