Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy S26 Ultra is said to be better than the previous model in terms of camera, but in the new camera ranking, it is still seen lagging behind many of its big competitors. According to the benchmark report, the phone has improved in many areas like color accuracy, low light performance and image processing. Despite this, it could not achieve the top position in the global camera ranking. The latest ranking from a popular camera benchmarking platform shows that the Galaxy S26 Ultra ranked 18th with a total of 157 points, while premium phones from Apple, Google and some other brands are ranked above it.
According to Dxomark’s new camera testing report Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has reduced some of the major shortcomings of its older model. The report says that skin tone and texture handling in the phone has become better than before. Complaints related to color rendering, especially in night photography, have been improved to a great extent. Along with this, the camera now processes photos in a more natural way, due to which artifacts like over sharpening are less visible in the photo.
Let us tell you that this time Samsung has also made some changes at the hardware level. The main camera and 5x telephoto lens have a wide aperture, due to which more light reaches the sensor. Dxomark saw its benefit especially in low light conditions. Due to the noise reduction processing and Pro Scaler technology used by the company, the details are better and the noise is less even in difficult lighting.
The long-range zoom capability of the Galaxy S26 Ultra is counted among its strong features. According to Dxomark, at high zoom level this iPhone 17 Pro Performs better than. However, the report also shows that Samsung’s lead in Zoom is no longer as strong as before and Apple’s gap is continuously decreasing.
Despite these improvements, the phone still lags behind in some key areas. The Galaxy S26 Ultra ranked 18th in the Dxomark ranking with a score of 157. This is far behind the iPhone 17 Pro’s 168 points. Not only this, it iPhone 16 Pro Max 161 points are mentioned below. There itself Google Pixel 10 Pro XL This has also been explained further.
Low light camera performance is still considered the weak link of the Galaxy S26 Ultra. The report says that it lags behind Apple’s Pro models in both photos and videos. Apart from this, problems related to autofocus have also come to light in low light and difficult HDR scenes. In such situations, face exposure may be reduced and fine details in portrait shots may be reduced.
The phone was not considered completely strong even in portrait mode. According to the report, despite the color improvement, the iPhone 17 Pro performed better in terms of image clarity, noise control and subject segmentation. This is the reason why Samsung’s flagship is lagging behind top devices in the camera race even after better upgrades. The report also states that some of Motorola’s new flagship models Performs well in terms of 2x and 3x zoom and has got a camera score of 164.
