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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Nothing Phone (3)

87 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
VS
79 out of 100
Nothing Phone (3)
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Nothing Phone (3)

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 Nothing Phone (3), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and came out 5 months after. 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 Ultra
  • Shows 25% longer battery life (28:43 vs 22:56 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 2371K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 51% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3202 and 2117 points
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (3)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports higher wattage charging (65W versus 45W)

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Nothing Phone (3) 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
38.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
63.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S25 Ultra
vs
Phone (3)

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 498 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Armor 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 92.4% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 97.7% 95.5%
PWM 240 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 1 ms 4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Phone (3)
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S25 Ultra
1416 nits
Phone (3) +6%
1495 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) 160.6 mm (6.32 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 75.59 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.99 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 218 g (7.69 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gray, Blue White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.23/5) Good (3.34/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S25 Ultra +4%
92.4%
Phone (3)
88.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Nothing Phone (3)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Max clock 4470 MHz 3210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 825
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and Nothing Phone (3)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S25 Ultra +51%
3202
Phone (3)
2117
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S25 Ultra +52%
10347
Phone (3)
6798
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S25 Ultra +42%
26581
Phone (3)
18674
Compute Score (GPU) 26581 18674
Single-core score 3202 2117
Multi-core score 10347 6798
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S25 Ultra +32%
3128552
Phone (3)
2371693
CPU 987646 707936
GPU 1190760 802873
Memory 362214 376970
UX 587932 483914
Total score 3128552 2371693
Samples [66 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S25 Ultra +30%
2272
Phone (3)
1749
Stability 61% 61%
Graphics test 17 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 2272 1749
3DMark Solar Bay
Galaxy S25 Ultra +31%
10441
Phone (3)
7966
Graphics test 40 FPS 30 FPS
Section 1 50 FPS 34 FPS
Section 2 40 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 29 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 10441 7966
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 56% -
Graphics test 34 FPS -
Graphics score 5827 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S25 Ultra +39%
19901
Phone (3)
14328
Web score 21582 13254
Video editing 8625 6510
Photo editing 34425 27186
Data manipulation 17556 13887
Writing score 26844 19394
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (87th and 180th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (IceBaer)AnTuTu 123395994
📘 2026-10-04 (Gun park)AnTuTu 123085318
📘 2026-10-04 (potatowan)Geekbench 7 CPU2791 / 10180
📘 2026-10-03 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu 123529678
📘 2026-10-02 (potatowan)AnTuTu 123590956
Add View all (97)
Nothing Phone (3)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (Val)AnTuTu 122658288
📘 2026-07-15 (Leo)AnTuTu 112371693
📘 2026-07-10 (Sumit Pandit)AnTuTu 112392977
📘 2026-03-14 (Michael)AnTuTu 112428616
📘 2026-02-01 (TheFunder)AnTuTu 112270521
Add View all (13)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4800 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 16
ROM One UI 9.0 Nothing OS 4.0
OS size 30.4 GB 26 GB
OS updates 7 years 5 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5150 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 65 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (25 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (63% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:59 hr 1:00 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles 1400 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:10 hr 08:36 hr
Watching video 19:32 hr 13:19 hr
Gaming 06:22 hr 05:45 hr
Standby 132 hr 117 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S25 Ultra +25%
28:43 hr
Phone (3)
22:56 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash LED 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° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/2.7
Focal length 111 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX854 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 165 -
Preview 81 -
Zoom 137 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 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

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 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, DP 1.2 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
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
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 Ultra
93 dB
Phone (3)
93.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 July 2025
Release date February 2025 July 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $799
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra -
SAR (head) 1.25 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.42 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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.
Notes on Phone (3):
    - The Indian model has a 5500 mAh battery, compared to 5150 mAh in the international one, (including the U.S. version).
*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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
21 (52.5%)
19 (47.5%)
Total votes: 40

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