Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Performance
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Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Work Performance
We first tested the Galaxy S23 FE using PCMark, which simulates work applications like web browsing, playing video, writing text and editing photos.
| Work 3.0 | S23 Ultra | Z Flip 5 | Z Flip 4 | S23 FE | S22 Ultra |
| Mobile Platform | SD 8 Gen 2 |
SD 8 Gen 2 |
SD 8+ Gen 1 |
Exynos 2200 |
SD 8 Gen 1 |
| Performance Score | 16408 | 14655 | 14429 | 13971 | 12860 |
| Web Browsing | 15680 | 11404 | 12097 | 11664 | 10442 |
| Video Editing | 7879 | 7943 | 7387 | 7369 | 7444 |
| Writing | 22257 | 19525 | 17593 | 18138 | 15471 |
| Photo Editing | 35533 | 324420 | 31762 | 27060 | 30177 |
| Data Manipulation | 12171 | 11788 | 12523 | 12616 | 9691 |
Not bad! The Exynos 2200 is certainly no match for the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, but it actually beat the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 by 9%, and came within 3.3% of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1!
I should point out that these are peak performance results. The truth is – you won’t be able to actually tell the difference between the three mobile processors in normal usage.
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE : Storage Performance
PCMark also has an Android Storage 2.0 benchmark that measures the smartphone’s storage I/O performance.
| Storage 2.0 | Z Flip 5 | S23 Ultra | S23 FE | S22 Ultra | Z Flip 4 |
| Mobile Platform | SD 8 Gen 2 |
SD 8 Gen 2 |
Exynos 2200 |
SD 8 Gen 1 |
SD 8+ Gen 1 |
| Storage Score | 48435 | 41647 | 31839 | 27808 | 27271 |
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2676.53 | 2592.42 | 1584.66 | 1457.68 | 1350.51 |
| Random Read (MB/s) | 49.95 | 38.25 | 31.25 | 37.73 | 33.94 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2631.38 | 603.29 | 510.16 | 856.21 | 256.81 |
| Random Write (MB/s) | 76.66 | 81.44 | 81.13 | 47.20 | 50.29 |
Samsung appeared to have used slower flash storage to reduce the cost of the Galaxy S23 FE. Its storage performance is much closer to last year’s Galaxy S22 Ultra, than the Galaxy S23 Ultra.
Interestingly, its random write performance was exceptional, matching the Galaxy S23 Ultra, and almost double that of the Galaxy S22 Ultra,
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE : Gaming Performance
For gaming, we tested the Galaxy S23 FE using 3DMark, with these results :
| 3DMark | Z Flip 5 | S23 Ultra | Z Flip 4 | S22 Ultra | S23 FE |
| Mobile Platform | SD 8 Gen 2 |
SD 8 Gen 2 |
SD 8+ Gen 1 |
SD 8 Gen 1 |
Exynos 2200 |
| Solar Bay Unlimited | 5481 | NA | NA | NA | 4570 |
| Wild Life Extreme Unlimited |
3705 | 3814 | 2636 | 2220 | 2233 |
| Wild Life Unlimited | 14823 | 14554 | 11144 | 9106 | 8671 |
| Sling Shot Unlimited | 16661 | 16344 | 10690 | 11094 | 11348 |
The Samsung Exynos 2200 powering the Galaxy S23 FE is almost identical in performance to the Galaxy S22 Ultra‘s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 – the difference between their performance is less than 0.7%!
Like the Galaxy S22 Ultra, the Galaxy S23 FE will have no problem handling most games. Only when it comes to more strenuous games (as tested by the Wild Life benchmark) does it lag significantly behind the Galaxy S23 Ultra‘s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor.
But the good news is that the new Solar Bay ray-tracing benchmark shows that the Exynos 2200 is able to hold its own – it is just 17% slower than the Galaxy Z Flip5, which is powered by the Snapdragon Gen 2 for Galaxy processor.
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE : Overall Performance
We then tested the Galaxy S23 FE using AnTuTu, yielding these results :
| AnTuTu | S23 Ultra | Z Flip 5 | S23 FE | S22 Ultra | Z Flip 4 |
| Device | SD 8 Gen 2 |
SD 8 Gen 2 |
Exynos 2200 |
SD 8 Gen 1 |
SD 8+ Gen 1 |
| AnTuTu Score | 1212174 | 1187296 | 1166868 | 889167 | 856357 |
| CPU | 261886 | 393404 | 329078 | 203090 | 205939 |
| GPU | 538823 | 282780 | 425455 | 402617 | 362669 |
| Memory | 236163 | 291048 | 193981 | 146002 | 135707 |
| UX | 175302 | 220064 | 218354 | 137458 | 152042 |
The AnTuTu benchmark tells a slightly different story. According to its tests, the Galaxy S23 FE is about 31% faster than the Galaxy S22 Ultra, and 36% faster than the Galaxy Z Flip 4. Not bad!
The Galaxy S23 actually came within 2% of the Galaxy Z Flip 5‘s performance, at least in the AnTuTu Benchmark. In fact, it was only 3.7% slower than the Galaxy S23 Ultra!
But note that its temperature jumped by almost 12°C! At peak performance, the Galaxy S23 FE can get quite toasty!
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