ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on November 13, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) and came out 10 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 ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro
  • Comes with 2050 mAh larger battery capacity: 7050 vs 5000 mAh
  • 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3292K versus 2341K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (28:35 vs 26:30 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 45W)
  • Delivers 10% higher peak brightness (1588 against 1443 nits)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
  • 16% higher pixel density (501 vs 431 PPI)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
54.7
(Average)
Value Index
15.9
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2688 pixels 1440 x 3088 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 431 ppi 501 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 960 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Gorilla Glass Armor
Screen-to-body ratio 91.1% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.5%
PWM - 480 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1588 nits
1443 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.42 mm (6.43 inches) 162.3 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 76.14 mm (3 inches) 79 mm (3.11 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 229 g (8.08 oz) 232 g (8.18 oz)
Waterproof No IP68
Advanced cooling Active fan Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.64/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy)
Max clock 4320 MHz 3390 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 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
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 24877 15386
Single-core score 3042 2259
Multi-core score 9377 7330
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 989054 717970
GPU 1141247 790073
Memory 441194 341284
UX 720602 492067
Total score 3292097 2341394
Samples [10 tests] [42 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 71%
Graphics test - 11 FPS
Graphics score - 1527
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 29 FPS
Section 1 - 36 FPS
Section 2 - 29 FPS
Section 3 - 23 FPS
Graphics score - 7748
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 59%
Graphics test - 27 FPS
Graphics score - 4531
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
Web score - 18499
Video editing - 8001
Photo editing - 35916
Data manipulation - 15552
Writing score - 22696
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (65th and 190th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-19 (Nettzy)AnTuTu 123489328
📘 2026-06-07 (Nhatajkys)AnTuTu 113418489
📘 2026-05-02 (Ao Haimiya)AnTuTu 113330988
📘 2026-04-29 (ZeNn1X)AnTuTu 113199560
📘 2026-01-14 (SSupreme)AnTuTu 113320025
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-14 (Riflessione)AnTuTu 122005418
📘 2026-10-08 (Lello75)CPU Throttle73%
📘 2026-09-29 (Ratiii)Geekbench 7 CPU1995 / 6875
📘 2026-09-29 (gunissus)AnTuTu 122654412
📘 2026-09-24 (Denislav Antimov)AnTuTu 122573019

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM Redmagic OS 10 One UI 9.0
OS size - 28 GB
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 3 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7050 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 45 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (91% in 30 min) Yes (69% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:35 hr 1:05 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:38 hr 10:18 hr
Watching video 14:39 hr 18:00 hr
Gaming 09:17 hr 05:51 hr
Standby 144 hr 122 hr
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (76th and 122nd place)

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 16320 x 12240
Zoom Digital Optical, 5x
Flash 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 240FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 122° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 12 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 18 mm 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50E40 Samsung ISOCELL HP2
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/3.4
Focal length - 111 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX854
Sensor size - 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50D40 Sony IMX564
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV02F10 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization No -

DxOMark main camera tests

Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 82
Zoom - 145
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV16E1Q Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) 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 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 5.4 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, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced November 2024 January 2024
Release date December 2024 January 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $1299
Successor - ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
SAR (head) - 1.06 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.3 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 Ultra:
    - There is a model with two physical SIM cards and no eSIM, and another with one physical SIM card and eSIM support.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro. But if the camera, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

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