Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
87
out of 100
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60
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on January 22, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A13 Bionic and came out 5 years and 5 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
- 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 1182K)
- Has 3x more RAM: 12GB versus 4GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Comes with 1031 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3969 mAh
- Delivers 81% higher peak brightness (1416 against 784 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Shows 22% longer battery life (28:43 vs 23:30 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 18W)
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.5 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3120 pixels | 1242 x 2688 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 498 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | - | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Armor 2 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.4% | 84.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 97.7% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 245 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 4.9 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
iPhone 11 Pro Max
6.5″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) | 158 mm (6.22 inches) |
| Width | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) | 77.8 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 226 g (7.97 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue | Silver, Gold, Gray, Dark gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.23/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Max clock | 4470 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Thunder - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: Lightning |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~629.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 26581 | 14182 |
| Single-core score | 3202 | 1748 |
| Multi-core score | 10347 | 4187 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 987646 | 353295 |
| GPU | 1190760 | 306685 |
| Memory | 362214 | 131245 |
| UX | 587932 | 391689 |
| Total score | 3128552 | 1182914 |
| Samples | [66 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 61% | - |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2272 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 79% |
| Graphics test | 40 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | 50 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Section 2 | 40 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 10441 | 2646 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 56% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 34 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5827 | 2068 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21582 | - |
| Video editing | 8625 | - |
| Photo editing | 34425 | - |
| Data manipulation | 17556 | - |
| Writing score | 26844 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#87th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-09 (IceBaer) | AnTuTu 12 | 3395994 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Gun park) | AnTuTu 12 | 3085318 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (potatowan) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2791 / 10180 |
| 📘 2026-10-03 (Apple Slayer) | AnTuTu 12 | 3529678 |
| 📘 2026-10-02 (potatowan) | AnTuTu 12 | 3590956 |
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-03 (Phzinho) | AnTuTu 11 | 1190389 |
| 📘 2026-04-26 -> Raxxxy | AnTuTu 11 | 1182914 |
| 📘 2026-04-26 (RAXXXY) | AnTuTu 11 | 1182914 |
| 📘 2026-02-12 (Absl) | AnTuTu 11 | 1174939 |
| 📘 2024-11-28 (Nehul Tyagi) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 14182 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 13 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 9.0 | - |
| OS size | 30.4 GB | - |
| OS updates | 7 years | - |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3969 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (25 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes (48% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 1:57 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 11:10 hr | 08:51 hr |
| Watching video | 19:32 hr | 14:18 hr |
| Gaming | 06:22 hr | 05:41 hr |
| Standby | 132 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | LED | Quad 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 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 | Apple iSight Camera |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 111 mm | 52 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 165 | 65 |
| Preview | 81 | 76 |
| Zoom | 137 | 88 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 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 | - | 115 |
| Video | - | 134 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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* | - | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
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 2025 | September 2019 |
| Release date | February 2025 | September 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $1099 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| SAR (head) | 1.25 W/kg | 0.95 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.42 W/kg | 0.99 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 - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | - |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25 Ultra:
- Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.
- Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
*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 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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