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Comparison: Firestone Winterhawk 4 vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 vs. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 vs. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6

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Summary
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Firestone Winterhawk 4 /56%	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 /81%	Uniroyal WinterExpert /79%	Fulda Kristall Control HP2 /64%	Dunlop Winter Sport 5 /86%	Semperit Speed-Grip 5 /78%	Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 /26%

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Segment

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Premium

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 Upper-middle

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Upper-middle

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert Upper-middle

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Lowcost

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Lowcost

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 189

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 101

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 93

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 91

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 91

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 57

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50

Number of tests

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 48x

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 25x

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 23x

4. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 20x

5. Firestone Winterhawk 4 19x

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 12x

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert 12x

Best position in test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1.

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 1.

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2.

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 3.

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 5.

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert 5.

7. Firestone Winterhawk 4 5.

Worst position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 13.

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 16.

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 19.

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 19.

5. Firestone Winterhawk 4 20.

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 23.

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 44.

Average position in tests

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 4.9

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 6.65

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 9.33

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 10.74

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 11.25

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 12.36

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 15.75

Year of the last test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 2025

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 2025

3. Firestone Winterhawk 4 2025

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2025

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 2025

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 2025

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert 2025

Best rating in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Exemplary

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Exemplary

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Exemplary

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 Highly recommended

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Very good

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Good

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Good

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Good

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Recommended

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Satisfactory

5. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Sufficient

6. Firestone Winterhawk 4 Sufficient

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

76%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

74

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

74%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

73%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

71%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

70%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

65%

Wet braking

1. Firestone Winterhawk 4 75%

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 70%

3. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 69%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 69%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 65%

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 66%

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 58%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 87%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 83%

3. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 80%

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 77%

5. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 78%

6. Firestone Winterhawk 4 73%

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert 71%

Aquaplaning - longitudal

1. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 88%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 87%

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 86%

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 82%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 73%

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 68%

7. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 65%

Wet handling

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 79%

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 74%

3. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 74%

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 69%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 66%

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 65%

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 51%

Wet circle cornering

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 78%

2. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 71%

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 70%

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 69%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 64%

6. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 63%

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 51%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 B

2. Firestone Winterhawk 4 B

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 B

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 B

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

89%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

81%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

78

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

75%

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

73%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

72%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

71%

Snow traction

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 86%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 86%

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 82%

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 82%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 77%

6. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 73%

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 71%

Snow braking

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 93%

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 79%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 78%

4. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 77%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 76%

6. Firestone Winterhawk 4 74%

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert 73%

Snow handling

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 86%

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 81%

3. Firestone Winterhawk 4 79%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 75%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 69%

6. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 63%

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 63%

Snow cornering

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 86%

2. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 80%

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 78%

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 73%

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 71%

7. Uniroyal WinterExpert 64%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

81%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

74%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

71%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

68%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

67%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

65%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

59

Dry braking

1. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 74%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 72%

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 70%

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 67%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 63%

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 61%

7. Firestone Winterhawk 4 58%

Dry handling

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 78%

2. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 67%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 67%

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 65%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 65%

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert 64%

7. Firestone Winterhawk 4 54%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

80%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

76%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

75%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

73%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

71%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

69

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

69%

Exterior noise

1. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 82%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 77%

3. Firestone Winterhawk 4 76%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 73%

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 73%

6. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 64%

7. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 63%

Comfort

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert 78%

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 78%

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 74%

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 74%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 69%

6. Firestone Winterhawk 4 65%

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 0%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 72 dB

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 72 dB

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert ?

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 ?

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 ?

6. Firestone Winterhawk 4 ?

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

80%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

80%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

76%

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

73

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

72%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

67%

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

56%

Rolling resistance

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert 91%

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 83%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 78%

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 79%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 73%

6. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 69%

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 50%

Mileage

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 80%

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 78%

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 74%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 72%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 68%

6. Firestone Winterhawk 4 66%

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 42%

Price/value

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 79%

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 78%

3. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 76%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 77%

5. Firestone Winterhawk 4 76%

6. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 63%

7. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 63%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 C

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

4. Firestone Winterhawk 4 C

5. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 C

6. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 E

7. Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Firestone
Winterhawk 4

82

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

82%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

78%

Maxxis
Premitra Snow WP6

78%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

76.5%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

71.4%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

32%

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Mutual Tests Available

These tyres were tested together in 13 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

Autobild Winter tyre test 2025 225/40 R18

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1–	1
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Satisfactory	3	2	2+	3
BFGoodrich g-Force Winter 2 Rating: Good	3	2–	1	2+
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Good	2	3	2	2+
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3–	2	2+	2
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Good	2–	2	2–	2
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2025 225/40 R18

Name	Wet	Snow
Best values in test	32.6	27.1
Firestone Winterhawk 4	34.8	28.2
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	36.0	27.3
Uniroyal WinterExpert	34.1	28.6
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36.9	28.0
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	34.9	29.0
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6	41.0
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AUTOBILD Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Satisfactory	3	3	3	3
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Good	2	2-	2	2
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Good	2	2-	2	2
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3	3	3
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Good	2-	2-	1	2
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Exemplary	2	2	1	2
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AUTOBILD Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34.6	28.9
Firestone Winterhawk 4	35.5	30.9
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	37.5	29.4
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36.5	29.5
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	38.6	29.6
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	37.4	29.2
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	36.8	29.1
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6	42.0	-
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2023 205/60 R16

Name	Enviromental impact	Driving safety
Best values in test	2	2.1
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Good	3	2.3
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2.4	2.7
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Satisfactory	2.9	3.3
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	2	2.9
DUNLOP Winter Sport 5 Rating: Good	2.3	2.1
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Not recommended	2+	3	2	2
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Good	2	2-	1-	2
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Satisfactory	2	3+	2	2+
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Good	2	2-	2	2+
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2-	2-	1-
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	31,4	29,2
Firestone Winterhawk 4	33,9	31,0
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,2	29,3
Uniroyal WinterExpert	35,0	30,7
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	37,4	30,7
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	36,1	30,7
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	35,9	31,3
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6	38,4	-
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2022 215/55 R17

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,8	25,4
Firestone Winterhawk 4	36	26,4
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,8	25,4
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36,9	26,1
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,8	26,3
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	35,3	26,5
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6	35,8	26,3
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2022 215/55 R17

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	2+	2+
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Satisfactory	2	3+	2+	2+
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Good	2-	2	1-	2
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3	1-	2-
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Exemplary	2	2-	2+	2
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Good	2	2-	2+	2
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Rating: Good	2	2-	2	3
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2022 185/65 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Ice	Rolling resistance	Noise	Wear
Best values in test	1,7	1,9	1,8	1,9	1,7	2,5	1,5
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Satisfactory	2,0	3,2	2,2	2,1	1,7	2,8	2,5
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2,7	2,6	2,0	2,5	2,4	2,7	2,0
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Good	2,3	2,5	2,0	2,3	1,7	2,6	2,0
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6 Rating: Satisfactory	2,2	1,9	2,9	2,7	2,6	2,6	3,0
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2021 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Rolling resistance	Wear
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+	1
Firestone Winterhawk 4 Rating: Satisfactory	2+	3+	1-	2+	2
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2	3+	1-	3+	2
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3+	2-	2	1
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Good	2+	2-	2+	2	3+
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2021 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,1	27,3
Firestone Winterhawk 4	33,5	28,6
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,6	27,9
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,8	28,6
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	33,6	27,3
Maxxis Premitra Snow WP6	38	29,1
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