Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra vs OnePlus 10 Pro
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out of 100
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63
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy) that was released on February 1, 2023, against the OnePlus 10 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 1 month 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 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
- Shows 24% longer battery life (26:01 vs 21:03 hours)
- Delivers 64% higher peak brightness (1266 against 774 nits)
- 45% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1762K versus 1217K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 10 Pro
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 45W)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Weighs 32.5 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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3088 pixels | 1440 x 3216 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.3:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 500 ppi | 525 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1200 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1750 nits | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 1000 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.5% | 89.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 96.9% | 98.3% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 342 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 11 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) | 163 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) | 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 233 g (8.22 oz) | 200.5 g (7.07 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | - |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red, Purple | White, Black, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3360 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 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 |
- 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 | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9254 | - |
| Single-core score | 2010 | 1300 |
| Multi-core score | 5245 | 3445 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 556398 | 450257 |
| GPU | 445907 | 223494 |
| Memory | 285085 | 216467 |
| UX | 474949 | 326936 |
| Total score | 1762339 | 1217154 |
| Samples | [31 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 81% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1098 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 77% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 18 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5383 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 69% | 63% |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3723 | 2570 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17072 | 10315 |
| Video editing | 7852 | 5919 |
| Photo editing | 33655 | 23257 |
| Data manipulation | 13329 | 8724 |
| Writing score | 19857 | 15818 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-03 -> Thekinggoat | AnTuTu 12 | 1914947 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Thekinggoat) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1471 / 4766 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Thekinggoat) | AnTuTu 12 | 1914947 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 -> Saad_irq | AnTuTu 12 | 1959121 |
| 📘 2026-09-23 (Horizon377) | AnTuTu 12 | 1894819 |
OnePlus 10 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-24 -> Huiplet11 | AnTuTu 12 | 1501761 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Huiplet11) | AnTuTu 12 | 1501761 |
| 📘 2026-09-22 -> Vidor312 | AnTuTu 12 | 1279540 |
| 📘 2026-03-02 (Vladislav) | AnTuTu 11 | 1217154 |
| 📘 2025-11-23 (naytman) | AnTuTu 11 | 1031622 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 12.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | OxygenOS 14 |
| OS size | 39.9 GB | 32 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (68% in 30 min) | Yes (98% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 0:32 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:57 hr | 07:41 hr |
| Watching video | 15:38 hr | 12:41 hr |
| Gaming | 06:22 hr | 04:53 hr |
| Standby | 130 hr | 108 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#139th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 10x | Optical, 3.3x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 240FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 150° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 | Sony IMX789 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/4.9 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 230 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX754 | Omnivision OV08A10 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch) | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 14 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | 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 | 65 |
| Preview | 73 | 68 |
| Zoom | 141 | 105 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of OnePlus 10 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | Sony IMX615 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 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 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| 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 2023 | January 2022 |
| Release date | February 2023 | January 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | $899 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | - OnePlus 15 |
| SAR (head) | 0.96 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.4 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 80 W |
*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 S23 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 68