Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S25 series has been in the headlines quite often this month. It’s another day of it, and today the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has made an appearance on Geekbench, revealing what it could have in store in terms of performance.
Since Samsung uses custom “Snapdragon for Galaxy” chips in its flagship S-series phones, the chip that appeared with S25 Ultra is also likely the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 “for Galaxy” variant.
On Geekbench, the Galaxy S25 Ultra scored 3,096 and 9,080 points in single-core and multi-core tests, respectively. These numbers aren’t as high for Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 since we’ve seen it perform better in OnePlus 13 where it managed to churn out scores of 3,296 and 10,049 in single and multi-core tests, respectively.
However, it’s important to remember that these are likely early benchmarks and there are still optimizations need to be done to improve performance.
With Android 15 on board and plenty of time before the phone’s expected launch in early 2025, Samsung and Qualcomm have room to refine the chip’s performance for the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
The Geekbench listing also reveals some differences between the chips in Samsung and OnePlus models. Surprisingly, the Samsung version has slightly downclocked cores.
The performance cores, which handle demanding tasks, run at 4.19 GHz, compared to 4.32 GHz on the OnePlus 13. Similarly, the efficiency cores, designed for lighter tasks, are clocked at 2.90 GHz, lower than the 3.53 GHz seen in the OnePlus version.
This could be one of the reasons the S25 Ultra scored less in Geekbench than the OnePlus 13. On the bright side, the benchmark’s back-end code reveals that the chip was able to maintain its boost clock without any throttling. So that’s nice.
As we mentioned earlier, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is still months away from its expected January launch. Samsung has plenty of time to make improvements and boost its overall performance.
For now, the company is preparing for the upcoming launch of its new tablets and the S24 FE smartphone on September 26 — this Thursday.
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