Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs S24 FE

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 Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2400e and came out 8 months after. 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 Ultra
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (26:30 vs 23:02 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • 30% higher pixel density (501 vs 385 PPI)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2341K versus 1977K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
  • 10% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2259 and 2045 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 19 grams less
  • The phone is 8 months newer

Review

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

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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
15.9
(Bad)
Value Index
65.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3088 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 501 ppi 385 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1900 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Armor Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 88%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 100%
PWM 480 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1443 nits
1372 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) 162 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 79 mm (3.11 inches) 77.3 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 232 g (8.18 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow
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 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) Samsung Exynos 2400e
Max clock 3390 MHz 3110 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 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 1.95 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
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Xclipse 940
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1095 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 15386 16611
Single-core score 2259 2045
Multi-core score 7330 6397
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2341394
1977269
CPU 717970 675682
GPU 790073 670589
Memory 341284 229976
UX 492067 401022
Total score 2341394 1977269
Samples [42 tests] [55 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 71% 70%
Graphics test 11 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 1527 1769
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 63% -
Graphics test 29 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 35 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 28 FPS
Section 3 23 FPS 24 FPS
Graphics score 7748 7699
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 59% -
Graphics test 27 FPS -
Graphics score 4531 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
18027
Web score 18499 15997
Video editing 8001 8031
Photo editing 35916 33878
Data manipulation 15552 12347
Writing score 22696 19836
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#190th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-14 (Riflessione)AnTuTu 122005418
📘 2026-10-08 (Lello75)CPU Throttle73%
📘 2026-09-29 (Ratiii)Geekbench 7 CPU1995 / 6875
📘 2026-09-29 (gunissus)AnTuTu 122654412
📘 2026-09-24 (Denislav Antimov)AnTuTu 122573019
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 9.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 28 GB 23.5 GB
OS updates 7 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (69% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:05 hr 1:10 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:18 hr 07:20 hr
Watching video 18:00 hr 13:33 hr
Gaming 05:51 hr 05:11 hr
Standby 122 hr 129 hr
General battery life
26:30 hr
23:02 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 12 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/2.4
Focal length 111 mm 75 mm
Sensor Sony IMX854 OmniVision OV08A10
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 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 Sony IMX564 Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 60
Preview 82 69
Zoom 145 126
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 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 No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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, DP 1.2 Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - 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
93 dB
91.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 September 2024
Release date January 2024 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $649
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
SAR (head) 1.06 W/kg 0.86 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.3 W/kg 1.29 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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.
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 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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