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
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
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 | 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 |
| 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)
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 | 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 |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | Xclipse 920 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 384 |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | 1306 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | ~1003 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
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 |
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 | - |
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
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Rakson) | AnTuTu 12 | 2303953 |
| 📘 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 |
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 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 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 | 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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