Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) vs Motorola Edge Plus (2023)

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) 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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Memory
8 / 512 GB

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
  • 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
  • 39% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1779K versus 1281K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 45W)
  • 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
  • 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2017 and 1733 points
  • Weighs 25 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) and Motorola Edge Plus (2023) 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
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)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 512 GB
37.4
(Mediocre)
Value Index
142.0
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

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 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

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 specifications of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) and Motorola Edge Plus (2023)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3000 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 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 6 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 730 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 818 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) and Motorola Edge Plus (2023)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 7088 9224
Single-core score 1733 2017
Multi-core score 4097 5282
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 474282 544780
GPU 218539 510688
Memory 221374 299259
UX 367090 424897
Total score 1281285 1779624
Samples [16 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 64% -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 721 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 59% -
Graphics test 13 FPS -
Graphics score 2206 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
Web score 13918 -
Video editing 7376 -
Photo editing 29480 -
Data manipulation 11079 -
Writing score 16194 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 -> VAMPRAnTuTu 121473339
📘 2026-10-05 -> NoobMiokAnTuTu 121537645
📘 2026-10-05 (Ray white)Geekbench 7 CPU914 / 3141
📘 2026-10-05 -> NoobMiokAnTuTu 121390628
📘 2026-10-03 (Natttss.)AnTuTu 121417129
Motorola Edge Plus (2023)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2024-09-26 (breadbrowser)Geekbench 6 GPU9224
📘 2024-09-26 (breadbrowser)Geekbench 6 CPU1914 / 5101
📘 2024-02-12 (mello)Geekbench 6 CPU2017 / 5282

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 updates - 3 years
Security updates - 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)
Fast charging Yes (50% in 20 min) Yes (71% in 20 min)
Full charging time 0:59 hr 0:35 hr

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
Standard lens
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 - 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
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 - 1.22 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
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 - 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Bokeh 70 -
Preview 71 -
Zoom 137 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) 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 - Omnivision OV60A
Sensor size 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 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

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
Network
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2022 May 2023
Release date February 2022 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $800
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra -
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 performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Motorola Edge Plus (2023). But if the display, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon).

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