Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 vs Galaxy Z Flip 4
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 (with Exynos 2500) that was released on July 9, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 3 years 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 Z Flip 7
- 64% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2289K versus 1399K)
- Shows 27% longer battery life (21:06 vs 16:36 hours)
- Delivers 59% higher peak brightness (1473 against 924 nits)
- Waterproof body (IP48 classification)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- The phone is 3 years newer
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
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
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.9 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2520 pixels | 1080 x 2640 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 21:9 | 21.9:9 |
| PPI | 397 ppi | 425 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 2600 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.7% | 85.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.7% | 97% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Z Flip 7
6.9″ (21:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
Galaxy Z Flip 4
6.7″ (21.9:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 166.7 mm (6.56 inches) | 165.2 mm (6.5 inches) |
| Width | 75.2 mm (2.96 inches) | 71.9 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) |
| Weight | 188 g (6.63 oz) | 187 g (6.6 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP48 | IPX8 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green, Red | Black, Gold, Blue, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | Average (2.96/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 210 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2500 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3190 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (1 + 2 + 5 + 2) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 5 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 2 cores at 2.74 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Xclipse 950 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 999 MHz | 900 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~4091.9 GFLOPS | ~1843.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 18873 | 7155 |
| Single-core score | 2285 | 1820 |
| Multi-core score | 7874 | 4504 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 771016 | 569230 |
| GPU | 723824 | 239958 |
| Memory | 356421 | 191243 |
| UX | 438435 | 399233 |
| Total score | 2289696 | 1399664 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 54% | 61% |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2231 | 797 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 43 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 9397 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 50% |
| Graphics test | - | 15 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2552 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15720 | 12761 |
| Video editing | 8133 | 7446 |
| Photo editing | 32035 | 31236 |
| Data manipulation | 11954 | 12907 |
| Writing score | 22532 | 17310 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-16 -> INFC | AnTuTu 11 | 2220403 |
| 📘 2026-01-01 (Koss) | AnTuTu 11 | 2437711 |
| 📘 2025-12-19 (Yell) | AnTuTu 11 | 2112394 |
| 📘 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 18873 |
| 📘 2025-11-26 -> everviolet12 | AnTuTu 11 | 2496663 |
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-02-26 (z flip4 enjoyer) | AnTuTu 11 | 1435744 |
| 📘 2026-02-13 (Sans9611) | AnTuTu 11 | 1375281 |
| 📘 2025-10-22 (Geralt Audric) | AnTuTu 11 | 1399664 |
| 📘 2025-01-04 (Rndom) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 7155 |
| 📘 2025-01-04 (Rndom) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1820 / 4504 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 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 16 | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 27 GB | 24 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4300 mAh | 3700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (46% in 30 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:31 hr | 1:15 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 08:49 hr | 06:12 hr |
| Watching video | 15:58 hr | 09:34 hr |
| Gaming | 04:38 hr | 04:05 hr |
| Standby | 84 hr | 86 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 27 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL GN3 | Sony IMX563 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL 3LU | Sony IMX258 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 60 |
| Preview | - | 65 |
| Zoom | - | 95 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL 3J1 | Sony IMX374 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | 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 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 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| 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* | - | 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 | July 2025 | August 2022 |
| Release date | July 2025 | August 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1099 | $999 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.15 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.2 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 |
*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 Z Flip 7 is definitely a better buy.
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