Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Motorola Edge 40 Neo
73
out of 100
VS
59
out of 100
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 Motorola Edge 40 Neo, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7030 and came out 1 year and 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
- 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 765K)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Shows 9% longer battery life (23:02 vs 21:04 hours)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Delivers 28% higher peak brightness (1372 against 1072 nits)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 40 Neo
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (68W versus 25W)
- Weighs 41 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.31 mm narrower
Review
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| 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 | 550 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88% | 90.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 100% | 97.7% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162 mm (6.38 inches) | 159.63 mm (6.28 inches) |
| Width | 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) | 71.99 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.89 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 172 g (6.07 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow | Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.11/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2400e | MediaTek Dimensity 7030 |
| Max clock | 3110 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| 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 |
- 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 550 |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | Mali-G610 MC3 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 192 |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | ~384 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16611 | 2024 |
| Single-core score | 2045 | 1043 |
| Multi-core score | 6397 | 2472 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 675682 | 274719 |
| GPU | 670589 | 92479 |
| Memory | 229976 | 136154 |
| UX | 401022 | 261578 |
| Total score | 1977269 | 765130 |
| Samples | [55 tests] | [6 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 70% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1769 | 264 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 35 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 28 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 24 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 7699 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15997 | 15129 |
| Video editing | 8031 | 7564 |
| Photo editing | 33878 | 32979 |
| Data manipulation | 12347 | 10769 |
| Writing score | 19836 | 18936 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 -> bo177575 | AnTuTu 12 | 2370118 |
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Abs) | AnTuTu 11 | 2053895 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Vishnu) | AnTuTu 12 | 2276561 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekSh | CPU Throttle | 81% |
| 📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekSh | AnTuTu 12 | 2134029 |
Motorola Edge 40 Neo
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-22 -> Starjack36 | AnTuTu 11 | 795410 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 -> Maryblood | AnTuTu 11 | 796406 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 (Maryblood) | AnTuTu 11 | 796406 |
| 📘 2026-04-07 (Polar) | AnTuTu 11 | 765130 |
| 📘 2026-04-04 -> Thetusek302 | CPU Throttle | 85% |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| 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 15) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | My UX |
| OS size | 23.5 GB | 14 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4700 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 68 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes (82% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 0:51 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 07:20 hr | 07:17 hr |
| Watching video | 13:33 hr | 13:01 hr |
| Gaming | 05:11 hr | 05:09 hr |
| Standby | 129 hr | 110 hr |
General battery life
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 (1080p) |
| 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Omnivision OV50A |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | 6528 x 4896 |
| 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 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 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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 | 18 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Announced | September 2024 | September 2023 |
| Release date | October 2024 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $399 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE | - Motorola Edge 60 Neo |
| 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.
*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.
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