Equipped with different processors, the American and European models of the Galaxy S22 Ultra do not deliver quite the same photo experience. The image processing by their respective chips explains this difference.
You have surely already read it on Frandroid, the American and European Galaxy S22 Ultra are not equipped with the same processor. Traditionally, Samsung installs Snapdragon chips on its Galaxy S for models sold across the Atlantic, and Exynos chips, designed in-house, in the versions intended for the European and Korean markets. This is how the American S22 Ultra are powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, while the models sold in our latitudes are equipped with the new Exynos 2200.
If Samsung promises equivalent services from one version to another, we learn today that these two variants of the S22 do not offer quite the same photo experience. At least that’s what DxoMark discovered, whose observations are relayed by SamMobile. The specialized site points out that if the image processing by the two chips is equal, it is not identical, sometimes offering the advantage to the Snapdragon, sometimes to the Exynos.
Identical photo sensors… but different image processing
With perfectly equal sensors and photo modules, the two versions of the S22 Ultra therefore do not lead (and this is logical) to the same final image. DxOMark mainly observes differences when zooming in on certain elements of an identical scene. We then see that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is sometimes more convincing, with a better defined end result, is better controlled digital noise. In other circumstances, it’s the Exynos 2200 that does the best job, while its competitor combines a slight moire (superposition of two frames), noise and a small loss of detail.
Source: DxOMark via SamMobile
Overall, Samsung is keeping its bet to offer a similar experience from one version of its flagship to another. Generally speaking, however, the Exynos models seem a little more comfortable with zooming and video recording, notes SamMobile, while the Snapdragon variants come in slightly ahead on capturing still images.
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