Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 16 Plus
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy)) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 16 Plus, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 8 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Fingerprint scanner
- 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2341K versus 1949K)
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 30W)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Plus
- Shows 30% longer battery life (34:32 vs 26:30 hours)
- Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1809 against 1445 nits)
- 44% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3256 and 2259 points
- Weighs 33 grams less
- The phone is 8 months newer
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 | 6.8 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3088 pixels | 1290 x 2796 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 501 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Armor | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.5% | 88% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 480 Hz | 256 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 4 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) | 160.9 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 79 mm (3.11 inches) | 77.8 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 232 g (8.18 oz) | 199 g (7.02 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, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.78/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) | Apple A18 |
| Max clock | 3390 MHz | 4040 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 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1907 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15386 | 28158 |
| Single-core score | 2259 | 3256 |
| Multi-core score | 7330 | 8096 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 717970 | 585993 |
| GPU | 790073 | 563695 |
| Memory | 341284 | 218294 |
| UX | 492067 | 581763 |
| Total score | 2341394 | 1949745 |
| Samples | [42 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 71% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1527 | 1582 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 63% | - |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 3 | 23 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7748 | 6750 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 59% | - |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 4531 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18499 | - |
| Video editing | 8001 | - |
| Photo editing | 35916 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15552 | - |
| Writing score | 22696 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#189th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-29 (Ratiii) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1995 / 6875 |
| 📘 2026-09-29 (gunissus) | AnTuTu 12 | 2654412 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (Denislav Antimov) | AnTuTu 12 | 2573019 |
| 📘 2026-09-23 (DEMON77) | AnTuTu 12 | 2536327 |
| 📘 2026-09-22 (Blackz) | AnTuTu 11 | 2368229 |
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-18 (Aj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1949745 |
| 📘 2026-04-23 (Ninety6Beast) | AnTuTu 11 | 1995425 |
| 📘 2026-03-03 (Ninety6Beast) | AnTuTu 11 | 1918031 |
| 📘 2026-02-20 (monolog) | AnTuTu 11 | 2007786 |
| 📘 2026-02-14 (Mathachai) | AnTuTu 11 | 1822701 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 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 16) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | - |
| OS size | 28 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4674 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (69% in 30 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 1:39 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:18 hr | 15:57 hr |
| Watching video | 18:00 hr | 21:26 hr |
| Gaming | 05:51 hr | 07:34 hr |
| Standby | 122 hr | 148 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (122nd and 16th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 12 MP 4) 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 | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | - |
| Focal length | 111 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 82 | - |
| Zoom | 145 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra 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 S5K3LU | 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 (Dual Pixel) | 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 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 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $899 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra | - |
| SAR (head) | 1.06 W/kg | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.3 W/kg | 1.33 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 Ultra:
- There is a model with two physical SIM cards and no eSIM, and another with one physical SIM card and eSIM support.
Notes on iPhone 16 Plus:
- In the USA, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model has 1 physical slot + eSIM. In China, a model with only two physical SIM cards is available.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, battery life, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16 Plus. But if the display and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.
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