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Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs Google Pixel 7

72 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
VS
62 out of 100
Google Pixel 7
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
Google Pixel 7

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 Google Pixel 7, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 and came out 1 year 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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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 91% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 1203K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Delivers 43% higher peak brightness (1390 against 973 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Thinner bezels – 6.7% more screen real estate
  • The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Google Pixel 7 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
26.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
159.2
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
vs
Pixel 7

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 416 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 450 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1400 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 84.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.5%
PWM - 360 Hz
Response time - 3 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) +43%
1390 nits
Pixel 7
973 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 147 mm (5.79 inches) 155.6 mm (6.13 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 73.2 mm (2.88 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.7 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow White, Black, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Google Pixel 7
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Google Tensor G2
Max clock 3300 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (2 + 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: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 2 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X1
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU shading units 1536 448
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 848 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~759.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Google Pixel 7
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) +369%
17327
Pixel 7
3696
Compute Score (GPU) 17327 3696
Single-core score 2066 1462
Multi-core score 6434 3871
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) +91%
2292685
Pixel 7
1203381
CPU 738110 420771
GPU 814230 289075
Memory 244427 204670
UX 495918 288865
Total score 2292685 1203381
Samples [18 tests] [24 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% 77%
Graphics test 11 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 1507 703
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% 75%
Graphics test 28 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 4826 1841
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) +59%
17449
Pixel 7
10994
Web score 18350 7923
Video editing 7968 6434
Photo editing 35076 18842
Data manipulation 14984 11061
Writing score 21029 15053
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#200th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Y4nnick23)Battery lifeSOT 5:30 / 18:00
📘 2026-09-20 (Iizzzuu)AnTuTu 122391410
📘 2026-09-05 (Самса с24)AnTuTu 112278769
📘 2026-08-05 (Flames-2)AnTuTu 112364143
📘 2026-06-30 (mrtcn)AnTuTu 112068918
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Google Pixel 7
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-28 -> putkin_prosrochka59AnTuTu 121477460
📘 2026-07-20 -> Dnhlst244.AnTuTu 111258304
📘 2026-07-14 (Ndraa)AnTuTu 111259081
📘 2026-07-11 (zeesun)AnTuTu 111232487
📘 2026-07-08 (Олах #teamPixel)AnTuTu 111184600
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 9.0 Stock Android
OS size 24.1 GB 14 GB
OS updates - 5 years
Security updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4355 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (20 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (59% in 30 min) Yes (48% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:07 hr 07:58 hr
Watching video 15:32 hr 13:42 hr
Gaming 05:03 hr 05:14 hr
Standby 83 hr 82 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) +1%
19:44 hr
Pixel 7
19:30 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
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° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Samsung GN1
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
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 -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX564 Sony IMX381
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.25 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 65 70
Preview 69 72
Zoom 135 106
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 10.8 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 134
Video - 144

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.2
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 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 October 2022
Release date January 2024 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $599
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) - Google Pixel 10
SAR (head) 0.87 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.35 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
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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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