Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos) vs S23 FE (Exynos)

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 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos), which is powered by Exynos 2200 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos)
  • 37% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2029K versus 1479K)
  • Delivers 51% higher peak brightness (1372 against 910 nits)
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (20:01 vs 17:40 hours)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • Thinner bezels – 7.7% more screen real estate
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 42 grams less
  • 29% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2055 and 1588 points
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.9 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos) and S23 FE (Exynos) 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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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
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8 / 128 GB
37.4
(Mediocre)
Value Index
74.1
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 416 ppi 403 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1450 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 83.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.9% 99.4%
PWM 483 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 147 mm (5.79 inches) 158 mm (6.22 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 209 g (7.37 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.23/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos) and Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400 Samsung Exynos 2200
Max clock 3210 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 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
- 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Xclipse 920
GPU shading units 768 384
GPU clock 1095 MHz 1306 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos) and Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 16248 9946
Single-core score 2055 1588
Multi-core score 6402 3775
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 714085 485443
GPU 633949 480762
Memory 224924 189036
UX 456877 324663
Total score 2029835 1479904
Samples [30 tests] [17 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% 69%
Graphics test 13 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1769 994
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 61% 69%
Graphics test 32 FPS 17 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 20 FPS
Section 2 32 FPS 17 FPS
Section 3 26 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 8314 4422
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 61% 69%
Graphics test 21 FPS -
Graphics score 3564 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 16695 11932
Video editing 8032 7385
Photo editing 35055 24230
Data manipulation 14884 12323
Writing score 21619 16664

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Rakson)AnTuTu 122303953
📘 2026-07-29 (Ant)Geekbench 6 CPU2152 / 6936
📘 2026-07-29 (Ant)AnTuTu 112073670
📘 2026-07-28 (Ant)Geekbench 6 CPU2115 / 6826
📘 2026-07-21 (Rakson2468)AnTuTu 112056392
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 ((tiktok:frowners_tech_))AnTuTu 121674395
📘 2026-09-09 (Basiks)AnTuTu 111227101
📘 2026-07-26 (Relakser)AnTuTu 111478914
📘 2026-07-03 -> Otchem1488AnTuTu 111592471
📘 2026-05-08 (Leksa)Battery lifeSatisfaction 1/10

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 9.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 24.1 GB 21 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4500 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (58% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:10 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:54 hr 06:25 hr
Watching video 12:01 hr 10:03 hr
Gaming 03:58 hr 03:27 hr
Standby 108 hr 96 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Samsung GN3
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 67 mm 76 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 Hynix Hi847
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus 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
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
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 January 2024 October 2023
Release date January 2024 October 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $599
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
SAR (head) 0.87 W/kg 0.76 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.35 W/kg 1.04 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 (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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