Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Galaxy S22
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 S22, which is powered by Exynos 2200 and came out 2 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
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Shows 36% longer battery life (23:02 vs 16:55 hours)
- Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 4700 vs 3700 mAh
- Delivers 60% higher peak brightness (1372 against 856 nits)
- 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 1398K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- The phone is 2 years and 8 months newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- 28% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2045 and 1600 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 10% higher pixel density (425 vs 385 PPI)
- Weighs 46 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.7 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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 385 ppi | 425 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 780 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88% | 88.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 99.3% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 10 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy S22
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162 mm (6.38 inches) | 146 mm (5.75 inches) |
| Width | 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 167 g (5.89 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow | White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow |
| 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 2200 |
| Max clock | 3110 MHz | 2800 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 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | Xclipse 920 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 384 |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | 1306 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16611 | - |
| Single-core score | 2045 | 1600 |
| Multi-core score | 6397 | 3840 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 675682 | 462329 |
| GPU | 670589 | 376985 |
| Memory | 229976 | 231805 |
| UX | 401022 | 327154 |
| Total score | 1977269 | 1398273 |
| Samples | [55 tests] | [11 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 70% | 65% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1769 | 820 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | 35 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Section 2 | 28 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | 24 FPS | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7699 | 3751 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1830 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15997 | 11192 |
| Video editing | 8031 | 7372 |
| Photo editing | 33878 | 21608 |
| Data manipulation | 12347 | 11423 |
| Writing score | 19836 | 14877 |
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 S22
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Battery life | SOT 5:35 / 7:27 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANG | Geekbench 6 GPU | 10630 |
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik)) | AnTuTu 12 | 1628220 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1587642 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 23.5 GB | 30.2 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4700 mAh | 3700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes (63% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 1:03 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 07:20 hr | 05:42 hr |
| Watching video | 13:33 hr | 10:16 hr |
| Gaming | 05:11 hr | 04:06 hr |
| Standby | 129 hr | 90 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 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) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 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 | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Samsung GN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 70 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV08A10 | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 70 |
| Preview | 69 | 72 |
| Zoom | 126 | 126 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 3872 x 2592 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| 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/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 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| 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 | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 20 |
| 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 | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2024 | February 2022 |
| Release date | October 2024 | March 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $799 |
| 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 |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - 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
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE is definitely a better buy.
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