Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs S24 Plus (Exynos)

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 Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos), which is powered by Exynos 2400. 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
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 17% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2341K versus 2007K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 36 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and S24 Plus (Exynos) 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
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12 / 256 GB
15.9
(Bad)
Value Index
31.4
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.8 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3088 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 501 ppi 513 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 2600 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% 91.6%
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 479 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1445 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) 158.5 mm (6.24 inches)
Width 79 mm (3.11 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 7.7 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 232 g (8.18 oz) 196 g (6.91 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, Orange, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) Samsung Exynos 2400
Max clock 3390 MHz 3210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 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 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
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Xclipse 940
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1095 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 15386 16486
Single-core score 2259 2236
Multi-core score 7330 7055
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 717970 664411
GPU 790073 643349
Memory 341284 295185
UX 492067 404613
Total score 2341394 2007558
Samples [42 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 71% 70%
Graphics test 11 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 1527 1758
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 63% 65%
Graphics test 29 FPS 31 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 23 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 7748 8133
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 59% 57%
Graphics test 27 FPS 22 FPS
Graphics score 4531 3812
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18499 16786
Video editing 8001 8045
Photo editing 35916 35707
Data manipulation 15552 15021
Writing score 22696 22404
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#189th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-29 (Ratiii)Geekbench 7 CPU1995 / 6875
📘 2026-09-29 (gunissus)AnTuTu 122654412
📘 2026-09-24 (Denislav Antimov)AnTuTu 122573019
📘 2026-09-23 (DEMON77)AnTuTu 122536327
📘 2026-09-22 (Blackz)AnTuTu 112368229
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 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 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI 7.0
OS size 28 GB 49 GB
OS updates 7 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4900 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 45 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 Yes
Fast charging Yes (69% in 30 min) Yes (74% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:05 hr 0:58 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:18 hr -
Watching video 18:00 hr -
Gaming 05:51 hr -
Standby 122 hr -
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash LED 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) 960 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: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Samsung ISOCELL GN3
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
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/3.4 f/2.4
Focal length 111 mm 67 mm
Sensor Sony IMX854 Samsung S53K1
Sensor size 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 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 IMX564
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

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 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Samsung 35K3LU
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 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 No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
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 January 2024
Release date January 2024 January 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $999
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra -
SAR (head) 1.06 W/kg 0.74 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.3 W/kg 1.25 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- 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 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, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. But if the design is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (Exynos).

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Adrien January 27, 2024 at 11:38 PM
The major differences lie in the design, the camera, and the presence of the WIFI 7 in these two models. Personally, I would recommend the + model if you're looking to save some money. However, if budget isn't a constraint and the camera is a significant factor for you, then go for the Ultra.
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