Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs Apple iPhone XR
72
out of 100
VS
48
out of 100
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 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 (Snapdragon)
- 3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 762K)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Has 2.7x more RAM: 8GB versus 3GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 117% higher peak brightness (1390 against 640 nits)
- Comes with 1058 mAh larger battery capacity: 4000 vs 2942 mAh
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Thinner bezels – 11% more screen real estate
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
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 | 6.2 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 828 x 1792 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 326 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 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 Victus 2 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 79.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- |
| RGB color space | - | 100% |
| PWM | - | Not detected |
| Response time | - | 32.8 ms |
| Contrast | - | 1920:1 |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 147 mm (5.79 inches) | 150.9 mm (5.94 inches) |
| Width | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) | 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 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 | Apple A12 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3300 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) | 17327 | - |
| Single-core score | 2066 | 1167 |
| Multi-core score | 6434 | 3020 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 738110 | 274052 |
| GPU | 814230 | - |
| Memory | 244427 | 119287 |
| UX | 495918 | 369464 |
| Total score | 2292685 | 762903 |
| Samples | [18 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1507 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 62% | - |
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 23 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 7976 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 50% | 68% |
| Graphics test | 28 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4826 | 1294 |
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 XR
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-02 (sp_ayz1) | AnTuTu 11 | 762903 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 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 | 24.1 GB | 11.1 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 2942 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 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 (59% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 1:43 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:07 hr | 08:01 hr |
| Watching video | 15:32 hr | 11:59 hr |
| Gaming | 05:03 hr | 04:34 hr |
| Standby | 83 hr | 106 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad 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° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL GN3 | Apple iSight X |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 67 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 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 | 65 | - |
| Preview | 69 | - |
| Zoom | 135 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) 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 | 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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) | $799 | $750 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) | - Apple iPhone 11 |
| SAR (head) | 0.87 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.35 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 (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
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) is definitely a better buy.
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