Upcoming Galaxy S25 Plus outperforms S25 Ultra with Snapdragon 8 Elite

Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus could bring a massive performance boost with Snapdragon 8 Elite. The latest benchmark listing suggests that the Plus variant outperformed the alleged Galaxy S25 Ultra with the same configurations.

Galaxy S25 Plus US variant benchmarked with Snapdragon 8 Elite (8 Gen 4) chip. The phone achieved a single-core score of 3,054 and a multi-core score of 9,224. The S25 Ultra US model recorded a single-core score of 3,069 and a multi-core score of 9,080.

As the phone is still under development, such a massive lead in the Plus model promises further development in the Galaxy S25 Ultra performance. The Global variant is expected to feature an even more powerful chipset than the US variant.

The S25 Plus and Ultra’s US versions’ chip clocked at 4.19GHz. A recent leak revealed that the Galaxy S25 Ultra Global model uses an overclocked SoC – clocked at a faster 4.47GHz. However, this may change as we approach the January launch.

Qualcomm supplied custom Snapdragon variants to Samsung with “for Galaxy” branding. The same plan could be continued with the S25 series next year. Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy may feature boosted performance than the vanilla.

Samsung launched the Galaxy S24 series in January this year. We expect the same January unveiling for the next year’s flagships. The lineup will contain three models – Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Compared to the S25 Ultra, the S25 Plus will have a slightly smaller display. The pixel density will also be different than the Ultra model. These factors might give the S25 Plus a marginal edge in terms of CPU performance.