The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra – the successor to the Galaxy S24 Ultra launched earlier this year – has been spotted again on a benchmarking website. The handset, which is expected to feature Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, has been listed on Geekbench with higher scores compared to previous benchmark tests. Samsung has yet to confirm the arrival of the Galaxy S25 series, but the company recently confirmed that it will launch handsets with Qualcomm’s flagship processor.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra benchmark results
The alleged Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra was previously spotted on Geekbench in September with an unannounced processor that was previously believed to be the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 – Qualcomm has since revealed the Snapdragon 8 Elite as its latest flagship chipset. At the time, the smartphone with 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 handset could offer better performance than expected. The handset’s entry on Geekbench reveals that it scored 3,148 points in the single-core test and 10,236 points in the multi-core test.
The first benchmark of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (blue) compared to the last
Photo credit: screenshot/Geekbench
This is a significant increase in performance compared to the listing that appeared on Geekbench two months ago. According to the entry for the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, the smartphone will be equipped with 12 GB of RAM and run Android 15 out of the box, as well as Samsung’s revamped One UI 7 interface, which is only scheduled for release that early. 2025.
The latest scores are also considerably higher than the Geekbench scores from our Galaxy S24 Ultra review unit. In our testing, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra scored 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 in the Galaxy S25 series would be equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. However, a recent Geekbench listing for the purported Galaxy S25+ model suggests that the handset could be equipped with an unreleased processor from Samsung – it 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.
