Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 12 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy)) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 12 Pro, which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 3 years and 4 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 Ultra
- Comes with 2185 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 2815 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- 76% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2341K versus 1328K)
- Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Delivers 81% higher peak brightness (1443 against 796 nits)
- Shows 34% longer battery life (26:30 vs 19:45 hours)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 20W)
- Fingerprint scanner
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 12 Pro
- Better grip in hands – the body is 7.5 mm narrower
- Weighs 43 grams less
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3088 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 501 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Armor | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.5% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 480 Hz | 277 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 3.6 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 Ultra
6.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
iPhone 12 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~24% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 79 mm (3.11 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 232 g (8.18 oz) | 189 g (6.67 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow | Silver, Gold, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) | Apple A14 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3390 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm - 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~654.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15386 | 16822 |
| Single-core score | 2259 | 2160 |
| Multi-core score | 7330 | 5104 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 717970 | 372871 |
| GPU | 790073 | 322471 |
| Memory | 341284 | 168174 |
| UX | 492067 | 464616 |
| Total score | 2341394 | 1328132 |
| Samples | [42 tests] | [15 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 71% | - |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1527 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 63% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | 23 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7748 | 2668 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 59% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4531 | 2149 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18499 | - |
| Video editing | 8001 | - |
| Photo editing | 35916 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15552 | - |
| Writing score | 22696 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#190th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-14 (Riflessione) | AnTuTu 12 | 2005418 |
| 📘 2026-10-08 (Lello75) | CPU Throttle | 73% |
| 📘 2026-09-29 (Ratiii) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1995 / 6875 |
| 📘 2026-09-29 (gunissus) | AnTuTu 12 | 2654412 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Denislav Antimov) | AnTuTu 12 | 2573019 |
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-29 (Kirillkryt) | AnTuTu 11 | 1284629 |
| 📘 2026-06-02 -> FoolishJevinTECH | AnTuTu 11 | 1378105 |
| 📘 2026-05-31 (Cour27) | AnTuTu 11 | 1340740 |
| 📘 2026-04-21 (PANDUSHA LOVER) | AnTuTu 11 | 1236057 |
| 📘 2026-04-15 (Flaffer) | AnTuTu 11 | 1341072 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 14.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 9.0 | - |
| OS size | 28 GB | 14 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | - |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 2815 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (69% in 30 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:18 hr | 07:12 hr |
| Watching video | 18:00 hr | 12:00 hr |
| Gaming | 05:51 hr | 04:33 hr |
| Standby | 122 hr | 101 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | 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 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 12 MP 4) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 111 mm | 52 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 70 |
| Preview | 82 | 77 |
| Zoom | 145 | 111 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 12 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4290 x 2800 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 127 |
| Video | - | 140 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.2 | - |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 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 | January 2024 | October 2020 |
| Release date | January 2024 | October 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $1000 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 1.06 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.3 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | - |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 Ultra:
- There is a model with two physical SIM cards and no eSIM, and another with one physical SIM card and eSIM support.
*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 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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