Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs S20 FE 5G

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 Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G and came out 3 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
  • 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 982K)
  • Delivers 70% higher peak brightness (1390 against 819 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 13
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 3 years and 5 months newer
  • Thinner bezels – 5.1% more screen real estate
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (22:18 vs 19:44 hours)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and S20 FE 5G 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 66% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G to Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and camera.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 407 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 85.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 95.7%
PWM - 227 Hz
Response time - 2.8 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S20 FE 5G
6.5″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1390 nits
819 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 147 mm (5.79 inches) 159.8 mm (6.29 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 74.5 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.4 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow White, Blue, Green, Red, Orange, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G
Max clock 3300 MHz 2840 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 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 698
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 650
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 587 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~901.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 17327 2923
Single-core score 2066 1180
Multi-core score 6434 3300
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 738110 391258
GPU 814230 171698
Memory 244427 167605
UX 495918 251913
Total score 2292685 982474
Samples [18 tests] [27 tests]
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% 90%
Graphics test 28 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 4826 1114
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18350 10914
Video editing 7968 7129
Photo editing 35076 31102
Data manipulation 14984 9568
Writing score 21029 12727
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#200th 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
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-11 -> FenixistarkAnTuTu 121134088
📘 2026-10-05 (Gigante Supremo)AnTuTu 121111940
📘 2026-08-31 (GameFabuloso16)AnTuTu 111010010
📘 2026-08-09 (May)AnTuTu 11745543
📘 2026-07-13 (pooh)AnTuTu 111010016

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2750 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM One UI 9.0 One UI 5.0
OS size 24.1 GB 25.6 GB
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 25 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 -
Fast charging Yes (59% in 30 min) Yes (37% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:35 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:07 hr 08:09 hr
Watching video 15:32 hr 13:42 hr
Gaming 05:03 hr 05:01 hr
Standby 83 hr 114 hr
General battery life
22:18 hr

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) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Sony IMX555
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 67 mm 76 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 Hynix HI-847
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.5" (≈ 0.22 inch)
Pixel size 1 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 -
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

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 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU CMOS
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 Phase autofocus
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 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 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
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 September 2020
Release date January 2024 October 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $700
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
SAR (head) 0.87 W/kg 0.5 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.35 W/kg 1.35 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 15 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.
*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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