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Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Honor 90

73 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
VS
59 out of 100
Honor 90
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Honor 90

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 Honor 90, which is powered by Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition and came out 1 year and 4 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
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 873K)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Shows 20% longer battery life (23:02 vs 19:10 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Stereo speakers
  • Delivers 18% higher peak brightness (1372 against 1165 nits)
  • The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer
Reasons to consider the Honor 90
  • Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 25W)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 13% higher pixel density (435 vs 385 PPI)
  • Weighs 30 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Honor 90 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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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
65.9
(Good)
Value Index
18.7
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S24 FE
vs
Honor 90

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1200 x 2664 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.98:9
PPI 385 ppi 435 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.7%
PWM 120 Hz 728 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S24 FE +18%
1372 nits
Honor 90
1165 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162 mm (6.38 inches) 161.9 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof IP68 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow Black, Silver, Blue, Green
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
88%
Honor 90 +3%
90.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Honor 90
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400e Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Accelerated Edition
Max clock 3110 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A710
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Adreno 644
GPU shading units 768 768
GPU clock 1095 MHz 443 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~680.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Honor 90
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S24 FE +84%
2045
Honor 90
1110
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S24 FE +116%
6397
Honor 90
2968
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S24 FE +461%
16611
Honor 90
2963
Compute Score (GPU) 16611 2963
Single-core score 2045 1110
Multi-core score 6397 2968
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S24 FE +126%
1977269
Honor 90
873573
CPU 675682 324311
GPU 670589 119050
Memory 229976 174797
UX 401022 255415
Total score 1977269 873573
Samples [55 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S24 FE +541%
1769
Honor 90
276
Stability 70% 98%
Graphics test 13 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 1769 276
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Section 1 35 FPS -
Section 2 28 FPS -
Section 3 24 FPS -
Graphics score 7699 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 857
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S24 FE +35%
16227
Honor 90
11977
Web score 15997 10439
Video editing 8031 7300
Photo editing 33878 27068
Data manipulation 12347 9185
Writing score 19836 11979
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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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Honor 90
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (Ka4sen)AnTuTu 12954645
📘 2026-09-06 (STEVEN MP)AnTuTu 11920942
📘 2026-08-23 (Zamorokk)AnTuTu 11886048
📘 2026-05-10 (Damon)AnTuTu 11805921
📘 2026-04-01 (MrVolt)AnTuTu 11836065
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM One UI 8.0 MagicOS 8.0
OS size 23.5 GB 23 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 7 years -

Battery

Capacity 4700 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 66 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (80% in 35 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 1:12 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:20 hr 08:26 hr
Watching video 13:33 hr 11:56 hr
Gaming 05:11 hr 04:40 hr
Standby 129 hr 84 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S24 FE +20%
23:02 hr
Honor 90
19:10 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 16256 x 12192
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Digital
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Depth: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Digital
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 -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Galaxy S24 FE +6%
136
Honor 90
128
Video quality
Galaxy S24 FE
125
Honor 90 +1%
126
Generic main camera score
Galaxy S24 FE +9%
133
Honor 90
122
Bokeh 60 60
Preview 69 64
Zoom 126 86
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark Photo samples of Honor 90 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 8160 x 6112
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 6 (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 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S24 FE +1%
91.9 dB
Honor 90
91.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced September 2024 May 2023
Release date October 2024 June 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $499
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Honor 500 Pro
SAR (head) 0.86 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.29 W/kg -
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 66 W
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?
4 (44.4%)
5 (55.6%)
Total votes: 9

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