The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has been spotted over at Geekbench, giving us an early look at its expected performance and hardware upgrades. Named ‘SM-S938U’, this is likely the phone that will be sold in the U.S.
First, let’s look at how the phone performed in benchmarks:
- Single core performance score: 3069 points
- Multi core performance score: 9080 points
For comparison, this is how the Galaxy S24 Ultra performed:
- Single core performance score: 2143 points
- Multi core performance score: 6696 points
So there’s definitely a pretty healthy increase in power. This is despite the phone having lost yet more weight. Leaked Galaxy S25 Ultra renders show that Samsung’s latest flagship will shave off even more width than its predecessor. It also, however, shows that the S25 Ultra will be going back to rounded edges, losing the sharp look the company’s Ultra phones have had for some years.
The tested model was also running Android 15, which means the phone should support OS updates till Android 22. Let’s hope that developers start taking advantage of Android 15’s 16 KB page size support soon so we can all enjoy the aforementioned performance metrics to their fullest.
Lastly, the model found on Geekbench is using an octa-core Qualcomm processor with a maximum clock speed of 4.19 GHz. It’s also ARM V8, which means it will not be using the newest rumored Qualcomm processor — the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 — if leaked details are to be believed.
Samsung recently started planning to develop its own 1.4 nm chips that it wants to start using by 2027. However, yield problems have forced Samsung to withdraw personnel from its plant in Taylor, Texas, and the future of the company’s chip manufacturing business remains uncertain.
For consumers, though, the S25 Ultra should easily be one of the best phones worth buying in 2025.