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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
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

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Galaxy S22 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 62% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy S22 to Samsung Galaxy S24 FE makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and battery life.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

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
Display tests
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)
1372 nits
856 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

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
88.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Samsung Galaxy S22
SoC
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
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Xclipse 920
GPU shading units 768 384
GPU clock 1095 MHz 1306 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Samsung Galaxy S22
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2045
1600
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6397
3840
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 16611 -
Single-core score 2045 1600
Multi-core score 6397 3840
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1977269
1398273
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
1769
Stability 70% 65%
Graphics test 13 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 1769 820
3DMark Solar Bay
7699
3751
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
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
16227
12319
Web score 15997 11192
Video editing 8031 7372
Photo editing 33878 21608
Data manipulation 12347 11423
Writing score 19836 14877

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
Samsung Galaxy S22
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGAnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGBattery lifeSOT 5:35 / 7:27
📘 2026-09-21 -> MOLANGGeekbench 6 GPU10630
📘 2026-09-12 (Ogurchik))AnTuTu 121628220
📘 2026-09-09 (Hangal)AnTuTu 111587642

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
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 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 -
Battery life tests
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
23:02 hr
16:55 hr

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
Standard lens
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
Telephoto lens
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
Ultra-wide lens
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
Galaxy S22 +10%
137
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
Network
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
91.9 dB
89.5 dB

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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