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Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) vs Apple iPhone 14

75 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
VS
67 out of 100
Apple iPhone 14
Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
Apple iPhone 14

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) (with Exynos 2400) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 14, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 1 year and 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 1621 mAh larger battery capacity: 4900 vs 3279 mAh
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Delivers 62% higher peak brightness (1347 against 833 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 20W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2007K versus 1526K)
  • 12% higher pixel density (513 vs 460 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14
  • Weighs 24 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) and Apple iPhone 14 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
31.4
(Mediocre)
Value Index
86.1
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
vs
iPhone 14

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 513 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 -
Screen-to-body ratio 91.6% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 98.1% 99.5%
PWM 479 Hz 60 Hz
Response time 2 ms 12 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
iPhone 14
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) +62%
1347 nits
iPhone 14
833 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.5 mm (6.24 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow White, Black, Blue, Red, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) and Apple iPhone 14
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 3210 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 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 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 768 640
GPU clock 1095 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) and Apple iPhone 14
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 16486 20728
Single-core score 2236 2272
Multi-core score 7055 5584
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) +31%
2007558
iPhone 14
1526761
CPU 664411 441890
GPU 643349 399019
Memory 295185 177784
UX 404613 508068
Total score 2007558 1526761
Samples [12 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 70% -
Graphics test 13 FPS -
Graphics score 1758 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 65% 76%
Graphics test 31 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 19 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 14 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 8133 3771
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 57% 76%
Graphics test 22 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 3812 2854
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 16786 -
Video editing 8045 -
Photo editing 35707 -
Data manipulation 15021 -
Writing score 22404 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-07 (Isaque)AnTuTu 112120425
📘 2026-03-07 (Kametek)Geekbench 6 GPU18380
📘 2026-02-20 (Gazyx)AnTuTu 112070730
📘 2026-02-18 (Юрій)AnTuTu 111924483
📘 2026-02-07 -> 2929022.OAnTuTu 112007558
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Apple iPhone 14
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-23 (Artyom)AnTuTu 111082494
📘 2026-07-15 (Minh Thai)AnTuTu 111526761
📘 2026-06-06 (emo067)AnTuTu 111538861
📘 2026-05-27 (Rex)Geekbench 6 CPU2382 / 5869
📘 2026-05-10 (Laxy)AnTuTu 111573257
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM One UI 7.0 -
OS size 49 GB 12 GB
OS updates 4 years 6 years
Security updates 5 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 3279 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (74% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:58 hr 1:31 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:06 hr
Watching video - 14:55 hr
Gaming - 05:25 hr
Standby - 114 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.5
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Sony IMX703
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.9 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 67 mm -
Sensor Samsung S53K1 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Sony IMX372
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 85
Zoom - 90
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung 35K3LU Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 138
Video - 153

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 version 3.2 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 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) +14%
92.1 dB
iPhone 14
80.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 September 2022
Release date January 2024 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $799
Successor - - Apple iPhone 17
SAR (head) 0.74 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.25 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos):
    - Two models exist: a dual Nano SIM and a single Nano SIM + eSIM variant.
*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 Plus (Exynos) is definitely a better buy.

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