Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra shows up on Geekbench with a paltry 8 GB of RAM

The internet has been awash with Galaxy S23 Ultra leaks of late. Everything ranging from its tentative spec sheet to minute details like its bezel sizes has been talked about in detail. Renowned leaker Ice Universe went as far as calling the Galaxy S22 Ultra "worthless" compared to its putative successor. The smartphone has finally made its Geekbench debut (via MySmartPrice), and it has some disappointing news in store for fans and enthusiasts.

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (SM-S918U) scores 1,521 and 4,696 in Geekbench's single and multi-core tests, respectively.  It is close to what its younger sibling, the Galaxy S23, scored. Geekbench has presumably read the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2's CPU clusters incorrectly by clubbing the two Cortex-A710 and Cortex-A715 cores together, but the rest of the configuration sits in line with earlier leaks, which said that it would feature a Cortex-X3 Prime core and three Cortex-A510 efficiency cores.

While that is a remarkable performance uplift over last year's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, things aren't as hunky-dory as they should be. The Geekbench listing confirms that the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra will feature 8 GB of memory- one variant of it, at least. Although 8 GB is enough for average users, the Galaxy S23 Ultra is targeted at an enthusiast audience who could use all the system memory they can get. Furthermore, a device that will likely cost upwards of US$1,000 shouldn't be cheaping out on essential components such as memory.

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