Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 vs S24 FE
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on July 26, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2400e and came out 1 year and 2 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5
- 10% higher pixel density (425 vs 385 PPI)
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.4 mm narrower
- Weighs 26 grams less
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 4700 vs 3700 mAh
- Shows 35% longer battery life (23:02 vs 17:05 hours)
- Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1372 against 1094 nits)
- 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 1746K)
- The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2640 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 21.9:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 425 ppi | 385 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 1300 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1200 nits | 1900 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.8% | 88% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 97.3% | 100% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy Z Flip 5
6.7″ (21.9:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.1 mm (6.5 inches) | 162 mm (6.38 inches) |
| Width | 71.9 mm (2.83 inches) | 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.9 mm (0.27 inches) | 8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 187 g (6.6 oz) | 213 g (7.51 oz) |
| Waterproof | IPX8 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.11/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Samsung Exynos 2400e |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3110 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.11 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Xclipse 940 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1095 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 16611 |
| Single-core score | 2100 | 2045 |
| Multi-core score | 5478 | 6397 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 594031 | 675682 |
| GPU | 448113 | 670589 |
| Memory | 279549 | 229976 |
| UX | 424506 | 401022 |
| Total score | 1746199 | 1977269 |
| Samples | [6 tests] | [55 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 61% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 962 | 1769 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 50% | - |
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | 21 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | 18 FPS | 28 FPS |
| Section 3 | 16 FPS | 24 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4866 | 7699 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 46% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3495 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 15997 |
| Video editing | - | 8031 |
| Photo editing | - | 33878 |
| Data manipulation | - | 12347 |
| Writing score | - | 19836 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-28 (test) | AnTuTu 11 | 1776402 |
| 📘 2026-05-13 -> Otchem1488 | AnTuTu 11 | 1746199 |
| 📘 2026-05-04 (mtd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1743099 |
| 📘 2026-04-06 (Otchem1488) | AnTuTu 11 | 1723909 |
| 📘 2025-10-30 (Banan) | AnTuTu 11 | 1781616 |
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 -> bo177575 | AnTuTu 12 | 2370118 |
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Abs) | AnTuTu 11 | 2053895 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Vishnu) | AnTuTu 12 | 2276561 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekSh | CPU Throttle | 81% |
| 📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekSh | AnTuTu 12 | 2134029 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.5 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 40 GB | 23.5 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 3700 mAh | 4700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (56% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:19 hr | 1:10 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 05:13 hr | 07:20 hr |
| Watching video | 10:25 hr | 13:33 hr |
| Gaming | 03:58 hr | 05:11 hr |
| Standby | 96 hr | 129 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K2LD | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 8 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 75 mm |
| Sensor | - | OmniVision OV08A10 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX258 | Samsung S5K3L6 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 60 |
| Preview | 65 | 69 |
| Zoom | 95 | 126 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | 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 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 | 5.3 |
| 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 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| 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 | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | July 2023 | September 2024 |
| Release date | August 2023 | October 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $649 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE |
| SAR (head) | 0.6 W/kg | 0.86 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.45 W/kg | 1.29 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 FE:
- The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
*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 FE is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 13