Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Galaxy S10
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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 Samsung Galaxy S10, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 9820 and came out 5 years and 8 months 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 747K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 4700 vs 3400 mAh
- Delivers 68% higher peak brightness (1372 against 817 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
- More energy-efficient CPU – Exynos 2400e
- The phone is 5 years and 8 months newer
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (25W versus 15W)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S10
- 43% higher pixel density (551 vs 385 PPI)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Weighs 56 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.9 mm narrower
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack 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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1440 x 3040 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19:9 |
| PPI | 385 ppi | 551 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 1215 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88% | 88% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 98.1% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy S10
6.1″ (19:9 ratio) = 14.4 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162 mm (6.38 inches) | 149.9 mm (5.9 inches) |
| Width | 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) | 70.4 mm (2.77 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 157 g (5.54 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| 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) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2400e | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820 |
| Max clock | 3110 MHz | 2730 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 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 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.31 GHz: Cortex-A75 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Mongoose M4 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | Mali G76 MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 288 |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | 702 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | ~404.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16611 | 4837 |
| Single-core score | 2045 | 986 |
| Multi-core score | 6397 | 2961 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 675682 | 303198 |
| GPU | 670589 | 133774 |
| Memory | 229976 | 148749 |
| UX | 401022 | 161536 |
| Total score | 1977269 | 747257 |
| Samples | [55 tests] | [16 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 70% | 81% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1769 | 367 |
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 | - | 82% |
| Graphics test | - | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 949 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15997 | 7433 |
| Video editing | 8031 | 5772 |
| Photo editing | 33878 | 18351 |
| Data manipulation | 12347 | 7663 |
| Writing score | 19836 | 10349 |
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 |
Samsung Galaxy S10
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Arifz) | AnTuTu 12 | 769471 |
| 📘 2026-09-26 (Lurky) | AnTuTu 12 | 932812 |
| 📘 2026-09-26 (Rip) | AnTuTu 12 | 625310 |
| 📘 2026-09-06 (Nythoxx) | AnTuTu 11 | 777426 |
| 📘 2026-08-13 (ODIN_MODE) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1065 / 2623 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 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 2.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 512 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 4.0 |
| OS size | 23.5 GB | 9.5 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4700 mAh | 3400 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 15 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes, Qi/PMA (9 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 1:35 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 07:20 hr | 13:03 hr |
| Watching video | 13:33 hr | 14:48 hr |
| Gaming | 05:11 hr | 05:16 hr |
| Standby | 129 hr | 73 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 2x |
| 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 240FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 16 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.5 - 2.4 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Samsung SAK2L4 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 52 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV08A10 | Samsung S5K3M3 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 16 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 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 | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 4320 x 2432 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/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 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 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 |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2024 | February 2019 |
| Release date | October 2024 | March 2019 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $900 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE |
| SAR (head) | 0.86 W/kg | 0.48 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.29 W/kg | 1.59 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | 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.
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