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Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Google Pixel 8a

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

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 FE (with Exynos 2400e) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Google Pixel 8a, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 5 months 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
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Shows 17% longer battery life (23:02 vs 19:43 hours)
  • 38% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 1433K)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Thinner bezels – 6.7% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8a
  • Delivers 10% higher peak brightness (1506 against 1372 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 12% higher pixel density (430 vs 385 PPI)
  • Weighs 25 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Google Pixel 8a 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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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
65.9
(Good)
Value Index
66.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 385 ppi 430 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 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 81.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.1%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 2 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Pixel 8a
6.1″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.9 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S24 FE
1372 nits
Pixel 8a +10%
1506 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162 mm (6.38 inches) 152.1 mm (5.99 inches)
Width 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) 72.7 mm (2.86 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 188 g (6.63 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow White, Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.11/5) Good (3.52/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S24 FE +8%
88%
Pixel 8a
81.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Google Pixel 8a
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 8a
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S24 FE +37%
2045
Pixel 8a
1491
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S24 FE +78%
6397
Pixel 8a
3584
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S24 FE +96%
16611
Pixel 8a
8490
Compute Score (GPU) 16611 8490
Single-core score 2045 1491
Multi-core score 6397 3584
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S24 FE +38%
1977269
Pixel 8a
1433693
CPU 675682 546093
GPU 670589 391230
Memory 229976 195569
UX 401022 300801
Total score 1977269 1433693
Samples [55 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S24 FE +79%
1769
Pixel 8a
990
Stability 70% 67%
Graphics test 13 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1769 990
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 8a
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-28 (adismsha)AnTuTu 111471866
📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_diseGeekbench 6 GPU8490
📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_diseGeekbench 6 CPU1491 / 3584
📘 2025-12-22 -> jpara_diseAnTuTu 111397797
📘 2025-12-17 (jpara_dise)AnTuTu 111397797
Add View all (9)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 3200 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 18.4 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4700 mAh 4492 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (33% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 2:09 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:20 hr 08:15 hr
Watching video 13:33 hr 13:00 hr
Gaming 05:11 hr 04:54 hr
Standby 129 hr 86 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S24 FE +17%
23:02 hr
Pixel 8a
19:43 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 64 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 9000 x 7000
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° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 64 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Sony IMX787
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.73" (≈ 0.58 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
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 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3L6 Sony IMX712
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Galaxy S24 FE
136
Pixel 8a +4%
141
Video quality
Galaxy S24 FE
125
Pixel 8a +2%
128
Generic main camera score
Galaxy S24 FE
133
Pixel 8a +2%
136
Bokeh 60 60
Preview 69 71
Zoom 126 126
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 8a from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 -
Sensor size 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) -
Pixel size 1.22 micron -
Autofocus No -
Stabilization Digital -
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 8a
89.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced September 2024 May 2024
Release date October 2024 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $499
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Google Pixel 10a
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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
67 (74.4%)
23 (25.6%)
Total votes: 90

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