Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Galaxy A01
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.9-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on January 22, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy A01, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 and came out 5 years and 2 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
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 16.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 186K)
- Has 6x more RAM: 12GB versus 2GB
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 2000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3000 mAh
- Has a 1.2 inches larger screen size
- 65% higher pixel density (498 vs 301 PPI)
- Thinner bezels – 15.4% more screen real estate
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Handles wireless charging up to 25W
- Optical image stabilization
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A01
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Weighs 69 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.7 mm narrower
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
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 | TFT LCD |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 5.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3120 pixels | 720 x 1520 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 498 ppi | 301 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | - | 430 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Armor 2 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 92.4% | 77% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- |
| RGB color space | 97.7% | - |
| PWM | 240 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Galaxy A01
5.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 12.4 in2
~46% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.8 mm (6.41 inches) | 146.2 mm (5.76 inches) |
| Width | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) | 70.9 mm (2.79 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 149 g (5.26 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gray, Blue | Black, Blue, Red |
| 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 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 |
| Max clock | 4470 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 1.45 GHz: Cortex-A53 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A53 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon 536 |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 505 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 48 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 650 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~62.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 26581 | - |
| Single-core score | 3202 | 477 |
| Multi-core score | 10347 | 1521 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 987646 | 85561 |
| GPU | 1190760 | 13465 |
| Memory | 362214 | 51781 |
| UX | 587932 | 35476 |
| Total score | 3128552 | 186283 |
| Samples | [66 tests] | Less than 3 |
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% | - |
| Graphics test | 34 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5827 | - |
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 |
Samsung Galaxy A01
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-10 (JuanPablo) | Battery life | SOT 9:32 / 8:41 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR3 |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 1 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 512 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) |
| ROM | One UI 9.0 | One UI Core 4.1 |
| OS size | 30.4 GB | 7.1 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | - |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (25 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (72% in 30 min) | No |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 2:10 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 11:10 hr | - |
| Watching video | 19:32 hr | - |
| Gaming | 06:22 hr | - |
| Standby | 132 hr | - |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#69th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 4128 x 3096 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | No |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP 2) Depth: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 28 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | - |
| Focal length | 111 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | - |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | 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 | 5 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 2560 x 1960 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 720p 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 4 (802.11 b/g/n) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 4.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | Micro USB |
| 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, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | No |
| 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* | - | 4 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Budget |
| Announced | January 2025 | December 2019 |
| Release date | February 2025 | February 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $110 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | - Samsung Galaxy A07 4G |
| SAR (head) | 1.25 W/kg | 0.35 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.42 W/kg | 1.56 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Accelerometer - Ambient light 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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