Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra vs Motorola Edge Plus (2023)
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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 Motorola Edge Plus (2023), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 1 year and 3 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
- 27% higher pixel density (500 vs 395 PPI)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge Plus (2023)
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 45W)
- 24% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1779K versus 1434K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- The phone is 1 year and 3 months newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- 22% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2017 and 1648 points
- Weighs 25 grams less
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 | 6.67 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3088 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.3:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 500 ppi | 395 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 165 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 830 nits | 1300 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1750 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.8% | 90% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | - |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) | 161.16 mm (6.34 inches) |
| Width | 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) | 74 mm (2.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.59 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 228 g (8.04 oz) | 203 g (7.16 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red | Black |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2200 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) |
| 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 |
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Xclipse 920 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1306 MHz | 680 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 9224 |
| Single-core score | 1648 | 2017 |
| Multi-core score | 4351 | 5282 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 472427 | 544780 |
| GPU | 390230 | 510688 |
| Memory | 216173 | 299259 |
| UX | 355339 | 424897 |
| Total score | 1434169 | 1779624 |
| Samples | [17 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 66% | - |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 900 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 65% | - |
| Graphics test | 15 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 18 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 15 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 12 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3874 | - |
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 |
Motorola Edge Plus (2023)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2024-09-26 (breadbrowser) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 9224 |
| 📘 2024-09-26 (breadbrowser) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1914 / 5101 |
| 📘 2024-02-12 (mello) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2017 / 5282 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | My UX |
| OS size | 26.8 GB | - |
| OS updates | 4 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5100 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 68 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (60% in 30 min) | Yes (71% in 20 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 0:35 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:06 hr | - |
| Watching video | 13:47 hr | - |
| Gaming | 05:57 hr | - |
| Standby | 113 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12000 x 9000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 10x | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 114° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 108 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KHM3 | Omnivision OV50A |
| Sensor size | 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/4.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 230 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX574 | Sony IMX663 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch) | 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX563 | Samsung S5KJN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.64 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 | 60 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 7864 x 5200 | 10000 x 6000 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | CMOS | Omnivision OV60A |
| Sensor size | 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.61 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 | No |
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/k/v/r) |
| 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 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | May 2023 |
| Release date | March 2022 | May 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | $800 |
| 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 - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 68 W |
Further details
Notes on Edge Plus (2023):
- In the European region, the smartphone comes with a 125-watt power adapter.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. But if the performance and gaming are more of a priority – go for the Motorola Edge Plus (2023).
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