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Samsung Galaxy S23 vs Google Pixel 7

69 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S23
VS
62 out of 100
Google Pixel 7
Samsung Galaxy S23
Google Pixel 7

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 (with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy) that was released on February 1, 2023, against the Google Pixel 7, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 and came out 4 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 42% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1712K versus 1203K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (22:02 vs 19:30 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Delivers 22% higher peak brightness (1191 against 973 nits)
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S23 and Google Pixel 7 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
80.6
(Good)
Value Index
159.2
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S23
vs
Pixel 7

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.1 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 425 ppi 416 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 450 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1750 nits 1400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 84.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.9% 98.5%
PWM 240 Hz 360 Hz
Response time 1 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S23 +22%
1191 nits
Pixel 7
973 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146.3 mm (5.76 inches) 155.6 mm (6.13 inches)
Width 70.9 mm (2.79 inches) 73.2 mm (2.88 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.7 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 168 g (5.93 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow White, Black, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S23 +5%
88%
Pixel 7
84.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S23 and Google Pixel 7
SoC
Chipset Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy Google Tensor G2
Max clock 3360 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (2 + 2 + 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-A55
- 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 2 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X1
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU shading units 1536 448
GPU clock 680 MHz 848 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~759.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S23 and Google Pixel 7
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S23 +36%
1987
Pixel 7
1462
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S23 +34%
5171
Pixel 7
3871
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S23 +155%
9410
Pixel 7
3696
Compute Score (GPU) 9410 3696
Single-core score 1987 1462
Multi-core score 5171 3871
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S23 +42%
1712393
Pixel 7
1203381
CPU 587063 420771
GPU 434955 289075
Memory 275390 204670
UX 414985 288865
Total score 1712393 1203381
Samples [29 tests] [24 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S23 +52%
1069
Pixel 7
703
Stability 76% 77%
Graphics test 8 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 1069 703
3DMark Solar Bay
Galaxy S23
5348
Pixel 7
n/a
Stability 73% -
Graphics test 20 FPS -
Section 1 23 FPS -
Section 2 20 FPS -
Section 3 18 FPS -
Graphics score 5348 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Galaxy S23 +99%
3669
Pixel 7
1841
Stability 61% 75%
Graphics test 21 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 3669 1841
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S23 +45%
15924
Pixel 7
10994
Web score 15188 7923
Video editing 7873 6434
Photo editing 33939 18842
Data manipulation 12935 11061
Writing score 19390 15053
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S23
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (Ct)AnTuTu 121868238
📘 2026-09-21 (Mil)AnTuTu 121763249
📘 2026-09-16 (Fluffyicebite:3)AnTuTu 121835927
📘 2026-09-09 -> Rafarobbie22AnTuTu 111708074
📘 2026-09-09 (Rafa)AnTuTu 111708074
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Google Pixel 7
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 -> putkin_prosrochka59AnTuTu 121477460
📘 2026-07-20 -> Dnhlst244.AnTuTu 111258304
📘 2026-07-14 (Ndraa)AnTuTu 111259081
📘 2026-07-11 (zeesun)AnTuTu 111232487
📘 2026-07-08 (Олах #teamPixel)AnTuTu 111184600
Add View all (33)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 8.0 Stock Android
OS size 29.7 GB 14 GB
OS updates 4 years 5 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 3900 mAh 4355 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (10 W) Yes (20 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (57% in 30 min) Yes (48% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:16 hr 1:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:12 hr 07:58 hr
Watching video 13:41 hr 13:42 hr
Gaming 05:20 hr 05:14 hr
Standby 109 hr 82 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S23 +13%
22:02 hr
Pixel 7
19:30 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGN3 Samsung GN1
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3K1 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX564 Sony IMX381
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.25 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Galaxy S23
129
Pixel 7 +12%
145
Video quality
Galaxy S23
137
Pixel 7 +4%
143
Generic main camera score
Galaxy S23
133
Pixel 7 +5%
140
Bokeh 70 70
Preview 72 72
Zoom 126 106
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 10.8 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) 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 - 134
Video - 144

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, DP 1.2 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode 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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S23 +4%
91.5 dB
Pixel 7
88.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2023 October 2022
Release date February 2023 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $599
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) - Google Pixel 10
SAR (head) 0.96 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.3 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 Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S23:
    - The 128GB version uses slower UFS 3.1 memory, while the 256GB and 512GB models have UFS 4.0.
*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 is definitely a better buy.

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mark September 21, 2023 at 06:58 AM
When comparing the cameras of the Pixel 7 and the S23, the Pixel 7 comes out on top due to its more natural color tones. While the S23's colors are more saturated, both phones offer impressive camera capabilities. For everyday use, both are excellent. However, if you're a heavy user who enjoys gaming and desires a top-tier camera, the S23 might be the better choice for you.
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