The Samsung S95F OLED is Samsung's flagship 4k TV for 2025. It replaces the Samsung S95D OLED and sits above the Samsung S90F OLED. It features an improved QD-OLED panel that Samsung claims is up to 30% more efficient, delivering higher peak brightness, and like the S95D, the screen is treated with a matte anti-glare coating. It's powered by Samsung's custom NQ4 AI Gen3 Processor and runs the 2025 version of Samsung's proprietary Tizen OS. The TV has 70W 4.2.2 channel speakers built in and supports HDR10+ and Dolby Atmos, but, as usual for Samsung, there's no support for Dolby Vision HDR or DTS audio formats. We bought and tested the 65-inch model, but it's also available in 55, 77, and 83-inch sizes.
Our Verdict
The Samsung S95F is an outstanding TV for any usage. It's a fantastic choice for a bright room thanks to its high peak brightness, and distracting glare from lights or windows is a thing of the past thanks to its matte anti-reflective coating. HDR content looks better than ever thanks to its incredibly colorful screen and perfect contrast. It's also a dream machine for gaming, with a nearly instantaneous response time, low input lag, support for VRR, and, for PC gamers, a 165Hz refresh rate. It also has an incredibly wide selection of smart features, so you spend less time navigating through menus and more time watching your favorite content.
Near-infinite contrast ratio for perfect blacks with no blooming around bright highlights.
Nearly perfect viewing angle for a consistent image from any spot in the room.
Incredibly bright.
Wide color gamut for an incredibly lifelike experience.
Anti-glare coating eliminates distracting glare from bright lights.
Black levels are significantly raised in a bright room.
The Samsung S95F is an exceptional TV for home theater use. It looks incredibly good in a dark room thanks to its nearly infinite contrast ratio and perfect uniformity. Colors are vivid and lifelike without being overblown, and it tracks the content creator's intent well. It also gets extremely bright, so highlights in HDR stand out well. Unfortunately, there's some unwanted edge sharpening that can't be disabled, and it doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR or DTS audio formats. Like all OLEDs, there's stutter present, so slow camera movements aren't as smooth as they're intended to be.
Near-infinite contrast ratio for perfect blacks with no blooming around bright highlights.
Incredibly bright.
Wide color gamut for an incredibly lifelike experience.
Does an outstanding job displaying HDR content at the intended level or brightness.
Very noticeable stutter due to the TV's fast response time.
Doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR or DTS audio formats.
Undefeatable edge enhancement in all picture modes.
The Samsung S95F looks excellent in a bright room. The matte anti-reflective coating does an incredible job reducing the glare from windows or lights to the point that they're barely even visible. Colors remain bright and vibrant even in a very bright room, so the image doesn't look washed out. On the other hand, blacks raise considerably in a bright room, so it loses the deep inky blacks that OLEDs are known for.
Incredibly bright.
Wide color gamut for an incredibly lifelike experience.
Anti-glare coating eliminates distracting glare from bright lights.
Black levels are significantly raised in a bright room.
The Samsung S95F is outstanding for watching sports. It looks great in a bright room and has a superb viewing angle, making it a great choice for watching the big game during the day with a large group of friends. It does a great job upscaling low-resolution feeds, but it doesn't do much to remove artifacts from low-quality sources, such as most streaming sports channels or even older cable boxes. On the other hand, motion is crisp and smooth thanks to its incredibly fast response time and clean transitions.
Nearly perfect viewing angle for a consistent image from any spot in the room.
Incredibly bright.
Anti-glare coating eliminates distracting glare from bright lights.
Does a great job upscaling low-resolution content like DVDs or cable TV channels.
No transition artifacts.
The Samsung S95F is an incredible TV for gaming. It delivers an extremely responsive gaming experience thanks to its nearly instantaneous response time and low input lag. It supports a wide range of gaming features, including VRR, and it has a fast 165Hz refresh rate for PC gamers. You can also stream your favorite games from streaming services like Xbox or NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and you can pair your favorite controller directly to the TV for a console-free gaming experience. It delivers fantastic picture quality when gaming, and games mastered in HDR look fantastic thanks to its high peak brightness and wide color gamut.
Low input lag for a responsive gaming experience.
Incredibly bright.
Nearly instantaneous response time for no noticeable blur behind fast motion.
Wide color gamut for an incredibly lifelike experience.
The Samsung S95F has excellent peak brightness. It's bright enough in HDR that small specular highlights stand out from the darker background really well, and bright scenes are stunning. In SDR, the peak brightness is high enough to easily overcome glare.
Incredibly bright.
Since the Samsung S95F is an OLED, it displays remarkably deep and inky blacks with no blooming around highlights when viewed in a dark room.
Near-infinite contrast ratio for perfect blacks with no blooming around bright highlights.
The Samsung S95F has fantastic colors. Colors in both HDR and SDR are bright and vibrant. It's also a very accurate TV out of the box, especially in SDR. There are a few noticeable hue errors in HDR, but it's still great, and everyone but the strictest color enthusiasts will be pleased.
Wide color gamut for an incredibly lifelike experience.
The Samsung S95F OLED has good motion handling when watching all types of content. There are no transition artifacts at all, so fast-paced scenes and sports are free from ghosting and unintended intermediate colors. The TV doesn't have any judder or micro-judder from all sources except 25p content being delivered via a 60p signal, which leads to very choppy motion if you're using an older device to watch certain European content. There's also apparent stutter during slow panning shots, but this is the case for any OLED display.
No transition artifacts.
Removes judder from most content.
No micro-judder in scenes with complex motion.
