Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs S23 FE (Snapdragon)
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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 S23 FE (Snapdragon), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year 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
- 38% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 1436K)
- Shows 14% longer battery life (23:02 vs 20:15 hours)
- Delivers 40% higher peak brightness (1372 against 977 nits)
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- The phone is 1 year newer
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2045 and 1720 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
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 | 6.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 385 ppi | 403 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 1450 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88% | 83.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | - |
| PWM | 120 Hz | - |
| Response time | 2 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
6.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.6 in2
~9% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162 mm (6.38 inches) | 158 mm (6.22 inches) |
| Width | 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 209 g (7.37 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, Green, Purple |
| 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 | 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 |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16611 | - |
| Single-core score | 2045 | 1720 |
| Multi-core score | 6397 | 4204 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 675682 | 516037 |
| GPU | 670589 | 391403 |
| Memory | 229976 | 186259 |
| UX | 401022 | 343264 |
| Total score | 1977269 | 1436963 |
| Samples | [55 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 70% | 68% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1769 | 793 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 35 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 28 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 24 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 7699 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15997 | 11636 |
| Video editing | 8031 | 7420 |
| Photo editing | 33878 | 30352 |
| Data manipulation | 12347 | 12061 |
| Writing score | 19836 | 16397 |
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 S23 FE (Snapdragon)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2024-09-14 (Luis Maldonado) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1720 / 4204 |
| 📘 2024-09-07 (Eduardo) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1652 / 4021 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 23.5 GB | - |
| OS updates | 4 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4700 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 1:10 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 07:20 hr | 07:09 hr |
| Watching video | 13:33 hr | 10:02 hr |
| Gaming | 05:11 hr | 04:27 hr |
| Standby | 129 hr | 118 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° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 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 | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Samsung S5KGN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 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 | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 76 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV08A10 | Hynix Hi847 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | Samsung S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 50 |
| Preview | 69 | 67 |
| Zoom | 126 | 123 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| 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 | 5.3 |
| 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| 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 | October 2023 |
| Release date | October 2024 | October 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $599 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.86 W/kg | 0.76 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.29 W/kg | 1.04 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - 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.
Notes on Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon):
- The Galaxy S23 FE is available in the USA with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, whereas other countries receive a version with the Exynos 2200.
- The base (128 GB) storage utilizes a UFS 3.1 memory type, whereas the higher-tier 256 GB variant is equipped with UFS 4.0.
- Models are available with a single SIM card, dual SIMs, or dual SIMs plus eSIM (depending on the market).
*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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