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Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Google Pixel 8

73 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
VS
69 out of 100
Google Pixel 8
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Google Pixel 8

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 FE (with Exynos 2400e) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Google Pixel 8, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 1 year before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Shows 17% longer battery life (23:02 vs 19:39 hours)
  • 37% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 1443K)
  • Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
  • 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2045 and 1722 points
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 11% higher pixel density (428 vs 385 PPI)
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 6.5 mm narrower
  • Weighs 26 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Google Pixel 8 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
65.9
(Good)
Value Index
41.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S24 FE
vs
Pixel 8

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.2 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 385 ppi 428 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 1400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.2%
PWM 120 Hz 170 Hz
Response time 2 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Pixel 8
6.2″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.4 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S24 FE
1372 nits
Pixel 8 +5%
1437 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162 mm (6.38 inches) 150.5 mm (5.93 inches)
Width 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) 70.8 mm (2.79 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow Black, Gray, Rose gold
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.11/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S24 FE +1%
88%
Pixel 8
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Google Pixel 8
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400e Google Tensor G3
Max clock 3110 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 9 (1 + 4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.11 GHz: Cortex-X4		 - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Immortalis-G715s MC10
GPU shading units 768 896
GPU clock 1095 MHz 890 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~1594.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Google Pixel 8
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S24 FE +19%
2045
Pixel 8
1722
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S24 FE +43%
6397
Pixel 8
4458
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 16611 -
Single-core score 2045 1722
Multi-core score 6397 4458
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S24 FE +37%
1977269
Pixel 8
1443431
CPU 675682 535125
GPU 670589 387735
Memory 229976 186665
UX 401022 333906
Total score 1977269 1443431
Samples [55 tests] [10 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S24 FE +82%
1769
Pixel 8
971
Stability 70% 73%
Graphics test 13 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1769 971
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Section 1 35 FPS -
Section 2 28 FPS -
Section 3 24 FPS -
Graphics score 7699 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15997 -
Video editing 8031 -
Photo editing 33878 -
Data manipulation 12347 -
Writing score 19836 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 -> bo177575AnTuTu 122370118
📘 2026-10-12 (Abs)AnTuTu 112053895
📘 2026-09-21 (Vishnu)AnTuTu 122276561
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShCPU Throttle81%
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShAnTuTu 122134029
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Google Pixel 8
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-malik)AnTuTu 111515235
📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-baloch)AnTuTu 111515235
📘 2026-05-04 (reazz)AnTuTu 111356451
📘 2026-04-29 -> tonymennyAnTuTu 111446448
📘 2026-03-16 (Quan)AnTuTu 111479583
Add View all (14)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 8.0 Stock Android
OS size 23.5 GB 14 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4700 mAh 4575 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 27 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (18 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 1:16 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:20 hr 08:08 hr
Watching video 13:33 hr 14:06 hr
Gaming 05:11 hr 04:49 hr
Standby 129 hr 81 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S24 FE +17%
23:02 hr
Pixel 8
19:39 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 126°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 75 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV08A10 -
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3L6 Sony IMX386 Exmor RS
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.25 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Galaxy S24 FE
136
Pixel 8 +12%
152
Video quality
Galaxy S24 FE
125
Pixel 8 +18%
148
Generic main camera score
Galaxy S24 FE
133
Pixel 8 +11%
148
Bokeh 60 70
Preview 69 64
Zoom 126 129
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 10.5 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 -
Sensor size 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S24 FE +3%
91.9 dB
Pixel 8
89 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2024 October 2023
Release date October 2024 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $699
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Google Pixel 10
SAR (head) 0.86 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.29 W/kg -
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 FE:
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, battery life, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE. But if the camera and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 8.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
27 (40.9%)
39 (59.1%)
Total votes: 66

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