Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs Google Pixel 8 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Google Pixel 8 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 4 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
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
- 68% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 1367K)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 46 grams less
- 17% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2066 and 1765 points
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.9 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8 Pro
- Comes with 1050 mAh larger battery capacity: 5050 vs 4000 mAh
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (1603 against 1415 nits)
- 18% higher pixel density (489 vs 416 PPI)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
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 | 6.2 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1344 x 2992 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 489 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 2400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.5% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 8 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 147 mm (5.79 inches) | 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) |
| Width | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 oz) | 213 g (7.51 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow | Black, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Google Tensor G3 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 9 (1 + 4 + 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 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Immortalis-G715s MC10 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 890 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1594.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 17327 | 6573 |
| Single-core score | 2066 | 1765 |
| Multi-core score | 6434 | 4297 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 738110 | 468427 |
| GPU | 814230 | 384941 |
| Memory | 244427 | 182041 |
| UX | 495918 | 331822 |
| Total score | 2292685 | 1367231 |
| Samples | [18 tests] | [14 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 67% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1507 | 982 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 62% | - |
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 23 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 7976 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 50% | 75% |
| Graphics test | 28 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 4826 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18350 | - |
| Video editing | 7968 | - |
| Photo editing | 35076 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14984 | - |
| Writing score | 21029 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#200th place)
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Y4nnick23) | Battery life | SOT 5:30 / 18:00 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Iizzzuu) | AnTuTu 12 | 2391410 |
| 📘 2026-09-05 (Самса с24) | AnTuTu 11 | 2278769 |
| 📘 2026-08-05 (Flames-2) | AnTuTu 11 | 2364143 |
| 📘 2026-06-30 (mrtcn) | AnTuTu 11 | 2068918 |
Google Pixel 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Karlik) | AnTuTu 12 | 1408420 |
| 📘 2026-05-05 (s1mpick) | AnTuTu 11 | 1338293 |
| 📘 2026-05-04 (Bilal Ahmed) | AnTuTu 11 | 1367231 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 -> Spaikleonow | AnTuTu 11 | 1482218 |
| 📘 2026-03-26 (Bilal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1328640 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | One UI 9.0 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 24.1 GB | 14 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 5050 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (23 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (59% in 30 min) | Yes (53% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | 1:23 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:07 hr | 08:23 hr |
| Watching video | 15:32 hr | 12:10 hr |
| Gaming | 05:03 hr | 04:58 hr |
| Standby | 83 hr | 87 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| 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 | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 126° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL GN3 | Samsung GNV |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 67 mm | 113 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | 65 |
| Preview | 69 | 75 |
| Zoom | 135 | 152 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) from DxOMark | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 10.5 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 143 |
| Video | - | 149 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 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, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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 | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2024 | October 2023 |
| Release date | January 2024 | October 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $999 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) | - Google Pixel 10 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 0.87 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.35 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 (Snapdragon):
- The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
- There are two models: one with dual Nano SIM, and the other with 1 Nano SIM + eSIM.
Notes on Pixel 8 Pro:
- The smartphone includes a temperature sensor.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon). But if the camera and battery life are more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 8 Pro.
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