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Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Motorola Edge 40

73 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
VS
59 out of 100
Motorola Edge 40
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Motorola Edge 40

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 Motorola Edge 40, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8020 and came out 1 year and 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
  • 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 981K)
  • Delivers 32% higher peak brightness (1372 against 1039 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 25W)
  • Weighs 46 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.31 mm narrower

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Motorola Edge 40 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 / 128 GB
65.9
(Good)
Value Index
35.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S24 FE
vs
Edge 40

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED POLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 385 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 97.1%
PWM 120 Hz 144 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S24 FE +32%
1372 nits
Edge 40
1039 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162 mm (6.38 inches) 158.43 mm (6.24 inches)
Width 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) 71.99 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.49 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow Black, Blue, Green, Red
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%
Edge 40 +3%
90.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Motorola Edge 40
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400e MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Max clock 3110 MHz 2600 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 8 (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 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 570
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Mali-G77 MC9
GPU shading units 768 288
GPU clock 1095 MHz 836 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~481.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Motorola Edge 40
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S24 FE +83%
2045
Edge 40
1120
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S24 FE +75%
6397
Edge 40
3665
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S24 FE +249%
16611
Edge 40
4765
Compute Score (GPU) 16611 4765
Single-core score 2045 1120
Multi-core score 6397 3665
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S24 FE +101%
1977269
Edge 40
981459
CPU 675682 349209
GPU 670589 150375
Memory 229976 181946
UX 401022 299929
Total score 1977269 981459
Samples [55 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S24 FE +307%
1769
Edge 40
435
Stability 70% 98%
Graphics test 13 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 1769 435
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
Stability - 99%
Graphics test - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 1260
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S24 FE +1%
16227
Edge 40
16124
Web score 15997 15979
Video editing 8031 7875
Photo editing 33878 46444
Data manipulation 12347 10609
Writing score 19836 18299
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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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Motorola Edge 40
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-22 (GEKO973239)AnTuTu 111022272
📘 2026-05-03 (Ren :3)AnTuTu 111007624
📘 2026-04-29 (Ren :3)AnTuTu 11991321
📘 2026-04-15 (Poseidon)AnTuTu 11992657
📘 2026-03-05 (Otuab)AnTuTu 11947213
Add View all (22)

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 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM One UI 8.0 My UX
OS size 23.5 GB 22 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 7 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 4700 mAh 4400 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 68 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (58% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 0:40 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:20 hr 08:43 hr
Watching video 13:33 hr 13:43 hr
Gaming 05:11 hr 05:18 hr
Standby 129 hr 108 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S24 FE +4%
23:02 hr
Edge 40
22:15 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 LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
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) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.4
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Omnivision OV50A
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase 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 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3L6 -
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 60 -
Preview 69 -
Zoom 126 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital 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 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 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 21
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S24 FE +3%
91.9 dB
Edge 40
89.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2024 May 2023
Release date October 2024 May 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $600
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Motorola Edge 70
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, 68 W
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 FE:
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
Notes on Edge 40:
    - The back cover could be made of eco-leather (optionally).
*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?
1 (14.3%)
6 (85.7%)
Total votes: 7

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