Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra lives up to expectations as it beats one of the most in-demand and high-end smartphones, the iPhone 16 Pro Max, in GPU benchmark.
Samsung with the Galaxy S25 series ditched its in-house Exynos chipset for Snapdragon 8 Elite, and it turns into an efficient step since the chipset is making the smartphones capable of battling with other high-end devices available in the market.
According to the 3DMark Steel Nomad Light benchmark, a widely used test for evaluating GPU performance under rasterization workloads, the Galaxy S25 Ultra beats the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
A tipster, TECH INFO, on X, shared a post revealing the Galaxy S25 Ultra scored 2,617 points, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max lagged with 1,922 scores. According to these scores, Samsung is in the lead with a 36% strike rate as compared to Apple.
Coming on to the frame rates, the Galaxy S25 Ultra gained an average FPS of 19.39 on the comparison side, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max gained 14.2. That’s a noticeable gap, especially for users who look forward to better gaming performance. The overclocked Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy seems to be pulling its weight here, even outperforming other smartphones available in the market with the standard version of the same chipset.
Samsung has also improved the cooling system, which could play a role in sustaining high performance, helping it avoid throttling better than its competitors. Noticeably, Samsung’s improved cooling system could result in sustaining premium performance better than its competitors.
The benchmark directly aims at GPU performance, leaving out CPU stress, but in terms of GPU, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is in the lead as compared to the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
