Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra surfaces with higher benchmark scores
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra – the successor to the Galaxy S24 Ultra that was launched earlier this year – has been spotted again on a benchmarking website. The device, which is expected to come with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, is listed on Geekbench with higher scores compared to previous benchmark tests. Samsung is yet to confirm the arrival of the Galaxy S25 series, but the company recently confirmed that it would launch handsets with Qualcomm’s flagship processor.
Benchmark results of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
The alleged Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra was spotted on Geekbench earlier in September with an unannounced processor previously believed to be the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. Qualcomm has since unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite as its latest flagship chipset. The smartphone with the model number SM-S938U scored 3,069 points in the single-core test and 9,080 points in the multi-core test.
However, a recent benchmark result for the alleged Galaxy S25 Ultra suggests that the device could offer better performance than previously expected. The entry for the device on Geekbench shows that it scored 3,148 points on the single-core test and 10,236 points on the multi-core test.
The first benchmark for the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (blue) versus the latest
Photo credit: screenshot / Geekbench
This is a significant performance improvement compared to the listing that appeared on Geekbench two months ago. According to the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra entry, the smartphone will come with 12GB of RAM and run Android 15 out-of-the-box, along with Samsung’s revamped One UI 7 interface, which is expected to arrive early . 2025.
The latest scores are also significantly higher than the Geekbench scores of our Galaxy S24 Ultra review device. In our tests, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra achieved 2,236 points and 6,813 points in the single-core and multi-core tests, respectively.
Last month, a tipster claimed that all three models expected to debut as part of the Galaxy S25 series would be equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. However, a recent Geekbench listing for the alleged Galaxy S25+ model suggests that the device could be equipped with an unreleased processor from Samsung – this could be the company’s Exynos 2500. It is currently unclear whether Samsung will equip all models with a Snapdragon chipset like the Galaxy S23 series, or offer Exynos variants in some markets.
