Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) vs S24 FE

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 Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2400e and came out 9 months after. 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)
  • 33% higher pixel density (513 vs 385 PPI)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)
  • Weighs 17 grams less
  • 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2236 and 2045 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 9 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) and S24 FE 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
31.4
(Mediocre)
Value Index
67.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 513 ppi 385 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1900 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 91.6% 88%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.1% 100%
PWM 479 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 2 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1374 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.5 mm (6.24 inches) 162 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) 77.3 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow Black, Gray, Blue, Green, 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 Plus (Exynos) and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 2400 Samsung Exynos 2400e
Max clock 3210 MHz 3110 MHz
CPU cores 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4) 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 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 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
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Xclipse 940 Xclipse 940
GPU shading units 768 768
GPU clock 1095 MHz 1095 MHz
FLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos) and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 16486 16611
Single-core score 2236 2045
Multi-core score 7055 6397
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 664411 675682
GPU 643349 670589
Memory 295185 229976
UX 404613 401022
Total score 2007558 1977269
Samples [12 tests] [55 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 70% 70%
Graphics test 13 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 1758 1769
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 65% -
Graphics test 31 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 35 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 28 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 24 FPS
Graphics score 8133 7699
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 57% -
Graphics test 22 FPS -
Graphics score 3812 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 16786 15997
Video editing 8045 8031
Photo editing 35707 33878
Data manipulation 15021 12347
Writing score 22404 19836

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
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 7.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 49 GB 23.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 25 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 Yes No
Fast charging Yes (74% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:58 hr 1:10 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 07:20 hr
Watching video - 13:33 hr
Gaming - 05:11 hr
Standby - 129 hr
General battery life

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 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 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 10 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 67 mm 75 mm
Sensor Samsung S53K1 OmniVision OV08A10
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 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 Sony IMX564 Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

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

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung 35K3LU Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
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, DP 1.2 Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 September 2024
Release date January 2024 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $649
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
SAR (head) 0.74 W/kg 0.86 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.25 W/kg 1.29 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
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.
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 and performance are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos). But if the software is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE.

Cast your vote

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372 (43.8%)
477 (56.2%)
Total votes: 849

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S FAN September 28, 2024 at 11:49 AM
how could anyone vote for FE version ?
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Erfan October 18, 2024 at 06:23 PM
Price maybe!? There is 350$ price gap between them
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