Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) vs OnePlus 12

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 OnePlus 12, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 2 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 Plus (Exynos)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (1365 against 1167 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 24 grams less
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 12
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 45W)
  • 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2401K versus 2007K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) and OnePlus 12 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
31.4
(Mediocre)
Value Index
48.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.8:9
PPI 513 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91.6% 91.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.1% 99.5%
PWM 479 Hz Not detected
Response time 2 ms 11 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1365 nits
1167 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.5 mm (6.24 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) 9.15 mm (0.36 inches)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 220 g (7.76 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP65
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
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) and OnePlus 12
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3210 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
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
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 1095 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) and OnePlus 12
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 16486 15111
Single-core score 2236 2182
Multi-core score 7055 6465
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 12 +20%
2401788
CPU 664411 700922
GPU 643349 914074
Memory 295185 313211
UX 404613 573571
Total score 2007558 2401788
Samples [12 tests] [26 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 70% 67%
Graphics test 13 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 1758 1676
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 65% 57%
Graphics test 31 FPS 32 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 32 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 8133 8360
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 57% 83%
Graphics test 22 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 3812 4646
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 16786 12226
Video editing 8045 6195
Photo editing 35707 23810
Data manipulation 15021 13418
Writing score 22404 17373
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#167th place)

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
OnePlus 12
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-06 -> WhystechAnTuTu 122414186
📘 2026-09-26 (Eon)Geekbench 7 CPU1896 / 6424
📘 2026-09-20 -> nsy567808AnTuTu 112317311
📘 2026-09-19 -> nsy567808AnTuTu 112317311
📘 2026-09-09 (Lxrss)AnTuTu 122464104

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 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 17) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 9.0 OxygenOS 16
OS size 49 GB 30 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 5400 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (74% in 30 min) Yes (70% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:58 hr 0:24 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 13:10 hr
Watching video - 18:49 hr
Gaming - 06:05 hr
Standby - 114 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual 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 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Sony LYT-T808
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.6
Focal length 67 mm 70 mm
Sensor Samsung S53K1 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 14 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 Sony IMX581
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung 35K3LU Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (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 5.4
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, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
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
82.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 December 2023
Release date January 2024 February 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $799
Successor - - OnePlus 15
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
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 100 W
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 camera, gaming, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus 12. But if the sound is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos).

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