Samsung Galaxy S24 FE vs S23 Ultra
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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 Ultra, 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
- 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 1762K)
- The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 20 grams less
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
- 30% higher pixel density (500 vs 385 PPI)
- Shows 13% longer battery life (26:01 vs 23:02 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
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 | 6.7 inches | 6.8 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1440 x 3088 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.3:9 |
| PPI | 385 ppi | 500 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+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88% | 89.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 96.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162 mm (6.38 inches) | 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 77.3 mm (3.04 inches) | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 233 g (8.22 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, Blue, Green, Red, Purple |
| 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 | 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 |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | 680 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16611 | 9254 |
| Single-core score | 2045 | 2010 |
| Multi-core score | 6397 | 5245 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 675682 | 556398 |
| GPU | 670589 | 445907 |
| Memory | 229976 | 285085 |
| UX | 401022 | 474949 |
| Total score | 1977269 | 1762339 |
| Samples | [55 tests] | [31 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 70% | 81% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1769 | 1098 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 77% |
| 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 | 5383 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 69% |
| Graphics test | - | 22 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3723 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15997 | 17072 |
| Video editing | 8031 | 7852 |
| Photo editing | 33878 | 33655 |
| Data manipulation | 12347 | 13329 |
| Writing score | 19836 | 19857 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekSh | CPU Throttle | 81% |
| 📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekSh | CPU Throttle | 0% |
| 📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekSh | GeekBench CPU | 2014 / 6373 |
| 📘 2026-09-03 (Digansh Y) | AnTuTu | 2052468 |
| 📘 2026-08-24 (Vaqqas) | AnTuTu | 1860306 |
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-07 (Turtle tech) | AnTuTu | 1789039 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (Jedidiah) | AnTuTu | 1621561 |
| 📘 2026-07-20 (Khải) | GeekBench CPU | 1642 / 5251 |
| 📘 2026-07-20 (Khải) | AnTuTu | 1796597 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (Trizer) | AnTuTu | 1763324 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 | 39.9 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4700 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes (68% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:10 hr | 0:59 hr |
| Battery cycles | 2000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 07:20 hr | 09:57 hr |
| Watching video | 13:33 hr | 15:38 hr |
| Gaming | 05:11 hr | 06:22 hr |
| Standby | 129 hr | 130 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#138th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 16320 x 12240 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 10x |
| 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: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Telephoto: 10 MP 4) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/4.9 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 230 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV08A10 | Sony IMX754 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | 1/3.52" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 | 73 |
| Zoom | 126 | 141 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 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 |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 139 |
| Video | - | 145 |
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 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2024 | February 2023 |
| Release date | October 2024 | February 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $1199 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra |
| SAR (head) | 0.86 W/kg | 0.96 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 camera and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. But if the gaming and design are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE.
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