Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs Apple iPhone XR
80
out of 100
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48
out of 100
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 XR, which is powered by Apple A12 Bionic and came out 5 years and 6 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
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has 4x more RAM: 12GB versus 3GB
- 3.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2341K versus 762K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 2058 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 2942 mAh
- Delivers 125% higher peak brightness (1443 against 640 nits)
- Has a 0.7 inch larger screen size
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 28% longer battery life (26:30 vs 20:45 hours)
- 54% higher pixel density (501 vs 326 PPI)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 15W)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone XR
- Weighs 38 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 | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3088 pixels | 828 x 1792 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 501 ppi | 326 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 625 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Armor | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.5% | 79.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 100% |
| PWM | 480 Hz | Not detected |
| Response time | 1 ms | 32.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 1920:1 |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 Ultra
6.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
iPhone XR
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) | 150.9 mm (5.94 inches) |
| Width | 79 mm (3.11 inches) | 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 232 g (8.18 oz) | 194 g (6.84 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow | White, Black, Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) | Apple A12 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3390 MHz | 2490 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 1.6 GHz: Tempest - 2 cores at 2.49 GHz: Vortex |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Apple A12 Bionic GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~576 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15386 | - |
| Single-core score | 2259 | 1167 |
| Multi-core score | 7330 | 3020 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 717970 | 274052 |
| GPU | 790073 | - |
| Memory | 341284 | 119287 |
| UX | 492067 | 369464 |
| Total score | 2341394 | 762903 |
| Samples | [42 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 71% | - |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1527 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 63% | - |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 23 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 7748 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 59% | 68% |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4531 | 1294 |
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 XR
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-02 (sp_ayz1) | AnTuTu 11 | 762903 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 12 (Can be upgraded to iOS 18.7) |
| ROM | One UI 9.0 | - |
| OS size | 28 GB | 11.1 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | - |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 2942 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 15 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes, Qi (10 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (69% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 1:43 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:18 hr | 08:01 hr |
| Watching video | 18:00 hr | 11:59 hr |
| Gaming | 05:51 hr | 04:34 hr |
| Standby | 122 hr | 106 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#122nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad 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° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 12 MP 4) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 | Apple iSight X |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | - |
| Focal length | 111 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 82 | - |
| Zoom | 145 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 7 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 3088 x 2316 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 32 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | SPP, PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, HDP, GAP, GAVDP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| 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 | 12 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
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 | September 2018 |
| Release date | January 2024 | October 2018 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $750 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | - Apple iPhone 11 |
| 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 |
- 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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