Upper mid-range · 2021

Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate

Name: Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate
Brand: Asus

Our Take CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A37

A well-rounded upper mid-ranger with all-day battery and 65W fast charging.

Best for Gaming · streaming · camera work

Strength All-day battery (6000mAh), 65W fast charging

6.78″ AMOLED · 144Hz

Snapdragon 888 5G 18 / 512 GB

6000 mAh 65W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 24 MP selfie

5G NFC

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Full specifications

What stands out

Hi-Res audio for higher-quality listening

Pro camera extras: 8K video, optical zoom, Night mode, manual focus

Reverse charging for accessories and earbuds

Display

6.78″ · AMOLED · 1080 × 2448 · 144 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.78"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2448 px

Refresh rate

144 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

1200 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Performance

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) · 8-core 2.84 GHz · Adreno 660

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

Launch class

High-end

AnTuTu

883,000

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.84 GHz

GPU

Adreno 660

Process

5 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex X1 2.84GHz + 3x Cortex A78 2.42GHz + 4x Cortex A55 1.8GHz

Camera

64 MP f/1.8 main · 24 MP selfie

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

64 MP f/1.8

Ultrawide

13 MP f/2.4

Macro

5 MP

Front camera

24 MP f/2.5

Main sensor

Sony IMX686 Exmor RS, 1/1.7", 0.8µm

Slow motion

Yes, 480 fps

Camera extras

8K video, optical zoom, Night mode, manual focus

Video

8K @ 30 fps

Battery

6000 mAh · 65 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

6000 mAh

Wired charging

65 W

Fast

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Bypass charging

Supported

Heat friendly

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Hi-Res

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Microphones

Memory

18 GB RAM · 512 GB

Roomy

RAM

18 GB

Storage

512 GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

238 g · 10.3 mm

Height

172.8 mm

Width

77.3 mm

Thickness

10.3 mm

Weight

238 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 13

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

144 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.78″ vs 6.1″ screen · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2448 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

Better video capture

8K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 64 MP vs 12 MP main · 24 MP vs 12 MP selfie

85% larger battery capacity

65 W vs 15 W charging · 6,000 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

883k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 238 g vs 174 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

50% larger battery capacity

65 W vs 25 W charging · 6,000 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

512 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Weaker display tech

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.78″ vs 6.2″ screen

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 238 g vs 169 g

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Performance

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Audio

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Build & Design

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