Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs S10 Plus

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 Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 9820 and came out 5 years before. 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)
  • 2.9x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2292K versus 782K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Delivers 77% higher peak brightness (1406 against 795 nits)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 12
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 5 years newer
  • Supports higher wattage charging (25W versus 15W)
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
  • Shows 26% longer battery life (24:46 vs 19:44 hours)
  • 25% higher pixel density (522 vs 416 PPI)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and S10 Plus 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 69% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus to Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and display.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1440 x 3040 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19:9
PPI 416 ppi 522 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 87.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 96.5%
PWM - 235 Hz
Response time - 4.8 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S10 Plus
6.4″ (19:9 ratio) = 15.8 in2
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1406 nits
795 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 147 mm (5.79 inches) 157.6 mm (6.2 inches)
Width 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 167 g (5.89 oz) 175 g (6.17 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, Blue, Green, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 9820
Max clock 3300 MHz 2730 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (2 + 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 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.31 GHz: Cortex-A75
- 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Mongoose M4
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 8 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Mali G76 MP12
GPU shading units 1536 288
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 702 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~404.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) and Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 17327 -
Single-core score 2066 1017
Multi-core score 6434 2593
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 738110 295808
GPU 814230 132940
Memory 244427 150643
UX 495918 202848
Total score 2292685 782239
Samples [18 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% 81%
Graphics test 11 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 1507 367
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% 82%
Graphics test 28 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 4826 952
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18350 7478
Video editing 7968 5765
Photo editing 35076 18093
Data manipulation 14984 7575
Writing score 21029 10112
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#199th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Y4nnick23)Battery lifeSOT 5:30 / 18:00
📘 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
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (Vzxzv)CPU Throttle76%
📘 2026-09-30 (Vzxzv)AnTuTu 11717771
📘 2026-09-24 (unknown)AnTuTu 12904674
📘 2026-05-26 (Tban)AnTuTu 11550199
📘 2026-03-31 -> RodikAnTuTu 11745471

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 512 GB

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12)
ROM One UI 7.0 One UI 4.0
OS size 24.1 GB 46.5 GB
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 4 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4100 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes, Qi/PMA (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (59% in 30 min) Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:07 hr 13:48 hr
Watching video 15:32 hr 16:28 hr
Gaming 05:03 hr 05:50 hr
Standby 83 hr 80 hr
General battery life
24:46 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 4000 x 3000
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2x
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 240FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.5 - 2.4
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL GN3 Samsung SAK2L4
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.4 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 67 mm 52 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 Samsung S5K3M3
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 16 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 12 mm
Sensor Sony IMX564 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital 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 Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 4320 x 2432
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3LU Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Additional lens - 8 MP, f/22, 1/4"
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 101
Video - 88

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (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 Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5.3 5
Bluetooth features LE PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.2 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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 No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes No

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 February 2019
Release date January 2024 March 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $1000
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) - Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
SAR (head) 0.87 W/kg 0.516 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.35 W/kg 1.582 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 -
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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) is definitely a better buy.

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