Home > Smartphone comparison > Xiaomi 15 vs Galaxy S24 FE – which one to choose?

Xiaomi 15 vs Samsung Galaxy S24 FE

87 out of 100
Xiaomi 15
VS
73 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Xiaomi 15
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 15 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 29, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2400e and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

Select the amount of RAM to evaluate performance and value for money more precisely
Memory
  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 Xiaomi 15
  • Shows 38% longer battery life (31:54 vs 23:02 hours)
  • 56% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3076K versus 1977K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 25W)
  • Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 5400 vs 4700 mAh
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 10% higher peak brightness (1508 against 1372 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 19% higher pixel density (460 vs 385 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Has a 0.34 inch larger screen size
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE 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
DeviceFacts Score
Final comparison evaluation
Select your primary usage scenario to get a more accurate DeviceFacts Score
📱 Primary usage:

Value for money (Beta)

To get an accurate value-for-money index, update the default prices with actual prices from your country’s retailers (for the selected memory configs) and press the "Calculate" button.
Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
52.2
(Average)
Value Index
65.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xiaomi 15
vs
Galaxy S24 FE

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.36 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2670 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 385 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 1900 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 88%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 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
Xiaomi 15
6.36″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xiaomi 15 +10%
1508 nits
Galaxy S24 FE
1372 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.3 mm (6 inches) 162 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) 77.3 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 8.08 mm (0.32 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green, Purple Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) Good (3.11/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Xiaomi 15 +2%
90.1%
Galaxy S24 FE
88%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15 and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Samsung Exynos 2400e
Max clock 4320 MHz 3110 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 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 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Xclipse 940
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1095 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Xiaomi 15 +44%
2940
Galaxy S24 FE
2045
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xiaomi 15 +44%
9243
Galaxy S24 FE
6397
Compute Score (GPU)
Xiaomi 15 +49%
24715
Galaxy S24 FE
16611
Compute Score (GPU) 24715 16611
Single-core score 2940 2045
Multi-core score 9243 6397
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xiaomi 15 +56%
3076179
Galaxy S24 FE
1977269
CPU 946469 675682
GPU 1118762 670589
Memory 372907 229976
UX 638041 401022
Total score 3076179 1977269
Samples [32 tests] [55 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi 15 +25%
2204
Galaxy S24 FE
1769
Stability 82% 70%
Graphics test 16 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 2204 1769
3DMark Solar Bay
Xiaomi 15 +32%
10153
Galaxy S24 FE
7699
Graphics test 39 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 43 FPS 35 FPS
Section 2 39 FPS 28 FPS
Section 3 33 FPS 24 FPS
Graphics score 10153 7699
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 89% -
Graphics test 34 FPS -
Graphics score 5782 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Xiaomi 15 +7%
17440
Galaxy S24 FE
16227
Web score 18558 15997
Video editing 8103 8031
Photo editing 37685 33878
Data manipulation 13755 12347
Writing score 21293 19836
Submit your benchmark results

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-10 (artyashka)AnTuTu 123263798
📘 2026-09-28 (PenPen)AnTuTu 123242949
📘 2026-08-24 (zaido)AnTuTu 113236909
📘 2026-08-16 (jakisgood)AnTuTu 113007116
📘 2026-08-03 (abdurashidovvv)AnTuTu 113102543
Add View all (38)
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 -> bo177575AnTuTu 122370118
📘 2026-10-12 (Abs)AnTuTu 112053895
📘 2026-09-21 (Vishnu)AnTuTu 122276561
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShCPU Throttle81%
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShAnTuTu 122134029
Add View all (107)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 21 GB 23.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5400 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 25 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (83% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 1:10 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:20 hr 07:20 hr
Watching video 19:22 hr 13:33 hr
Gaming 07:10 hr 05:11 hr
Standby 150 hr 129 hr
General battery life
Xiaomi 15 +38%
31:54 hr
Galaxy S24 FE
23:02 hr
Add your battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 2.6x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED 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 120FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor OmniVision Light Fusion 900 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 60 mm 75 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 OmniVision OV08A10
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Xiaomi 15 +10%
150
Galaxy S24 FE
136
Video quality
Xiaomi 15 +6%
133
Galaxy S24 FE
125
Generic main camera score
Xiaomi 15 +11%
147
Galaxy S24 FE
133
Bokeh 75 60
Preview 87 69
Zoom 152 126
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 22 mm 26 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 6.0 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 Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby 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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Xiaomi 15
91.3 dB
Galaxy S24 FE +1%
91.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 September 2024
Release date October 2024 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $945 $649
Successor - Xiaomi 17 - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
SAR (head) - 0.86 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.29 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W 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 Xiaomi 15 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
30 (81.1%)
7 (18.9%)
Total votes: 37

Related comparisons

1. Xiaomi 15 vs Samsung Galaxy S25 (4)
2. Xiaomi 15 vs Xiaomi 14 (2)
3. Xiaomi 15 vs Xiaomi 14T Pro (1)
4. Xiaomi 15 vs Vivo X200 Pro mini (1)
5. Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Google Pixel 9a (1)
6. Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Samsung Galaxy A56 5G (13)
7. Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Samsung Galaxy S25
8. Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) (2)
Compare other phones (860+)

User opinions

You can share your opinion or ask a question in the comments below
🌐 Register your profile and become part of DeviceFacts community!
EnglishРусский