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Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus vs Google Pixel 8

85 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus
VS
69 out of 100
Google Pixel 8
Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus
Google Pixel 8

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on January 22, 2025, against the Google Pixel 8, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 1 year and 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

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3219K versus 1443K)
  • Shows 43% longer battery life (28:09 vs 19:39 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
  • 20% higher pixel density (513 vs 428 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 27W)
  • The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5 mm narrower

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus and Google Pixel 8 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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
38.1
(Mediocre)
Value Index
41.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S25 Plus
vs
Pixel 8

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.2 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 513 ppi 428 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 1400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 91.7% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 96.8% 99.2%
PWM 240 Hz 170 Hz
Response time 1 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Plus
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Pixel 8
6.2″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.4 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S25 Plus
1437 nits
Pixel 8
1437 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.4 mm (6.24 inches) 150.5 mm (5.93 inches)
Width 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) 70.8 mm (2.79 inches)
Thickness 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink Black, Gray, Rose gold
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.23/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S25 Plus +5%
91.7%
Pixel 8
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus and Google Pixel 8
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Google Tensor G3
Max clock 4470 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 9 (1 + 4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Immortalis-G715s MC10
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 1100 MHz 890 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1594.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus and Google Pixel 8
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S25 Plus +76%
3028
Pixel 8
1722
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S25 Plus +117%
9654
Pixel 8
4458
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 21631 -
Single-core score 3028 1722
Multi-core score 9654 4458
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S25 Plus +123%
3219688
Pixel 8
1443431
CPU 1009577 535125
GPU 1202068 387735
Memory 373296 186665
UX 634747 333906
Total score 3219688 1443431
Samples [36 tests] [10 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S25 Plus +134%
2272
Pixel 8
971
Stability 61% 73%
Graphics test 17 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 2272 971
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 39 FPS -
Section 1 50 FPS -
Section 2 37 FPS -
Section 3 29 FPS -
Graphics score 10175 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 56% -
Graphics test 33 FPS -
Graphics score 5597 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 21677 -
Video editing 8628 -
Photo editing 34949 -
Data manipulation 17435 -
Writing score 26579 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (souzabrz)AnTuTu 123649256
📘 2026-09-28 (Projeto_11)AnTuTu 123618549
📘 2026-09-25 (Ramirez)AnTuTu 123484313
📘 2026-07-27 (souzabrz)AnTuTu 113395746
📘 2026-07-05 (Maxim)AnTuTu 113236095
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Google Pixel 8
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-malik)AnTuTu 111515235
📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-baloch)AnTuTu 111515235
📘 2026-05-04 (reazz)AnTuTu 111356451
📘 2026-04-29 -> tonymennyAnTuTu 111446448
📘 2026-03-16 (Quan)AnTuTu 111479583
Add View all (14)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 9.0 Stock Android
OS size 29.1 GB 14 GB
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 4575 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 27 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (18 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (75% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:59 hr 1:16 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:20 hr 08:08 hr
Watching video 18:29 hr 14:06 hr
Gaming 06:19 hr 04:49 hr
Standby 137 hr 81 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S25 Plus +43%
28:09 hr
Pixel 8
19:39 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 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 126°
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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 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 67 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL 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 IMX386 Exmor RS
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
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 64
Zoom - 129
Samples - Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 10.5 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 -
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.3
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, 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
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 S25 Plus +2%
90.9 dB
Pixel 8
89 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 October 2023
Release date February 2025 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $699
Successor - - Google Pixel 10
SAR (head) 1.26 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.26 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 S25 Plus:
    - You can connect up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. model has only one.
*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 S25 Plus is definitely a better buy.

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