He Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra It is the latest emblematic smartphone of the South Korean giant, but its premiere may not have been completely dazzling, especially if we see that the said terminal yields approximately 20% less than the iPhone 14 Pro.

We remember that the Galaxy S23 series marked the capitulation of Samsung in terms of using its own processors in its high-end devices, as it decided to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in all models globally. Apple seems to have a clearer and more well-defined roadmap with its own technologies thanks to the A16 Bionic continuing to keep the Cupertino giant in a very good position in terms of performance.

Going deeper into the data, it comes from tests performed with Geekbench 5, the results of which were published on CompareDial. In addition to the results obtained by other terminals, it can be seen that The Galaxy S23 Ultra scored 1,480 single-core and 4,584 multi-core, while the iPhone 14 Pro scored 1,874 single-core and 5,384 multi-core. These results show that the terminal Samsung is slower by 21.02% and 14.86% respectively..

Looking at the data published by CompareDial, it can be seen that the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is not only beaten by the iPhone 14 Pro, but also by the iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, Galaxy S23 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Plus. We then see the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini beating the Galaxy S23 Ultra in the single-core version, while the standard Galaxy S23 only achieves the same in the multi-core test.

In the multi-core version, after removing the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, the Galaxy S23 Ultra comes close to all of its direct rivals in this comparison, while Apple’s SoCs are clearly superior in single core.

In short, Apple looks set to retain its crown as the queen of high-end smartphones in the coming months, a condition that has been strengthened in recent years at the expense of the mid- and low-end Android market.

However, perhaps the worst thing is not the difference in performance between the Galaxy S23 Ultra and the iPhone 14 Pro, since both terminals have a lot of features, but the fact that the system partition occupies 60 GB in the latest generation of high-end Samsung smartphones. This monstrosity is even worse when we consider that the origin lies in the pre-installation of a lot of software that basically does nothing for users who are comfortable with Google services, although the truly ethical thing would be to clean the operating systems of applications and services (with exceptions) and it was the user who decided what he wanted to use and under what conditions.