Samsung Galaxy S25 FE vs OnePlus 13s

74 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
VS
83 out of 100
OnePlus 13s

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 FE (with Exynos 2400) that was released on September 4, 2025, against the OnePlus 13s, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 3 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Has a 0.38 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13s
  • Comes with 950 mAh larger battery capacity: 5850 vs 4900 mAh
  • 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3013K versus 2087K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 45W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 19% higher pixel density (460 vs 385 PPI)
  • 32% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2802 and 2126 points
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and OnePlus 13s 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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8 / 128 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
69.8
(Good)
Value Index
45.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.32 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1216 x 2640 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.54:9
PPI 385 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Crystal Shield Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.2% 90.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
OnePlus 13s
6.32″ (19.54:9 ratio) = 15.2 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1251 nits

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 150.8 mm (5.94 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 71.7 mm (2.82 inches)
Thickness 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue, Yellow Black, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.19/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
90.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and OnePlus 13s
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3200 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 1095 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE and OnePlus 13s
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2802
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8830
Compute Score (GPU)
24802
Compute Score (GPU) 18209 24802
Single-core score 2126 2802
Multi-core score 6910 8830
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2087886
3013469
CPU 714011 868542
GPU 653511 1107935
Memory 303868 370216
UX 416496 666776
Total score 2087886 3013469
Samples [48 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2366
Stability 62% 80%
Graphics test 14 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 1840 2366
3DMark Solar Bay
10993
Graphics test 32 FPS 42 FPS
Section 1 37 FPS 48 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 42 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 36 FPS
Graphics score 8302 10993
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15854
15357
Web score 12949 15017
Video editing 8051 6717
Photo editing 34315 27420
Data manipulation 13202 13670
Writing score 23460 23240
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#113th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 (Vic)AnTuTu 122495318
📘 2026-10-11 -> Viljami22AnTuTu 122540580
📘 2026-10-10 (Halil)AnTuTu 122586383
📘 2026-10-03 (matthew ajero)AnTuTu 122377317
📘 2026-09-27 (Halil)AnTuTu 122426875
OnePlus 13s
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-24 (Vasy1163)AnTuTu 112915150
📘 2026-08-19 (Dhruv)Geekbench 6 GPU25056
📘 2026-07-28 (Vanskyver)Battery lifeSOT 4:42 / 20:00
📘 2026-07-15 (Hamza)AnTuTu 113013469
📘 2026-03-04 (Jaini)Geekbench 6 GPU24802

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 8.0 OxygenOS 16
OS size 23.8 GB -
OS updates 7 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 5850 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (52% in 30 min) Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 0:51 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:29 hr -
Watching video 14:24 hr -
Gaming 06:03 hr -
Standby 87 hr -
General battery life
24:20 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Sony LYT-700
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 75 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV08A10 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3L6 -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 150 -
Zoom 83 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 FE from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 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/be)
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 5.4 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2025 June 2025
Release date September 2025 June 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $650
Sensors - 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 OnePlus 13s is definitely a better buy.

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