Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos) vs Google Pixel 7a
63
out of 100
VS
62
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.4-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos) (with Exynos 2200) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Google Pixel 7a, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 and came out 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1479K versus 1126K)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Reverse charging feature
- 10% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1588 and 1438 points
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7a
- Shows 9% longer battery life (19:16 vs 17:40 hours)
- Delivers 18% higher peak brightness (1066 against 906 nits)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.4 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 403 ppi | 431 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1450 nits | 700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1300 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.2% | 81.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.4% | 98.4% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 218 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
6.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.6 in2
Pixel 7a
6.1″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.9 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 158 mm (6.22 inches) | 152 mm (5.98 inches) |
| Width | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) | 72.9 mm (2.87 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 209 g (7.37 oz) | 193.5 g (6.83 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Purple | White, Gray, Blue, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2200 | Google Tensor G2 |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 2850 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78 - 2 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X1 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit |
| Graphics | Xclipse 920 | Mali-G710 MP7 |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 448 |
| GPU clock | 1306 MHz | 848 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS | ~759.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9946 | 4715 |
| Single-core score | 1588 | 1438 |
| Multi-core score | 3775 | 3681 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 485443 | 366416 |
| GPU | 480762 | 272602 |
| Memory | 189036 | 188205 |
| UX | 324663 | 299297 |
| Total score | 1479904 | 1126520 |
| Samples | [17 tests] | [13 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 69% | 78% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | 994 | 702 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 69% | - |
| Graphics test | 17 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 17 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 14 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 4422 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 69% | 70% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1787 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11932 | 7510 |
| Video editing | 7385 | 5847 |
| Photo editing | 24230 | 19105 |
| Data manipulation | 12323 | 10565 |
| Writing score | 16664 | 15064 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 ((tiktok:frowners_tech_)) | AnTuTu 12 | 1674395 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Basiks) | AnTuTu 11 | 1227101 |
| 📘 2026-07-26 (Relakser) | AnTuTu 11 | 1478914 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 -> Otchem1488 | AnTuTu 11 | 1592471 |
| 📘 2026-05-08 (Leksa) | Battery life | Satisfaction 1/10 |
Google Pixel 7a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-02 -> nanamond | AnTuTu 11 | 1196742 |
| 📘 2026-08-06 -> shu- | AnTuTu 11 | 1126520 |
| 📘 2026-08-05 (shu-) | AnTuTu 11 | 1126520 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (XHV150) | AnTuTu 11 | 1271269 |
| 📘 2026-07-12 (klaut) | AnTuTu 11 | 1004338 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 21 GB | - |
| OS updates | 4 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 4385 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 30 min) | Yes (20% in 36 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 1:57 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:25 hr | 08:24 hr |
| Watching video | 10:03 hr | 13:40 hr |
| Gaming | 03:27 hr | 05:06 hr |
| Standby | 96 hr | 76 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 9000 x 7000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN3 | Sony IMX787 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.73" (≈ 0.58 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 76 mm | - |
| Sensor | Hynix Hi847 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 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 | - | 70 |
| Preview | - | 69 |
| Zoom | - | 105 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 7a from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3J1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 136 |
| Video | - | 146 |
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 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 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 | Mid-range |
| Announced | October 2023 | May 2023 |
| Release date | October 2023 | May 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $499 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 FE | - Google Pixel 10a |
| SAR (head) | 0.76 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.04 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, performance, gaming, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos). But if the camera is more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 7a.
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