Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 2 years and 5 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 (Snapdragon)
- 88% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 1222K)
- Comes with 905 mAh larger battery capacity: 4000 vs 3095 mAh
- Delivers 32% higher peak brightness (1390 against 1054 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- The phone is 2 years and 5 months newer
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 37 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
- Shows 19% longer battery life (23:32 vs 19:44 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- 11% higher pixel density (460 vs 416 PPI)
- 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2450 and 2066 points
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 | 6.2 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 510 Hz |
| Response time | - | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 147 mm (5.79 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3230 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 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| 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 (5 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 17327 | 21903 |
| Single-core score | 2066 | 2450 |
| Multi-core score | 6434 | 6170 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 738110 | 311650 |
| GPU | 814230 | 389528 |
| Memory | 244427 | 136036 |
| UX | 495918 | 385319 |
| Total score | 2292685 | 1222533 |
| Samples | [18 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1507 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 62% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | 23 FPS | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7976 | 3765 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 50% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 28 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4826 | 2949 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18350 | - |
| Video editing | 7968 | - |
| Photo editing | 35076 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14984 | - |
| Writing score | 21029 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#200th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Y4nnick23) | Battery life | SOT 5:30 / 18:00 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Iizzzuu) | AnTuTu 12 | 2391410 |
| 📘 2026-09-05 (Самса с24) | AnTuTu 11 | 2278769 |
| 📘 2026-08-05 (Flames-2) | AnTuTu 11 | 2364143 |
| 📘 2026-06-30 (mrtcn) | AnTuTu 11 | 2068918 |
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1127460 |
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 21903 |
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2475 / 6154 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1322345 |
| 📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1222533 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 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 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 9.0 | - |
| OS size | 24.1 GB | 15.2 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 3095 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 23 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 (59% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:07 hr | 09:39 hr |
| Watching video | 15:32 hr | 15:16 hr |
| Gaming | 05:03 hr | 05:20 hr |
| Standby | 83 hr | 107 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) 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 | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL GN3 | Sony IMX703 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.9 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 67 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | 75 |
| Preview | 69 | 81 |
| Zoom | 135 | 119 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| 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 | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| 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 | - | 128 |
| Video | - | 143 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | - |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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 |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2024 | September 2021 |
| Release date | January 2024 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $1000 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 0.87 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.35 W/kg | 0.98 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 (Snapdragon):
- The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
- There are two models: one with dual Nano SIM, and the other with 1 Nano SIM + eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the gaming, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon). But if the camera, battery life, and software are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 13 Pro.
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