Mar 30, 2026 05:00:00

We've compiled the benchmark results and battery life for the Samsung Galaxy S26/S26+/S26 Ultra.

We tested the performance of Samsung's

'Galaxy S26,' 'Galaxy S26+,' and 'Galaxy S26 Ultra,' which were released in March 2026, using standard benchmark apps.

Samsung Galaxy S26 & S26+ | Galaxy AI | Samsung Japan Official
https://www.samsung.com/jp/smartphones/galaxy-s26/

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | Galaxy AI | Samsung Japan Official
https://www.samsung.com/jp/smartphones/galaxy-s26-ultra/

·table of contents
◆ Benchmarking with 'Geekbench 6'
◆ Benchmarking with 'Wild Life Extreme Stress Test' in '3DMark'
◆ Benchmarking with 'AnTuTu Benchmark'
◆Battery consumption and charging speed

Please refer to the following article for information on the device's appearance.

'Samsung Galaxy S26/S26+/S26 Ultra' exterior review: Even thinner, now in the 7mm range - GIGAZINE

◆Benchmarking with

Geekbench 6
First, I installed Geekbench 6 , a standard benchmarking app for PCs and smartphones, and ran benchmarks on the CPU and GPU.

All three models share the same SoC: Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy, customized specifically for the Galaxy series. It has eight cores, six of which run at 3.63GHz and two at 4.74GHz.

The scores are as follows. The highest score is shown in bold. All three models tested this time have the same SoC, the same amount of memory (12GB), and the same amount of storage (256GB). The S26 Ultra does not necessarily have a high score.

Geekbench 6	S26	S26+	S26 Ultra
CPU single core	3727	3696	3770
Integer arithmetic	3725	3694	3768
Floating-point arithmetic	3731	3699	3775
CPU Multicore	11191	11299	11164
Integer arithmetic	10849	10844	10993
Floating-point arithmetic	11855	11982	11489
GPU OpenCL	23829	21751	23039
GPU Vulkan	25223	27612	26883

Comparing the scores with other models, it's clear that the performance has steadily improved with each generation. Below are the CPU multi-core benchmark results for the S26 and a comparison with other models. It surpassed the scores of all previous generation models: the S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra.

◆ Benchmarking with 'Wild Life Extreme Stress Test' in '

3DMark '
We also ran 3DMark, another well-known benchmark app. It includes multiple benchmark tests, but we tried the 'Wild Life Extreme Stress Test,' which runs the most demanding 'Wild Life' game 20 times.

While entry-level models would be too laggy to achieve decent scores, the flagship models, as expected, easily completed 20 laps with all three devices. The specific scores and fluctuations in battery life, temperature, and FPS are as follows.

3DMark	S26	S26+	S26 Ultra
Highest score	7870	5586	7811
Lowest score	3667	3793	4048
stability	46.6%	67.9%	51.8%
Battery level	13 points decrease	9 points decrease	12 points decrease
Temperature change	25℃～45℃	40℃～46℃	27℃～44℃
FPS change	15FPS to 57FPS	15FPS to 42FPS	16FPS to 59FPS

For S26, which recorded the highest score, the score progression over 20 laps looked like this.

A comparison of frame rates between the first lap (green), which yielded the highest score, and the 18th lap (purple), which yielded the lowest score.

This graph shows the change in frame rate (orange) and the change in device temperature (red). The temperature rose to 45°C, and the device felt quite warm to the touch, almost hot.

◆ Benchmarking with '

AnTuTu Benchmark '
Although not available on Google Play, we also ran a benchmark using AnTuTu Benchmark, a widely used benchmark app.

The results are as follows.

AnTuTu	S26	S26+	S26 Ultra
Overall	3851425	3752886	2426782
├CPU	1097599	1158998	1208586
├GPU	1540913	1438498	Unmeasurable
├MEM	469311	456243	404681
└UX	743602	699147	813515

In the case of the S26, which recorded the highest score, it reportedly achieved a score higher than 93% of users who ran the AnTuTu Benchmark.

As mentioned earlier, all three models are equipped with the same SoC, and their internal specifications should be almost identical. However, only the S26 Ultra failed to generate a GPU benchmark score, as it was marked as 'unsupported.'

◆Battery consumption and charging speed
The S26 family uses the same SoC, but the batteries differ: the S26 has 4300mAh, the S26+ has 4900mAh, and the S26 Ultra has 5000mAh. Nevertheless, the specifications state that all three models have a video playback time of 'approximately 31 hours,' so this time I took the S26 Ultra outside and checked how much battery it would consume while 'playing Pokémon GO, a location-based game, and using it for other purposes while walking around town,' which is more demanding than just playing videos.

As a result, the battery level dropped to 10% in approximately 7 hours and 20 minutes. Note that this is just one example; using demanding game apps will shorten the battery life, while using it only for video playback will allow for much longer viewing times.

When charging was done using a 65W output AC adapter, it was detected as 'connecting to a Super Fast Charger 3.0,' and charging from 10% to 100% was completed in approximately 50 minutes.