Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) vs Google Pixel 5
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Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) Google Pixel 5
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on February 9 2022 against the Google Pixel 5 which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G and came out 17 months before. On this page you will find tests full specs strengths and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
- Differences
- Review
- Specs
- Benchmarks
- Battery life
- Camera
- Comments
Key differences
An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (863K versus 390K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Delivers 40% higher peak brightness (984 against 704 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- The phone is 1-year and 5-months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 5
- Shows 21% longer battery life (31:37 vs 26:03 hours)
- Comes with 380 mAh larger battery capacity: 4080 vs 3700 mAh
- Weighs 16 grams less
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) 91 Pixel 5 79 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) 86 Pixel 5 49 Battery Battery life charging type and speed Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) 71 Pixel 5 79 Camera Photo and video recording quality Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) 80 Pixel 5 65 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) 93 Pixel 5 75 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) 83 Pixel 5 67
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) vs Pixel 5
Display
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.1 inches | 6 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 425 ppi | 432 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 780 nits | 700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1300 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.4% | 85.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display | - Always-On Display |
Display tests | RGB color space | - | 97.4% |
| PWM | - | 367 Hz |
| Response time | - | 5 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) +40% 984 nits Pixel 5 704 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3]
Design and build
| Height | 146 mm (5.75 inches) | 144.7 mm (5.7 inches) |
| Width | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) | 70.4 mm (2.77 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 167 gramm (5.89 oz) | 151 gramm (5.33 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White Black Gray Blue Green Pink Purple Yellow | Black Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | Yes rear |
Screen-to-body ratio Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) +2% 87.4% Pixel 5 85.9%
Performance
Tests of Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) and Google Pixel 5 in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G |
| Max. clock | 3000 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 1 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 | - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 1 core at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76) - 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | Adreno 620 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 750 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2236 GFLOPS | ~700 GFLOPS |
Memory | RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
Storage | Storage size | 128 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) +96% 1183 Pixel 5 603 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) +103% 3699 Pixel 5 1826 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) +121% 863808 Pixel 5 390996
| CPU | 212298 | 102395 |
| GPU | 354071 | 105316 |
| Memory | 152419 | 74762 |
| UX | 141833 | 106676 |
| Total score | 863808 | 390996 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) +586% 7433 Pixel 5 1084
| Stability | 49% | 89% |
| Graphics test | 44 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7433 | 1084 |
| PCMark 3.0 score | 13092 | - |
AnTuTu Benchmark Android Phone Scores Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | One UI 5.0 | Stock Android |
| OS size | - | 16.6 GB |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 3700 mAh | 4080 mAh |
| Charge power | 25 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (12 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes (wireless) | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (63% in 30 min) | Yes (30% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:03 hr | 1:45 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | 08:50 hr | 10:13 hr |
| Watching video | 11:22 hr | 15:02 hr |
| Gaming | 04:35 hr | 05:40 hr |
| Standby | 88 hr | 104 hr |
General battery life Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) 26:03 hr Pixel 5 +21% 31:37 hr
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12.2 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8700 x 5800 | 4290 x 2800 |
| Zoom | Optical 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 107° |
| Lenses | 3 (50 MP + 10 MP + 12 MP) | 2 (12.2 MP + 16 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 50 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/1.56" Samsung GN5 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization | - 12.2 MP - Aperture: f/1.7 - Focal length: 27 mm - Sensor: 1/2.55" Sony IMX363 (CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 10 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 70 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Sensor: 1/3.94" Sony IMX772 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization | - |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55" Sony IMX713 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus | - 16 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 5 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3872 x 2592 | 3264 x 2448 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 24 mm |
| Pixel size | 1.22 microns | 1.12 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" | 1/4.0" |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) n/a Pixel 5 129 Video quality Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) n/a Pixel 5 107 Generic camera score Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) n/a Pixel 5 120
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
Network | Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 15 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test Max. loudness Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) n/a Pixel 5 91.9 dB
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | September 2020 |
| Release date | February 2022 | October 2020 |
| SAR (head) | 0.21 W/kg | 0.96 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.59 W/kg | 1.39 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
*Disclaimer! NFC GSM network support and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data we think that the Samsung Galaxy S22 (Snapdragon) is definitely a better buy.
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