Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 vs S22 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on July 9, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, which is powered by Exynos 2200 and came out 3 years and 6 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
  • 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3065K versus 1434K)
  • Has a 1.2 inches larger screen size
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • The phone is 3 years and 6 months newer
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (1400 against 1253 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • 93% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3181 and 1648 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
  • 36% higher pixel density (500 vs 368 PPI)
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (23:05 vs 21:26 hours)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 65.3 mm narrower
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and S22 Ultra 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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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 34% Yes
Mostly no. The difference is too small to matter in everyday use.
The overall difference between Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is not big enough to justify updating.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and connectivity.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 8 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1968 x 2184 pixels 1440 x 3088 pixels
Aspect ratio - 19.3:9
PPI 368 ppi 500 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (24-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 830 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2600 nits 1750 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 2 Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 98.2%
PWM 240 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1400 nits
1253 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.4 mm (6.24 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 143.2 mm (5.64 inches) 77.9 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 4.2 mm (0.17 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 215 g (7.58 oz) 228 g (8.04 oz)
Waterproof IP48 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.97/5) -
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 210 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Samsung Exynos 2200
Max clock 4470 MHz 2800 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 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Xclipse 920
GPU shading units 1536 384
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1306 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 19371 -
Single-core score 3181 1648
Multi-core score 10029 4351
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3065623
CPU 939230 472427
GPU 1190171 390230
Memory 376287 216173
UX 559935 355339
Total score 3065623 1434169
Samples [5 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 66% 66%
Graphics test 15 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 2053 900
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 65%
Graphics test 35 FPS 15 FPS
Section 1 43 FPS 18 FPS
Section 2 34 FPS 15 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 9285 3874
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 66%
Graphics test 29 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 4885 1967
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 17835 13423
Video editing 8623 7399
Photo editing 33817 24771
Data manipulation 13345 12643
Writing score 25306 16337
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#103rd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (DeltaZG)Geekbench 7 CPU2661 / 9544
📘 2026-10-13 (DeltaZG)AnTuTu 123379104
📘 2026-05-21 -> SenzawaGeekbench 6 GPU19371
📘 2026-05-21 -> SenzawaGeekbench 6 CPU3056 / 9666
📘 2026-05-21 -> SenzawaAnTuTu 112995728
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (RAID_0)Geekbench 6 GPU10479
📘 2026-07-12 (João_Rosário_67)AnTuTu 111474557
📘 2026-06-09 (Unknown)AnTuTu 111318666
📘 2026-04-18 (Fsoceinty)AnTuTu 111329673
📘 2026-03-28 (Bakzhan)AnTuTu 111530447

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 9.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 32.4 GB 26.8 GB
OS updates 7 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4400 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 45 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 No
Fast charging Yes (53% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:27 hr 0:59 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:57 hr 09:06 hr
Watching video 13:14 hr 13:47 hr
Gaming 05:48 hr 05:57 hr
Standby 114 hr 113 hr
General battery life
21:26 hr
23:05 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 12000 x 9000
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 10x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 108 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Samsung S5KHM3
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/4.9
Focal length 67 mm 230 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3K1 Sony IMX574
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Sony IMX563
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 73
Zoom - 141
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 7864 x 5200
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX374 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Additional lens 10 MP, Sony IMX374, f/23, 1/3.0" -
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 139
Video - 145

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (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 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby 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
89.5 dB
90.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced July 2025 February 2022
Release date July 2025 March 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1999 $1199
SAR (head) - 1.05 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.58 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- 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 Fold 7 is definitely a better buy.

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