Take a look at the performance of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, and find out how well it performs against the competition!

 

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra : Flagship Class Performance!

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra runs on a boosted variant of the most powerful mobile SoC available for Android devices – the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

Fabricated on the latest 4nm TSMC process technology, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 boasts a powerful Adreno 740 GPU, as well as eight processor cores in a quad-cluster architecture :

• a Cortex-X3 prime core running at up to 3.36 GHz (instead of 3.2 GHz),
• two Cortex-A715 cores running at up to 2.8 GHz,
• two Cortex-A710 cores running at up to 2.8 GHz, and
• three Cortex-A510 cores running at up to 2.0 GHz.

On paper, this is about as powerful as it gets in 2023, but let’s take a look at how it actually performs!

Read more : Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra : Hands-On Preview!
Read more : Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Colour Options Compared!

 

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra : Work Performance

We first tested the Galaxy S23 Ultra using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browsing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.

Work 3.0	S23 Ultra	S22 Ultra	S21 Ultra	Note20 Ultra	Galaxy A52
Mobile Platform	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8 Gen 1	Exynos 2100	Exynos 990	SD 750G
Performance Score	16408	12860	12535	10523	7874
Web Browsing	15680	10442	10185	8865	7021
Video Editing	7879	7444	6336	6232	5693
Writing	22257	15471	15247	11112	7454
Photo Editing	35533	30177	37847	30789	15812
Data Manipulation	12171	9691	8310	6825	6424

Will you look at that! The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy is 27.5% faster than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 from last year.

That’s a surprisingly significant boost in performance that people upgrading from the Galaxy S22 Ultra or the S21 Ultra will notice.

 

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra : Gaming Performance

For gaming, we tested the Galaxy S23 Ultra using 3DMark, with these results :

3DMark	S23 Ultra	S22 Ultra	Z Flip 3	Note20 Ultra	Galaxy Note10+
Device	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8 Gen 1	SD 888	Exynos 990	Exynos 9825
Sling Shot Unlimited	16344	11094	9248	8026	3327
Wild Life Unlimited	14554	9106	3952	4504	3288
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited	3814	2220	1174	1387	528

Look at that! The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 was a head above the competition when it comes to gaming!

It was 47% to 72% faster than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and 77% to 468% faster than the Snapdragon 888!

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy is undoubtedly the gaming smartphone to beat!

 

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra : Overall Performance

We then tested the Galaxy S23 Ultra using AnTuTu, yielding these results :

AnTuTu	S23 Ultra	S22 Ultra	S21 Ultra	Note20 Ultra	Galaxy A52
Device	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8 Gen 1	Exynos 2100	Exynos 990	SD 750G
AnTuTu Score	1212174	889167	624411	522735	341908
CPU	261886	203090	166290	146783	105098
GPU	538823	402617	258995	215205	88068
Memory	236163	146002	120805	89376	60642
UX	175302	137458	78321	71371	88100

The AnTuTu benchmark confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is truly a performance beast in every way!

The new Galaxy S23 Ultra is 36% faster than the S22 Ultra, and a whopping 94% faster than the S21 Ultra!

Its CPU was 29% faster, and its GPU was 33% faster than the S22 Ultra. When compared against the S21 Ultra, the Galaxy S23 Ultra has a 57% faster CPU and 2X faster GPU.

Thanks to its improved cooling system, its temperature jumped by about 7°C. That is noticeable, but significantly lower than the 10°C we saw with the S22 Ultra.

 

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra : Performance Summary

Samsung has done it again – raised the performance bar yet again with the Galaxy S23 Ultra.

Built around the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy – a boosted variant of the fastest mobile SoC that exists for Android devices – it offers a tremendous boost in GPU performance, which should make gamers and mobile content creators happy.

The benchmark results amply demonstrates that you can count on the Galaxy S23 Ultra to easily handle anything and everything you throw at it.

 

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra : Prices + Pre-Order Offer!

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra comes in four main colours – Phantom Black, Green, Lavender, and Cream.

Sadly, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra will be significantly more expensive than last year’s Galaxy S22 Ultra!

Here are the official launch prices for the three available storage capacities:

• 256 GB : RM5,699 (about US$1,336 / £1,083 / A$1,888 / S$1,755)
• 512 GB : RM6,199 (about US$1,453 / £1,179 / A$2,052 / S$1,910)
• 1 TB : RM7,199 (about US$1,688 / £1,369 / A$2,388 / S$2,218)

While the increased price may be disappointing, Samsung is offering some great pre-order offers:

• you get a free upgrade to the next storage option!
• if you buy from the Samsung Online Store, you get an RM400 e-Voucher
• you get 30% off Samsung accessories, Samsung Care+, Galaxy tablets, Watch, and Buds earphones!
• you get to save up to RM600 more when you trade in!

Here are online purchase options for your convenience:

• United States : $1,199 | $1379.99 | $1,495 | $1,495
• United Kingdom : £1,249 | £1,399 | £1,399  | £1,399
• Malaysia : RM5,699 | RM5,699 | RM5,699 | RM5,699
• Singapore : $1,599 | S$2,098 | S$2,098

 

 

Recommended Reading

• Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra : All You Need To Know!
• Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus : All You Need To Know!
• Samsung Galaxy S23 : Everything You Need To Know!
• Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Colour Options Compared!
• Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus Colour Options Compared!
• Samsung Galaxy S23 Colour Options Compared!

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