Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs A57 5G

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy A57 5G, which is powered by Exynos 1680 and came out 2 years and 3 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 (Snapdragon)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 65% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 1390K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • 49% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2066 and 1382 points
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 6.2 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4000 mAh
  • Shows 24% longer battery life (24:32 vs 19:44 hours)
  • Delivers 33% higher peak brightness (1854 against 1397 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
  • The phone is 2 years and 3 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 25W)

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and A57 5G 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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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
26.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
59.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 416 ppi 385 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1200 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1900 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 88.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy A57 5G
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~16% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1854 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 147 mm (5.79 inches) 161.5 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 76.8 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 6.9 mm (0.27 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 179 g (6.31 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 Gray, Blue, Purple, Aqua
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Samsung Exynos 1680
Max clock 3300 MHz 2900 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
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
- 3 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Xclipse 550
GPU shading units 1536 256
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1200 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~1228.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 17327 7924
Single-core score 2066 1382
Multi-core score 6434 4477
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1390055
CPU 738110 510705
GPU 814230 374535
Memory 244427 204469
UX 495918 300346
Total score 2292685 1390055
Samples [18 tests] [13 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 11 FPS -
Graphics score 1507 -
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% -
Graphics test 28 FPS -
Graphics score 4826 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18350 -
Video editing 7968 -
Photo editing 35076 -
Data manipulation 14984 -
Writing score 21029 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#192nd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-20 (Iizzzuu)AnTuTu 122391410
📘 2026-09-05 (Самса с24)AnTuTu 112278769
📘 2026-08-05 (Flames-2)AnTuTu 112364143
📘 2026-06-30 (mrtcn)AnTuTu 112068918
📘 2026-06-07 (Tifeh)Geekbench 6 CPU1962 / 6035
Samsung Galaxy A57 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 (Darck)AnTuTu 111348067
📘 2026-09-04 -> HaiLong0510AnTuTu 111434648
📘 2026-09-04 (Mehedi)AnTuTu 111351187
📘 2026-08-19 (OverloadedPoortato)AnTuTu 111373963
📘 2026-08-18 (xhnhx)AnTuTu 111413043

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 2
Storage
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 15) Android 16
ROM One UI 7.0 One UI 8.5
OS size 24.1 GB 24 GB
OS updates - 6 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (59% in 30 min) Yes (64% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:09 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:07 hr 10:41 hr
Watching video 15:32 hr 20:15 hr
Gaming 05:03 hr 05:40 hr
Standby 83 hr 85 hr
General battery life
24:32 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
3) Macro: 5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 67 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 -
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization 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 IMX258
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 5 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 25 mm
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 65 -
Preview 69 -
Zoom 135 -
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU -
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 No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

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 6.0
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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced January 2024 March 2026
Release date January 2024 April 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $549
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) -
SAR (head) 0.87 W/kg 0.7 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.35 W/kg 1.07 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- 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.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon). But if the display, battery life, and software are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy A57 5G.

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