Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs S23 Plus

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 FE (with Exynos 2400e) that was released on September 26, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus, which is powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy and came out 1 year and 8 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 FE
  • 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 1744K)
  • Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1368 against 1193 nits)
  • The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (26:32 vs 23:02 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
  • Weighs 18 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and S23 Plus 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
67.9
(Good)
Value Index
126.3
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 385 ppi 393 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (24-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1900 nits 1750 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Plus Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 88% 89%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 97.4%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1368 nits
1193 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162 mm (6.38 inches) 157.8 mm (6.21 inches)
Width 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) 76.2 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.6 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.11/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400e Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy
Max clock 3110 MHz 3360 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
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 3.11 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 1095 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE and Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
16611
Compute Score (GPU) 16611 8934
Single-core score 2045 2064
Multi-core score 6397 5334
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1977269
1744323
CPU 675682 581203
GPU 670589 446806
Memory 229976 272465
UX 401022 443849
Total score 1977269 1744323
Samples [55 tests] [23 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 70% 79%
Graphics test 13 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1769 1068
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 78%
Graphics test 29 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 28 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 24 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 7699 5364
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 66%
Graphics test - 22 FPS
Graphics score - 3712
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
16227
Web score 15997 14728
Video editing 8031 7866
Photo editing 33878 33422
Data manipulation 12347 12880
Writing score 19836 18951

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 (Vishnu)AnTuTu 122276561
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShCPU Throttle81%
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShAnTuTu 122134029
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShCPU Throttle0%
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShGeekbench 6 CPU2014 / 6373
Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-27 (TUANKYSU)AnTuTu 111774738
📘 2026-07-31 (WhiteSite)AnTuTu 111722215
📘 2026-07-31 (v1c)AnTuTu 111847871
📘 2026-06-13 (King)AnTuTu 111806851
📘 2026-05-24 (VarD)AnTuTu 111610700

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 23.5 GB 42.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 4700 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (10 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:10 hr 1:05 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:20 hr 10:37 hr
Watching video 13:33 hr 15:54 hr
Gaming 05:11 hr 06:37 hr
Standby 129 hr 128 hr
General battery life
23:02 hr
26:32 hr

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 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Samsung S5KGN3
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 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 8 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 75 mm 70 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV08A10 Samsung S5K3K1
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3L6 Sony IMX564
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 60 70
Preview 69 72
Zoom 126 126
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
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 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby 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
91.9 dB
91.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2024 February 2023
Release date October 2024 February 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $999
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE - Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus
SAR (head) 0.86 W/kg 0.57 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.29 W/kg 1.4 W/kg
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 FE:
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, performance, and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus.

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