Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Snapdragon) vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 5 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 (Snapdragon)
  • Comes with 1626 mAh larger battery capacity: 4900 vs 3274 mAh
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • 56% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2271K versus 1452K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 23W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 12% higher pixel density (513 vs 460 PPI)
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (24:47 vs 22:40 hours)
  • Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (1795 against 1456 nits)
  • 30% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2915 and 2235 points
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.3 mm narrower

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Snapdragon) and Apple iPhone 15 Pro 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
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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
27.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
22.8
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

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 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
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% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.9%
PWM - 242 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 Plus (Snapdragon)
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
iPhone 15 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1795 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 158.5 mm (6.24 inches) 146.6 mm (5.77 inches)
Width 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 187 g (6.6 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, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Snapdragon) and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Apple A17 Pro
Max clock 3300 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 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
- 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2147.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Snapdragon) and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 17498 28057
Single-core score 2235 2915
Multi-core score 7278 7115
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 688360 368915
GPU 749548 490265
Memory 331952 182600
UX 501410 410974
Total score 2271270 1452754
Samples [4 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% 71%
Graphics test 12 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 1676 1391
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 65% 73%
Graphics test 32 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 29 FPS
Section 2 32 FPS 23 FPS
Section 3 27 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 8390 6089
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 58% 63%
Graphics test 28 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 4813 3655
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
Web score 18747 -
Video editing 8022 -
Photo editing 35751 -
Data manipulation 14827 -
Writing score 21461 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#194th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-03 (Kos)AnTuTu2347111
📘 2026-05-20 (Nikilay)AnTuTu2271270
📘 2026-04-01 (Ngoc Trung)AnTuTu2235168
📘 2025-11-15 (Abd2009)GeekBench CPU2235 / 7278
📘 2025-10-12 (Alejandro)AnTuTu2229474
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-28 (human)GeekBench GPU26734
📘 2026-07-28 (human)GeekBench CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-28 (human)GeekBench CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-24 (elips)AnTuTu1387191
📘 2026-06-15 (k0nd3r)AnTuTu1329788

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
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 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM One UI 7.0 -
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4900 mAh 3274 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 23 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 (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:58 hr 1:33 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:03 hr 09:28 hr
Watching video 15:35 hr 17:33 hr
Gaming 05:08 hr 05:41 hr
Standby 109 hr 111 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
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) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 67 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung S53K1 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 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 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 65 80
Preview 69 85
Zoom 135 139
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Snapdragon) from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro 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 Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 145
Video - 156

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 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
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 2023
Release date January 2024 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $999
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
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 (Snapdragon):
    - 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 and software are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 15 Pro. But if the display, gaming, and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Snapdragon).

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Rolly Ghiz August 11, 2024 at 11:17 PM
It was stated that if software is more important, the iPhone is the better choice. So what you guys are trying to say that iOS IS better than OneUI? And also, battery life is better on the iPhone so I think you guys contradicted what you said earlier.
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Kobby September 5, 2024 at 01:02 AM
Software isn't only about the OS it's also about the chipset and clearly the iphone bionic chipset beats the snapdragon chipset in terms of performance. And obviously the iphone muddied the samsung in terms of photography and videography not to talk about optimization which android devices are still struggling at. Iphone takes the day as usual
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