Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip 5's bonkers performance revealed!

The benchmark confirms that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 (SM-F946U) and Galaxy Z Flip 5 (SM-F731U) are powered by the very same chipset as the Galaxy S23 series, namely, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 “for Galaxy,” which boasts a higher frequency for the primary “super” core of 3.36GHz instead of 3.2GHz.

But despite this similar hardware, the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 leave the Galaxy S23 Ultra in the dust, particularly in terms of this benchmark's single-core tests.

Samsung's upcoming foldable phones set a new level of performance

These early online performance tests indicate that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 will outshine Samsung's finest flagship phone to date, even though they all use the same SoC. Indeed, Samsung's upcoming foldables don't have a “Plus” variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 but rock the overclocked “for Galaxy” chipset.

The Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 scored a little over 2,000 points in single-core tests and reached a 5,213 / 5,022 multi-core score, respectively — with the flip phone somehow outperforming the book-like foldable in the latter category.

The benchmark also confirms that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 has 12GB of RAM, whereas the Z Flip 5 carries 8GB.

In contrast, the Galaxy S23 Ultra (SM-S918B) scores around 1,500 points in the single-core tests and anywhere between 4,400 and 5,000 points in multi-core tests. So although multi-core performance might be similar between the S23 series and the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5, the 5th generation foldables have somehow scored considerably higher in single-core benchmarks, using essentially the same hardware S23.

Samsung should introduce the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 at the next Unpacked launch event, which, although unconfirmed, should take place around August or September if history is any indication.

Update: It appears that the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 perform roughly the same. The difference was caused by the unreleased phones getting benchmarked in Geekbench 6 rather than Geekbench 5.