Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs Google Pixel 10 Pro

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 Google Pixel 10 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G5 and came out 1 year and 7 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 Ultra
  • 52% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2341K versus 1536K)
  • Shows 16% longer battery life (26:30 vs 22:50 hours)
  • Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 30W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 10 Pro
  • Delivers 62% higher peak brightness (2360 against 1459 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • The phone is 1 year and 7 months newer
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 7 mm narrower
  • Weighs 25 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Google Pixel 10 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
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
16 / 128 GB
15.9
(Bad)
Value Index
53.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED OLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3088 pixels 1280 x 2856 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 501 ppi 495 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 3300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 2200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Armor Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 98.1%
PWM 480 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 Ultra
6.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
Pixel 10 Pro
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1459 nits
2360 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 79 mm (3.11 inches) 72 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 232 g (8.18 oz) 207 g (7.3 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 White, Black, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.67/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
88.5%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Google Pixel 10 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) Google Tensor G5
Max clock 3390 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 5 + 2)
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
- 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 5 cores at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.78 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 PowerVR DXT-48-1536
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Google Pixel 10 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
15386
12809
Compute Score (GPU) 15386 12809
Single-core score 2259 2285
Multi-core score 7330 6201
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2341394
1536042
CPU 717970 723048
GPU 790073 180786
Memory 341284 253221
UX 492067 378987
Total score 2341394 1536042
Samples [42 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 71% 96%
Graphics test 11 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1527 1012
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 63% -
Graphics test 29 FPS -
Section 1 36 FPS -
Section 2 29 FPS -
Section 3 23 FPS -
Graphics score 7748 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 59% -
Graphics test 27 FPS -
Graphics score 4531 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
18027
15238
Web score 18499 17364
Video editing 8001 7207
Photo editing 35916 24668
Data manipulation 15552 13902
Writing score 22696 20520
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#176th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 -> Rabbit5656AnTuTu2327770
📘 2026-09-05 (Rabbit5656)AnTuTu2327770
📘 2026-08-29 (otash_miks)AnTuTu2375215
📘 2026-08-27 (Ông Năm PT)AnTuTu2383615
📘 2026-08-10 (Era)AnTuTu2333792
Google Pixel 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-22 -> PixeluserAnTuTu1536042
📘 2026-07-11 (anglezz)AnTuTu1631729
📘 2025-09-26 (Sherik)AnTuTu1467600

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 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 16) Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM One UI 8.0 Stock Android
OS size 28 GB 24 GB
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4870 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (12 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (69% in 30 min) Yes (45% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:05 hr 1:40 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:18 hr 11:03 hr
Watching video 18:00 hr 17:16 hr
Gaming 05:51 hr 04:52 hr
Standby 122 hr 78 hr
General battery life
26:30 hr
22:50 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 5x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
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° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 12 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/2.8
Focal length 111 mm 113 mm
Sensor Sony IMX854 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.7
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX564 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 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 42 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 17 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 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 No

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 6.0
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, Galileo
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 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
93 dB
89.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 August 2025
Release date January 2024 August 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $999
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra -
SAR (head) 1.06 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.3 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
- Fingerprint
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 Pixel 10 Pro:
    - Supports Bypass Charge.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, battery life, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. But if the display, camera, and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 10 Pro.

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