Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs Realme GT 7 (Global)

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 Realme GT 7 (Global), which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9400e and came out 1 year and 4 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 (Snapdragon)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 39 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.53 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Realme GT 7 (Global)
  • Comes with 3000 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 4000 mAh
  • Shows 74% longer battery life (34:22 vs 19:44 hours)
  • Has a 0.58 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 25W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Realme GT 7 (Global) 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
26.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
75.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1264 x 2780 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 89.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
GT 7 (Global)
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1446 nits

Design and build

Height 147 mm (5.79 inches) 162.42 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 76.13 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.4/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Realme GT 7 (Global)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
Max clock 3300 MHz 3400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 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 2 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 790
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Realme GT 7 (Global)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 17327 15981
Single-core score 2066 2184
Multi-core score 6434 7300
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 738110 734964
GPU 814230 830537
Memory 244427 358578
UX 495918 581728
Total score 2292685 2505807
Samples [18 tests] [30 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% 59%
Graphics test 11 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 1507 1916
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 62% -
Graphics test 30 FPS 31 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 33 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 23 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 7976 8040
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 50% -
Graphics test 28 FPS -
Graphics score 4826 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18350 17009
Video editing 7968 6480
Photo editing 35076 26452
Data manipulation 14984 15003
Writing score 21029 22746
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (200th and 148th place)

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
Realme GT 7 (Global)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-07 (Ravi)AnTuTu 122679312
📘 2026-10-04 (mrkiup89)AnTuTu 122652753
📘 2026-09-30 (Aziz)AnTuTu 122571021
📘 2026-09-24 -> Regenis0AnTuTu 122579291
📘 2026-09-05 (montyy)AnTuTu 112483073

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 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 15
ROM One UI 9.0 Realme UI 6.0
OS size 24.1 GB -
OS updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 7000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (59% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 0:36 hr
Battery cycles - 800 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:07 hr 18:23 hr
Watching video 15:32 hr 22:53 hr
Gaming 05:03 hr 09:51 hr
Standby 83 hr 113 hr
General battery life
34:22 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 67 mm 47 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 16 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Omnivision OV08D10
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 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 65 -
Preview 69 -
Zoom 135 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.5
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 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

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C 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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 May 2025
Release date January 2024 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $749
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) -
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
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 120 W
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.
Notes on GT 7 (Global):
    - The Dream Edition is thicker at 8.73 mm and 5 grams heavier.
*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 Realme GT 7 (Global) is definitely a better buy.

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