Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)

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 Ultra (Snapdragon), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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
  • 54% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 1281K)
  • 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)
  • 18% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2045 and 1733 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
  • The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
  • 30% higher pixel density (500 vs 385 PPI)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 34% Yes
Mostly no. The difference is too small to matter in everyday use.
The overall difference between Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE is not big enough to justify updating.
Main improvements: gaming and performance.
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 6.8 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1440 x 3088 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.3:9
PPI 385 ppi 500 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 830 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 1750 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 89.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 2 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162 mm (6.38 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) 77.9 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 228 g (8.04 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow White, Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Red
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 specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400e Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 3110 MHz 3000 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 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 8 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 768 1024
GPU clock 1095 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 16611 7088
Single-core score 2045 1733
Multi-core score 6397 4097
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 675682 474282
GPU 670589 218539
Memory 229976 221374
UX 401022 367090
Total score 1977269 1281285
Samples [55 tests] [16 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 70% 64%
Graphics test 13 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 1769 721
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 - 59%
Graphics test - 13 FPS
Graphics score - 2206
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15997 13918
Video editing 8031 7376
Photo editing 33878 29480
Data manipulation 12347 11079
Writing score 19836 16194

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 Ultra (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 -> VAMPRAnTuTu 121473339
📘 2026-10-05 -> NoobMiokAnTuTu 121537645
📘 2026-10-05 (Ray white)Geekbench 7 CPU914 / 3141
📘 2026-10-05 -> NoobMiokAnTuTu 121390628
📘 2026-10-03 (Natttss.)AnTuTu 121417129

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 -
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 7 years -

Battery

Capacity 4700 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 45 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 -
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 20 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 0:59 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:20 hr -
Watching video 13:33 hr -
Gaming 05:11 hr -
Standby 129 hr -
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 108 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 12000 x 9000
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 10x
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 120FPS
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: 108 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 108 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Samsung S5KHM3
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.33" (≈ 0.75 inch)
Pixel size 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/4.9
Focal length 75 mm 230 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV08A10 Sony IMX574
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 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 IMX563
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 60 70
Preview 69 71
Zoom 126 137
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 40 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 7864 x 5200
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 -
Sensor size 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) 1/2.82" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 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 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 5.2
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2024 February 2022
Release date October 2024 February 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $1199
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
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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