Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs OnePlus Nord 5
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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 OnePlus Nord 5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 10 months after. 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
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord 5
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Shows 9% longer battery life (25:12 vs 23:02 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 25W)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 17% higher pixel density (450 vs 385 PPI)
- The phone is 10 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.83 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1272 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.8:9 |
| PPI | 385 ppi | 450 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 1400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | 1800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88% | 90.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 119 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 9 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162 mm (6.38 inches) | 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) | 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 211 g (7.44 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP65 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow | White, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.11/5) | Good (3.6/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2400e | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3110 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) |
| 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 |
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | Adreno 735 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16611 | 10567 |
| Single-core score | 2045 | 1963 |
| Multi-core score | 6397 | 4981 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 675682 | 610318 |
| GPU | 670589 | 487079 |
| Memory | 229976 | 289054 |
| UX | 401022 | 461773 |
| Total score | 1977269 | 1848224 |
| Samples | [55 tests] | [30 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 70% | 92% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1769 | 1055 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 1 | 35 FPS | 22 FPS |
| Section 2 | 28 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 3 | 24 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7699 | 5168 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15997 | 22960 |
| Video editing | 8031 | 7758 |
| Photo editing | 33878 | 37813 |
| Data manipulation | 12347 | 14719 |
| Writing score | 19836 | 24843 |
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 |
OnePlus Nord 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-07 (Shankar one) | AnTuTu 11 | 1703396 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | CPU Throttle | 92% |
| 📘 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1952 / 5317 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | AnTuTu 11 | 1950942 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (Rox9ne9) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1960 / 5182 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | OxygenOS 16 |
| OS size | 23.5 GB | 53 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4700 mAh | 5200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 80 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 (79% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 0:42 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:20 hr | 10:44 hr |
| Watching video | 13:33 hr | 16:17 hr |
| Gaming | 05:11 hr | 05:44 hr |
| Standby | 129 hr | 112 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 | 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° | 116° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Sony LYT-700 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 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 | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | Omnivision OV08D10 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 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 | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | Samsung JN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| 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 | 5.4 |
| 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 | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| 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 | July 2025 |
| Release date | October 2024 | July 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $549 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE | - |
| 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 | 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, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE. But if the display and battery life are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus Nord 5.
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