Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra: Early GPU benchmarks show massive improvements between Exynos 2200 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipsets

The Galaxy S23 Ultra is one of the most powerful smartphones on the market, with Samsung and Qualcomm partnering to deliver a higher-clocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. Early benchmarks suggest that the switch from Exynos to Snapdragon in Europe yields twice the GPU performance. The Galaxy S23 Ultra is also able to outperform other Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered handsets in the same benchmark.

The Galaxy S23 Ultra outperforms all its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered peers too. According to our database, the latter’s Adreno 740 GPU averages 3,707 points in 3DMark Wild Life Extreme, roughly a 5% shortfall on the Galaxy S23 Ultra. For reference, we have observed the Adreno 740 achieving between 3,647 and 3,733 points in this test, so the Galaxy S23 Ultra appears to be between 4-6% faster than its contemporaries here.