Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) vs Apple iPhone 15
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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 15, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic 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 Plus (Exynos)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 1551 mAh larger battery capacity: 4900 vs 3349 mAh
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 20W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2007K versus 1672K)
- 12% higher pixel density (513 vs 460 PPI)
- Thinner bezels – 5.2% more screen real estate
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15
- Delivers 21% higher peak brightness (1632 against 1348 nits)
- 17% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2612 and 2236 points
- Weighs 25 grams less
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3120 pixels | 1179 x 2556 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 | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.6% | 86.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 98.1% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 479 Hz | 306 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
iPhone 15
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 158.5 mm (6.24 inches) | 147.6 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) | 71.6 mm (2.82 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 196 g (6.91 oz) | 171 g (6.03 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow | Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.96/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2400 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3210 MHz | 3460 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: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Xclipse 940 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1095 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16486 | 22764 |
| Single-core score | 2236 | 2612 |
| Multi-core score | 7055 | 6705 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 664411 | 462812 |
| GPU | 643349 | 453603 |
| Memory | 295185 | 222511 |
| UX | 404613 | 533367 |
| Total score | 2007558 | 1672293 |
| Samples | [12 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 70% | - |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1758 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 65% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | 15 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8133 | 3979 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 57% | - |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3812 | 2868 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 16786 | - |
| Video editing | 8045 | - |
| Photo editing | 35707 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15021 | - |
| Writing score | 22404 | - |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-07 (Isaque) | AnTuTu | 2120425 |
| 📘 2026-03-07 (Kametek) | GeekBench GPU | 18380 |
| 📘 2026-02-20 (Gazyx) | AnTuTu | 2070730 |
| 📘 2026-02-18 (Юрій) | AnTuTu | 1924483 |
| 📘 2026-02-07 -> 2929022.O | AnTuTu | 2007558 |
Apple iPhone 15
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Bear lover) | AnTuTu | 1714105 |
| 📘 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO) | AnTuTu | 1603687 |
| 📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig) | GeekBench GPU | 24336 |
| 📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig) | GeekBench CPU | 2615 / 6477 |
| 📘 2026-08-12 (j0elz) | AnTuTu | 1638319 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | One UI 7.0 | - |
| OS size | 49 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4900 mAh | 3349 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) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (74% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:58 hr | 1:50 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 10:47 hr |
| Watching video | - | 16:55 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:36 hr |
| Standby | - | 112 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8064 x 6048 |
| 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: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL GN3 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | Sony IMX633 |
| 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 | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 84 |
| Zoom | - | 114 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 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 | 1.12 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 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 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 | 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 | - |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2024 | September 2023 |
| Release date | January 2024 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $799 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | 0.74 W/kg | 0.98 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.25 W/kg | 0.98 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
If the display and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos). But if the camera and software are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 15.
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Total votes: 75