Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs OnePlus 10 Pro
87
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63
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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 OnePlus 10 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 3 years and 1 month 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 1217K)
- Shows 36% longer battery life (28:43 vs 21:03 hours)
- Delivers 83% higher peak brightness (1416 against 774 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- The phone is 3 years and 1 month newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 10 Pro
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 45W)
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Weighs 17.5 grams less
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3120 pixels | 1440 x 3216 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 498 ppi | 525 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | - | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 1000 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Armor 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.4% | 89.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 97.7% | 98.3% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 342 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 11 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
10 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) | 163 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) | 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 200.5 g (7.07 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | - |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue | White, Black, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.23/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 4470 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 26581 | - |
| Single-core score | 3202 | 1300 |
| Multi-core score | 10347 | 3445 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 987646 | 450257 |
| GPU | 1190760 | 223494 |
| Memory | 362214 | 216467 |
| UX | 587932 | 326936 |
| Total score | 3128552 | 1217154 |
| Samples | [66 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 61% | - |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2272 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 40 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 50 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 40 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 10441 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 56% | 63% |
| Graphics test | 34 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5827 | 2570 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21582 | 10315 |
| Video editing | 8625 | 5919 |
| Photo editing | 34425 | 23257 |
| Data manipulation | 17556 | 8724 |
| Writing score | 26844 | 15818 |
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 |
OnePlus 10 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-24 -> Huiplet11 | AnTuTu 12 | 1501761 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Huiplet11) | AnTuTu 12 | 1501761 |
| 📘 2026-09-22 -> Vidor312 | AnTuTu 12 | 1279540 |
| 📘 2026-03-02 (Vladislav) | AnTuTu 11 | 1217154 |
| 📘 2025-11-23 (naytman) | AnTuTu 11 | 1031622 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 12.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | One UI 9.0 | OxygenOS 14 |
| OS size | 30.4 GB | 32 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (25 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | Yes (98% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 0:32 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 11:10 hr | 07:41 hr |
| Watching video | 19:32 hr | 12:41 hr |
| Gaming | 06:22 hr | 04:53 hr |
| Standby | 132 hr | 108 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 3.3x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 240FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 150° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 | Sony IMX789 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 111 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | Omnivision OV08A10 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 14 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 | 65 |
| Preview | 81 | 68 |
| Zoom | 137 | 105 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of OnePlus 10 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 6528 x 4896 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | Sony IMX615 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 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 MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 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, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2025 | January 2022 |
| Release date | February 2025 | January 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $899 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | - OnePlus 15 |
| 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 | Yes, 80 W |
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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