The Ubergizmo CAMERA HW Score
If you languish to find out how well a camera phone performs, you know that it’s hard to find reliable mobile camera reviews on models that are not making the headlines.
There is another way to have a great notion of how a mobile camera “should” perform: by analyzing the camera hardware. It makes a lot of sense: great camera hardware should yield great photos, right?
To provide better news and reviews on mobile phones’ cameras, we have created a proprietary algorithm to evaluate the mobile cameras solely based on their technical data. Our unique Camera HW benchmark can help us predict with some accuracy how a camera will perform and where it fits in the uber-competitive camera phone market.
See below, after the detailed description of our benchmark, the COMPLETE TABLE with all Camera HW scores (direct link to table below).
This new benchmark comes in addition to our Uber IQ Camera score, which helps us measure more accurately the image quality a mobile camera delivers as tested in real life. As with any algorithm, we plan to update it from time to time, so expect the Camera HW score to fluctuate now and then.
As with any algorithm, we plan to update it from time to time, so expect the Camera HW score to fluctuate every now and then. More info in our Camera HW score FAQ.
- Current version: 1.1 (Sept 2020)
- What’s new?
- Better support in our model for the most recent camera technologies
- Shows camera sub-scores from 1-10 for Wide, Ultrawide, and Zoom
- Some data correction
- New phones added more often
Our logo shows the hardware score, the device name and market category (high-end, premium, high-mid-range, low-mid-range, etc.), and its launch year. We will use color codes to differentiate between market categories.
The Camera HW score uses a proprietary algorithm that takes camera hardware data as an input to compute a score that ranks a camera against its peers. It essentially reveals the “potential” of the camera hardware.
"GREAT CAMERA HARDWARE SHOULD YIELD GREAT PHOTOS"Image Quality (IQ) tests take a lot of time and are very expensive to make – we know because we have our Uber IQ Camera score as well, which is the driving force behind our Mobile Camera Reviews going forward.
The best way to check if a model works is to look at the correlation with observed image quality. For that, we can check for correlations between our Uber IQ Camera (image quality) score and the Camera HW score.
The charts don’t exactly correlate for a few reasons:
- Both scores don’t measure the same thing and aren’t expected to be on the same scale
- The general IQ score contains situations in which the camera hardware isn’t stressed, such as daylight photography where it is more about camera exposure settings and high-dynamic range, which involves a lot of software
- Software. The IQ gap between different phone makers can be significant even though they may use the same type of camera modules.
Looking at a hardware-challenging situation such as Night photography, the correlation is very pronounced, just as one would expect. It is logical that better camera lenses and sensors would yield visibly better results here.
With this algorithm, we can provide consumers with unmatched mobile camera hardware guidance that will help people choose the best mobile camera experience for their money and/or save a lot of time during their initial phone research.
However, it is important to keep in mind that a hardware store, isn’t as reliable as an image-analysis score because software image processing also plays a large role in building the final photo. That’s why we created the Uber IQ Camera score.
Keep an eye out for new scores!
Thanks for your interest in our Mobile Camera scores. We want to provide insightful and useful information that will help you get the best camera for your needs and money. Keep in touch via Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube for updates.
Uber HW Camera scores, per launch year
Click on any table header to sort the rows.
| Uber HW Camera (2023 cameras) | |
|---|---|
| Score | Smartphone |
| 200 | Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra |
| 178 | OnePlus 11 |
| 166 | Samsung Galaxy S23+ |
| 166 | Samsung Galaxy S23 |
| Uber HW Camera (2022 cameras) | |
|---|---|
| Score | Smartphone |
| 203 | Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra |
| 200 | Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max |
| 191 | Google Pixel 7 Pro |
| 178 | Google Pixel 7 |
| 176 | Xiaomi 12T Pro |
| 164 | OnePlus 10 Pro |
| 155 | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 |
| 148 | Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 |
| 147 | Honor 70 |
| 134 | OnePlus 10T |
| 132 | Xiaomi 12T (Global) |
| 125 | Huawei Nova 10 Pro |
| Uber HW Camera (2021 cameras) | |
|---|---|
| Score | Smartphone |
| 220 | Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra |
| 203 | OnePlus 9 Pro |
| 201 | Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra (SD888) |
| 197 | Google Pixel 6 Pro |
| 191 | Apple iPhone 13 Pro |
| 189 | Oppo Find X3 Pro |
| 189 | OnePlus 9 |
| 177 | Xiaomi 12 Pro |
| 163 | Samsung Galaxy S21 (SD888) |
| 157 | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 |
| 155 | Infinix Zero X Pro |
| 141 | Motorola Edge (2021) |
| 140 | Apple iPhone 13 |
| 138 | Infinix Zero X |
| 128 | Oppo Find X3 Neo |
| 127 | Asus ROG Phone 5 |
| 124 | Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G |
| 119 | Oppo Find X3 Lite |
| 119 | TCL 20 Pro 5G |
| 117 | Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 |
| 114 | Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 |
| 106 | Xiaomi Redmi 9T |
| 104 | Motorola Moto One 5G Ace |
| 101 | Samsung Galaxy A32 |
| 100 | Motorola Moto G Stylus (2021) |
| 100 | Samsung Galaxy A32 5G |
| 96 | Motorola Moto G Power (2021) |
| 89 | Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T |
| 69 | Motorola Moto G Play (2021) |
| 57 | Realme Narzo 30A |
| Uber HW Camera (2018 cameras) | |
|---|---|
| Score | Smartphone |
| 149 | Huawei Mate 20 Pro |
| 149 | LG V40 |
| 127 | Huawei Mate 20 |
| 126 | Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) |
| 124 | LG G7 ThinQ |
| 115 | Samsung Galaxy Note 9 |
| 115 | Samsung Galaxy S9+ |
| 105 | HTC U12+ |
| 105 | Samsung Galaxy S9 |
| 102 | Honor Honor Magic 2 |
| 98 | Apple iPhone XS Max |
| 98 | Apple iPhone XS |
| 98 | Huawei P20 Pro |
| 96 | OnePlus 6T |
| 96 | Google Pixel 3 XL |
| 93 | Huawei P20 |
| 93 | Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 |
| 92 | Sony Xperia XZ2 |
| 92 | Sony Xperia XZ3 |
| 90 | Sony Xperia XA2 Plus |
| 89 | Honor View 20 |
| 88 | Google Pixel 3 |
| 88 | Apple iPhone XR |
| 87 | Honor Honor 8x |
| 82 | Xiaomi Pocophone F1 |
| 81 | Huawei nova 3 |
| 81 | Honor 10 |
| 70 | Samsung Galaxy On6 |
| 67 | Honor Honor Play |
| 66 | Xiaomi Redmi 5 |
| 62 | ASUS ZenFone Max (M1) |
| 62 | ASUS ZenFone Lite (L1) |
| 57 | Huawei Y9 (2018) |
| Uber HW Camera (2017 cameras) | |
|---|---|
| Score | Smartphone |
| 106 | Samsung Galaxy Note 8 |
| 104 | LG V30 |
| 104 | LG G6 |
| 96 | Samsung Galaxy S8 |
| 96 | Samsung Galaxy S8+ |
| 90 | Apple iPhone X |
| 89 | Huawei Mate 10 Pro |
| 88 | Google Pixel 2 |
| 88 | Apple iPhone 8 Plus |
| 86 | Huawei Mate 10 |
| 79 | Apple iPhone 8 |
| 75 | Xiaomi Mi 5X |
| 64 | Nokia 8 |
| 59 | LG Q6 |
| 52 | Samsung Galaxy J7 (SM-J727U, 2017) |
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