Perfect lighting zone transitions.
Very noticeable stutter due to the TV's fast response time.
The Samsung S95F is an incredibly responsive gaming TV. It has a nearly instantaneous response time, delivering crystal clear motion at any refresh rate. It has incredibly low input lag up to its maximum refresh rate of 165Hz, and it supports all three types of VRR, ensuring a nearly tear-free experience from any source.
Low input lag for a responsive gaming experience.
Nearly instantaneous response time for no noticeable blur behind fast motion.
Note: We're in the process of improving our tests related to image processing, but this score should give you a general idea of how a TV performs overall with its image processing capabilities.
The Samsung S95F has great processing overall. It has very good upscaling capabilities, but there's some noticeable forced edge enhancement that can't be disabled. It handles low-bitrate content well, preserving fine details properly, but it doesn't do much to smooth out macroblocking in dark scenes. It has outstanding gradient handling, with no visible banding in most content. Finally, the TV has outstanding PQ EOTF tracking overall, so most content is displayed the way the content creator intended, but some shadow details are a bit raised.
Does a great job upscaling low-resolution content like DVDs or cable TV channels.
Fantastic gradient handling.
Does an outstanding job displaying HDR content at the intended level or brightness.
Undefeatable edge enhancement in all picture modes.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Mar 10, 2026:
We added text to our new Motion Handling performance usage and our new Transition Artifacts and Stutter Reduction Via Interpolation test sections after converting the review to TV 2.2.
- Updated Mar 10, 2026: This review has been updated to TV 2.2. We've added new sections for Transition Artifacts and Stutter Reduction Via Interpolation, and updated the way we test Stutter. Additionally, we removed the 'Broken' disclaimer from our Motion Handling usage.
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Updated Jan 20, 2026:
We retested the TV's HGIG support on firmware 1203 and confirmed that it now works correctly again. The text in the HDR Brightness in Game Mode and PQ EOTF Tracking sections has been updated to reflect this.
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Updated Oct 22, 2025:
We retested the TV with Firmware 1125 and saw an increase in overall brightness, especially with sustained 25% windows. We've updated the HDR Brightness, HDR Brightness in Game Mode, and SDR Brightness sections with the new results. Furthermore, we updated the results in the SDR Color Volume section, since there's also a solid uptick in SDR BT.2020 coverage with the new firmware.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 65-inch Samsung S95F, and these results are also valid for the 55 and 77-inch models. The 83-inch model uses a WOLED panel, with similar peak brightness overall but worse color luminance. Note that the last five letters in the model number (AFXZA in this case) vary between retailers and individual regions, but there's no difference in performance. Unlike the Samsung S90F and the Samsung S85F, there doesn't appear to be any panel lottery for this model. Except for the 83-inch model, all sizes use QD-OLED panels in all regions.
| Size | US Model | Short Model Code | Panel Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55" | QN55S95FAFXZA | QN55S95F | QD-OLED |
| 65" | QN65S95FAFXZA | QN65S95F | QD-OLED |
| 77" | QN77S95FAFXZA | QN77S95F | QD-OLED |
| 83" | QN83S95FAEXZA | QN83S95F | WOLED |
Our unit was manufactured in March 2025, as seen on the label.
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The Samsung S95F is an incredible TV. It pushes OLED technology to new heights, significantly increasing the peak brightness over 2024 models while still maintaining the impressive colors QD-OLED panels are known for. It's also a gaming powerhouse, making it an easy choice for PC or console gamers alike. It uses the same panel as the Sony BRAVIA 8 II OLED, and both of these compete directly with the LG G5 OLED; each of the three models trades blows on brightness, color volume, and processing. It's not perfect, though, and a few of Samsung's design decisions, like the Slim One Connect box and the matte anti-glare screen finish, are just as controversial in 2025 as they were when they were first introduced.
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The Samsung S95F OLED is better than the Samsung S90F OLED. The S95F is brighter in HDR, especially in SDR; it really excels in standard dynamic range. The S95F is more accurate in HDR out of the box, supports 4k @ 165Hz for PC gamers, and comes with the versatile One Connect box. Finally, its matte coating handles direct reflections far better than the S90F.
The Samsung S95F and the LG G5 are both fantastic OLED TVs that deliver exceptional picture quality. The LG is slightly more enticing for use in a dark home theater, since it gets a bit brighter in HDR, has better processing, and supports Dolby Vision. However, the Samsung still looks incredible in dark rooms. In bright rooms, blacks are raised on the Samsung, but its anti-reflective coating is so effective that it essentially eliminates glare, making it the better choice for very bright environments. As good as the LG is, it has diagonal lines in darker scenes that are noticeable when sitting up close. It also exhibits snow-like noise in certain dark scenes that’s noticeable from a normal viewing distance, along with a few other issues that may bother some people, making it hard to recommend over the Samsung.
The Samsung S95F OLED is a noticeable improvement over its predecessor, the Samsung S95D OLED. The new model gets significantly brighter, allowing it to better overcome glare in a bright room and to deliver a more impactful HDR experience. Samsung has also improved the matte anti-glare coating, resulting in one of the best TVs ever made in terms of glare reduction.
The Samsung S95F and the LG C5 are two very similar TVs, but the S95F is a bit better overall for most people. The S95F is a bit brighter, so colors are more vivid and HDR stands out better. The S95F also has better reflection handling, so glare is barely noticeable if you're watching it during the day. The only real downside to the S95F is that it has a noticeable purple tint in a bright room, and black levels are raised, so while the screen is easier to see in a bright room, overall picture quality is a bit worse.
We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests use specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
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