Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) vs S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.4-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon), which is powered by the same chip and came out 1 year and 8 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 S23 FE (Snapdragon)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1436K versus 1281K)
- The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
- Weighs 19 grams less
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
- The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- 24% higher pixel density (500 vs 403 PPI)
- Thinner bezels – 6.6% more screen real estate
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.4 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1440 x 3088 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.3:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 500 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1450 nits | 830 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1750 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.2% | 89.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
6.8″ (19.3:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
6.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.6 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 158 mm (6.22 inches) | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) | 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 209 g (7.37 oz) | 228 g (8.04 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 7088 |
| Single-core score | 1720 | 1733 |
| Multi-core score | 4204 | 4097 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 516037 | 474282 |
| GPU | 391403 | 218539 |
| Memory | 186259 | 221374 |
| UX | 343264 | 367090 |
| Total score | 1436963 | 1281285 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [16 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 68% | 64% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | 793 | 721 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 59% |
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2206 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11636 | 13918 |
| Video editing | 7420 | 7376 |
| Photo editing | 30352 | 29480 |
| Data manipulation | 12061 | 11079 |
| Writing score | 16397 | 16194 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2024-09-14 (Luis Maldonado) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1720 / 4204 |
| 📘 2024-09-07 (Eduardo) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1652 / 4021 |
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-11 -> VAMPR | AnTuTu 12 | 1473339 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 -> NoobMiok | AnTuTu 12 | 1537645 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 (Ray white) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 914 / 3141 |
| 📘 2026-10-05 -> NoobMiok | AnTuTu 12 | 1390628 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Natttss.) | AnTuTu 12 | 1417129 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS updates | 4 years | - |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 20 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 0:59 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:09 hr | - |
| Watching video | 10:02 hr | - |
| Gaming | 04:27 hr | - |
| Standby | 118 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 108 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 12000 x 9000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 10x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 108 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGN3 | Samsung S5KHM3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/4.9 |
| Focal length | 76 mm | 230 mm |
| Sensor | Hynix Hi847 | Sony IMX574 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | Sony IMX563 |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 50 | 70 |
| Preview | 67 | 71 |
| Zoom | 123 | 137 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 40 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 7864 x 5200 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| 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 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 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 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 | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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 |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2023 | February 2022 |
| Release date | October 2023 | February 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $1199 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra |
| SAR (head) | 0.76 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.04 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon):
- The Galaxy S23 FE is available in the USA with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, whereas other countries receive a version with the Exynos 2200.
- The base (128 GB) storage utilizes a UFS 3.1 memory type, whereas the higher-tier 256 GB variant is equipped with UFS 4.0.
- Models are available with a single SIM card, dual SIMs, or dual SIMs plus eSIM (depending on the market).
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon). But if the performance and gaming are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon).
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