Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs S22 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy)) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, which is powered by Exynos 2200 and came out 2 years before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
  • 63% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2341K versus 1434K)
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (26:30 vs 23:05 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1443 against 1253 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • 37% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2259 and 1648 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and S22 Ultra 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
15.9
(Bad)
Value Index
28.7
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3088 pixels 1440 x 3088 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.3:9
PPI 501 ppi 500 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (24-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 830 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1750 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Armor Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 89.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 98.2%
PWM 480 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1443 nits
1253 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 79 mm (3.11 inches) 77.9 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 232 g (8.18 oz) 228 g (8.04 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) Samsung Exynos 2200
Max clock 3390 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Xclipse 920
GPU shading units 1536 384
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1306 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 15386 -
Single-core score 2259 1648
Multi-core score 7330 4351
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2341394
CPU 717970 472427
GPU 790073 390230
Memory 341284 216173
UX 492067 355339
Total score 2341394 1434169
Samples [42 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 71% 66%
Graphics test 11 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1527 900
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 63% 65%
Graphics test 29 FPS 15 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 18 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 15 FPS
Section 3 23 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 7748 3874
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 59% 66%
Graphics test 27 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 4531 1967
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18499 13423
Video editing 8001 7399
Photo editing 35916 24771
Data manipulation 15552 12643
Writing score 22696 16337
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#190th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-14 (Riflessione)AnTuTu 122005418
📘 2026-10-08 (Lello75)CPU Throttle73%
📘 2026-09-29 (Ratiii)Geekbench 7 CPU1995 / 6875
📘 2026-09-29 (gunissus)AnTuTu 122654412
📘 2026-09-24 (Denislav Antimov)AnTuTu 122573019
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (RAID_0)Geekbench 6 GPU10479
📘 2026-07-12 (João_Rosário_67)AnTuTu 111474557
📘 2026-06-09 (Unknown)AnTuTu 111318666
📘 2026-04-18 (Fsoceinty)AnTuTu 111329673
📘 2026-03-28 (Bakzhan)AnTuTu 111530447

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 9.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 28 GB 26.8 GB
OS updates 7 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (69% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:05 hr 0:59 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:18 hr 09:06 hr
Watching video 18:00 hr 13:47 hr
Gaming 05:51 hr 05:57 hr
Standby 122 hr 113 hr
General battery life
26:30 hr
23:05 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 12000 x 9000
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 10x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 12 MP
4) 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
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Samsung S5KHM3
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/4.9
Focal length 111 mm 230 mm
Sensor Sony IMX854 Sony IMX574
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Sony IMX563
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 70
Preview 82 73
Zoom 145 141
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 7864 x 5200
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 February 2022
Release date January 2024 March 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $1199
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra -
SAR (head) 1.06 W/kg 1.05 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.3 W/kg 1.58 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- 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 S24 Ultra:
    - There is a model with two physical SIM cards and no eSIM, and another with one physical SIM card and eSIM support.
*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 S24 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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