Work + Gaming Performance

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 : Work Performance

We first tested the Galaxy Z Flip 5 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	Z Flip 3	S22 Ultra
Mobile Platform	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8+ Gen 1	SD 888	SD 8 Gen 1
Performance Score	16408	14655	14429	13317	12860
Web Browsing	15680	11404	12097	11637	10442
Video Editing	7879	7943	7387	7762	7444
Writing	22257	19525	17593	15316	15471
Photo Editing	35533	324420	31762	25357	30177
Data Manipulation	12171	11788	12523	11938	9691

Interesting, isn’t it? The Galaxy Z Flip 5 uses the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy chip as the Galaxy S23 Ultra, but it is 12% slower.

I should point out that these are peak performance results. You are unlikely to be able to actually feel the difference between the two in normal usage. In fact, these benchmark results really surprised me!

What likely happened is that the Galaxy S23 Ultra has better cooling, and is thus, better able to maintain the processor’s peak performance for longer. But if you are upgrading from a Galaxy Z Flip 4, and hoping for a performance boost, you are out of luck.

 

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 : 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	S22 Ultra	Z Flip 4
Mobile Platform	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8 Gen 1	SD 8+ Gen 1
Storage Score	48435	41647	27808	27271
Sequential Read (MB/s)	2676.53	2592.42	1457.68	1350.51
Random Read (MB/s)	49.95	38.25	37.73	33.94
Sequential Write (MB/s)	2631.38	603.29	856.21	256.81
Random Write (MB/s)	76.66	81.44	47.20	50.29

Will you look at that! The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 received a very big boost in sequential write performance for its internal flash storage!

The Galaxy Z Flip 5 was about 6% slower than the Galaxy S23 Ultra in random write performance, but was an astounding 4.4X faster in sequential write!

 

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 : Gaming Performance

For gaming, we tested the Galaxy Z Flip 5 using 3DMark, with these results :

3DMark	Z Flip 5	S23 Ultra	Z Flip 4	S22 Ultra	Z Flip 3
Device	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8+ Gen 1	SD 8 Gen 1	SD 888
Sling Shot Unlimited	16661	16344	10690	11094	9248
Wild Life Unlimited	14823	14554	11144	9106	3952
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited	3705	3814	2636	2220	1174

When it comes to less strenuous games (Sling Shot), the Galaxy Z Flip 5 was surprisingly faster than the Galaxy S23 Ultra, even though they both use the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, and the S23 Ultra has better cooling.

Even in the more strenuous game (Wild Life), the Galaxy Z Flip 5 continues to surpass the Galaxy S23 Ultra at lower resolutions.

It was only with the Wild Life Extreme 4K benchmark where the Galaxy S23 Ultra‘s better cooling performance allowed it to beat the Z Flip 5 by 3%.

Simply put – you don’t really need expensive “gaming smartphones”. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 will easily handle any game you want to play.

 

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 : Overall Performance

We then tested the Galaxy Z Flip 5 using AnTuTu, yielding these results :

AnTuTu	S23 Ultra	Z Flip 5	S22 Ultra	Z Flip 4	Z Flip 3
Device	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8 Gen 2	SD 8 Gen 1	SD 8+ Gen 1	SD 888
AnTuTu Score	1212174	1187296	889167	856357	696767
CPU	261886	393404	203090	205939	206228
GPU	538823	282780	402617	362669	242573
Memory	236163	291048	146002	135707	133586
UX	175302	220064	137458	152042	114380

The AnTuTu benchmark tells a slightly different story. According to its tests, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 is about 38% faster than the Galaxy Z Flip 4. A very nice boost in performance.

On the other hand, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 is slightly slower – just 2%, than the Galaxy S23 Ultra. But note that its temperature jumped by over 12°C! At peak performance, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 can get quite toasty!

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