Samsung’s latest flagship series phone, the Galaxy S24 Ultra, is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform for Galaxy, which is a rival to the Apple A16 Bionic chip that runs the iPhone 15 Pro Max. Both processors are capable of delivering impressive performance, but there are other factors that affect how smoothly and quickly a phone operates. These include the RAM capacity, the thermal management, and the type of storage system.
The Galaxy S24 Ultra and the iPhone 15 Pro Max have different storage technologies. The former uses Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 4.0, which is the latest and fastest version of the UFS standard. The latter employs the Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe), which is a protocol that allows faster access to data stored on solid-state drives (SSDs).
A popular tech YouTuber, @sakitechonline, conducted a storage performance test on both devices using the Jazz Disk Bench benchmark tool. The results showed that the Galaxy S24 Ultra has a significant advantage over the iPhone 15 Pro Max in terms of storage speed. The Galaxy S24 Ultra achieved a sequential read speed of 2,500 MB/s, which is 75 percent faster than the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s 1,430 MB/s. The sequential write speed of the Galaxy S24 Ultra was also 15 percent higher than the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s, with 1,150 MB/s versus 1,000 MB/s.
Sequential read and write speeds measure how fast data can be transferred from or to the storage device in a continuous manner. This affects how quickly apps can be launched, files can be copied, and media can be exported.
The Galaxy S24 Ultra also had lower latency than the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which means it takes less time to access data from the storage device. The Galaxy S24 Ultra had a latency of 0.05 ms, while the iPhone 15 Pro Max had a latency of 0.08 ms.
Latency measures how long it takes for a request to be processed by the storage device. This affects how responsive the phone feels when performing tasks that involve data retrieval or manipulation.
In the past, the iPhone’s NVMe storage was considered superior to the UFS storage used by most Android phones, as it offered faster and more consistent performance. However, with the recent advancements in the UFS standard, especially the introduction of UFS 4.0, the gap has been closed and even reversed. Apple has not been very vocal about the performance of its NVMe storage, nor has it released any official data on its speeds.
Of course, the difference in storage performance between the Galaxy S24 Ultra and the iPhone 15 Pro Max may not be noticeable for an average user in everyday use, as both phones are still very fast and smooth. However, the results are still impressive and demonstrate the technological edge that the Galaxy S24 Ultra has over the iPhone 15 Pro Max, which may make it the best phone of the year.