Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra performance test: high-frequency version of Snapdragon 8 Gen2 GPU performance

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen goodfull for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com February 5 news, this year Samsung Galaxy S23 series not only use Snapdragon processor, no longer have Exynos version, but also high-frequency version of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy processor, frequency from the standard version of 3.2GHz to 3.36GHz, so how about its performance?

CTOnews.com learned that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy processor of the Galaxy S23 series has one Cortex-X3, two Cortex-A715, two Cortex-A710 and three Cortex-A510 cores, but the clock rate of the Cortex-X3 kernel is 3.36GHz, not the standard 3.2GHz. The frequency of Adreno 740 GPU also increased from 680 MHz to 719 MHz.

Foreign media Gsmarena tested the running score of Galaxy S23 Ultra, and the results are as follows:

The results of the Geekbench 5 CPU test showed that the Galaxy S23 Ultra lagged behind the iPhone 14 Pro Max with the A16 processor in both multicore and single-core performance, and surprisingly, the Galaxy S23 Ultra lagged behind the Red Devils 8 Pro in the single-core test. Gsmarena explained that the S23 Ultra did not use a large Cortex-X3 core in multicore testing.

In the Anhare test, the Galaxy S23 Ultra lags behind the Red Devils 8 Pro, but the latter is a game phone with a screen resolution of only 1080pinch and requires less graphic computing power. After all, Anbunny is a comprehensive test. The results also show that Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy is much faster than Snapdragon 8 + Gen 1 chip, even faster than A16 Bionic in iPhone 14 Pro Max.

When it comes to GPU-intensive tasks, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy has a significant advantage. The Galaxy S23 Ultra leads other phones in almost all Offscreen tests, losing only when challenged by lower-resolution phones in the Onscreen test.

Overall, the Galaxy S23 Ultra is 30-35% faster than the Galaxy S22 Ultra in the CPU test and about 30% faster in the Anbunny 9 comprehensive benchmark test. In GFX Bench and 3DMark GPU tests, the Galaxy S23 Ultra provides up to 2x performance improvement and, in most cases, 80-90% improvement.