Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos) vs Fairphone 5
71
out of 100
VS
54
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos) (with Exynos 2400) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Fairphone 5, which is powered by Qualcomm QCM6490 and came out 4 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 S24 (Exynos)
- 2.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2029K versus 736K)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Delivers 77% higher peak brightness (1357 against 766 nits)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- Thinner bezels – 8.7% more screen real estate
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
Reasons to consider the Fairphone 5
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
- 10% higher pixel density (459 vs 416 PPI)
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 | 6.2 inches | 6.46 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1224 x 2700 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 459 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 880 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 82.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98.9% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 483 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 6 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 147 mm (5.79 inches) | 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) | 75.83 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 9.6 mm (0.38 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 oz) | 212 g (7.48 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP55 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow | Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
| Repairability | Good (3.23/5) | Excellent (4.37/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Excellent (A) · 300 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2400 | Qualcomm QCM6490 |
| Max clock | 3210 MHz | 2700 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) | - |
| Architecture | - 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 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
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| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | - |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | - |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | - |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | Adreno 642L |
| GPU shading units | 768 | - |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16248 | - |
| Single-core score | 2055 | 1121 |
| Multi-core score | 6402 | 2990 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 714085 | 256966 |
| GPU | 633949 | 154721 |
| Memory | 224924 | 104511 |
| UX | 456877 | 220109 |
| Total score | 2029835 | 736307 |
| Samples | [30 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 67% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1769 | 305 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 61% | - |
| Graphics test | 32 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 32 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 26 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 8314 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 61% | - |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3564 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 16695 | 7145 |
| Video editing | 8032 | 5798 |
| Photo editing | 35055 | 18366 |
| Data manipulation | 14884 | 8463 |
| Writing score | 21619 | 11497 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-29 (Ant) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2152 / 6936 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (Ant) | AnTuTu 11 | 2073670 |
| 📘 2026-07-28 (Ant) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2115 / 6826 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (Rakson2468) | AnTuTu 11 | 2056392 |
| 📘 2026-07-09 (Edward) | AnTuTu 11 | 2067450 |
Fairphone 5
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 2048 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | - |
| OS size | 24.1 GB | 30 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 8 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 4200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | Yes |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 20 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 1:05 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | 1300 cycles |
| Web browsing | 06:54 hr | 06:03 hr |
| Watching video | 12:01 hr | 10:08 hr |
| Gaming | 03:59 hr | 04:16 hr |
| Standby | 108 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL GN3 | Sony IMX800 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 67 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | Sony IMX858 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 45 |
| Preview | - | 64 |
| Zoom | - | 79 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Fairphone 5 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.45 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | Samsung JN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.0 |
| 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 |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2024 | August 2023 |
| Release date | January 2024 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $699 |
| SAR (head) | 0.87 W/kg | 0.4 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.35 W/kg | 0.847 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 (Exynos):
- 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 (Exynos) is definitely a better buy.
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