This year marked the official debut of the Samsung Galaxy S series, which utilises a single SoC worldwide. No more Exynos variants; only Snapdragon is available. But that doesn’t negate the fact that the Samsung Galaxy S23 series stands out from the competition. All S23 phones’ internal processor is the “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy,” not the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
This is because the CPU and GPU are overclocked and perform a little bit better than other smartphones using the same chipset. But does it really make a difference?
With 1x Cortex-X3, 2x Cortex-A715, 2x Cortex-A710, and 3x Cortex-A510 cores, the SD 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy has the same CPU layout, but the primary Cortex-X3 core is clocked at 3.36 GHz rather than 3.2GHz. The GPU operates similarly, with the Adreno 740 here operating at 719 MHz as opposed to its typical 680 MHz.
Without further ado, let’s get started with the preliminary benchmarks. Notably, we only used phones with 1440p screens where it was practical to do so in order to have more similar results for the onscreen graphics tests.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in the Galaxy model is the undisputed champion when it comes to GPU-demanding tasks. The Galaxy S23 Ultra outperformed the competition in almost all offscreen testing, and it only fell behind in onscreen tests when competing against devices with lesser resolutions.
No matter the version, the Samsung Galaxy S23 series provides a significant improvement over its forerunners. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy, however, completely outperforms the Exynos 2200 SoC from last year, therefore European and Indian users would probably stand to gain the most.
To put things into perspective, the Galaxy S23 Ultra performs between 30 and 35 percent quicker in CPU tests than the Galaxy S22 Ultra and about 30 percent faster in the combined AnTuTu testing.
The Galaxy S23 series not only offers superior cooling capabilities, which were a problem for several customers in the past, but also outstanding synthetic performance. To see how well the improved cooling works in use, though, you might have to wait until our entire evaluation of the trio is published.
