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Samsung Galaxy S25 vs S24 FE

80 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25
VS
73 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Samsung Galaxy S25
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S25 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on January 22, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2400e 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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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25
  • 48% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2920K versus 1977K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 47% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3012 and 2045 points
  • Weighs 51 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 6.8 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
  • Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Comes with 700 mAh larger battery capacity: 4700 vs 4000 mAh
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy S25 and S24 FE 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 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
46.4
(Average)
Value Index
65.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Galaxy S25
vs
Galaxy S24 FE

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic 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 (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1900 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 91.1% 88%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97.4% 100%
PWM 240 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 2 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S24 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy S25
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~16% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Galaxy S25 +2%
1397 nits
Galaxy S24 FE
1374 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 146.9 mm (5.78 inches) 162 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 70.5 mm (2.78 inches) 77.3 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 7.2 mm (0.28 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 162 g (5.71 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.23/5) Good (3.11/5)
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Galaxy S25 +4%
91.1%
Galaxy S24 FE
88%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy S25 and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Samsung Exynos 2400e
Max clock 4470 MHz 3110 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 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 3.11 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Xclipse 940
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1095 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy S25 and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Galaxy S25 +47%
3012
Galaxy S24 FE
2045
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Galaxy S25 +53%
9766
Galaxy S24 FE
6397
Compute Score (GPU)
Galaxy S25 +19%
19829
Galaxy S24 FE
16611
Compute Score (GPU) 19829 16611
Single-core score 3012 2045
Multi-core score 9766 6397
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Galaxy S25 +48%
2920032
Galaxy S24 FE
1977269
CPU 899843 675682
GPU 1139434 670589
Memory 330975 229976
UX 549780 401022
Total score 2920032 1977269
Samples [44 tests] [55 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Galaxy S25 +25%
2216
Galaxy S24 FE
1769
Stability 59% 70%
Graphics test 16 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 2216 1769
3DMark Solar Bay
Galaxy S25 +30%
10045
Galaxy S24 FE
7699
Graphics test 38 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 48 FPS 35 FPS
Section 2 37 FPS 28 FPS
Section 3 29 FPS 24 FPS
Graphics score 10045 7699
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 51% -
Graphics test 33 FPS -
Graphics score 5664 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Galaxy S25 +23%
20022
Galaxy S24 FE
16227
Web score 21815 15997
Video editing 8619 8031
Photo editing 34466 33878
Data manipulation 17708 12347
Writing score 27109 19836
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#125th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy S25
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 (Icecream)AnTuTu 123297029
📘 2026-09-18 (S25 owner)AnTuTu 123476989
📘 2026-08-23 (S25 owner)AnTuTu 113149606
📘 2026-08-14 (Atharva0999)AnTuTu 113027002
📘 2026-08-04 (Abn)AnTuTu 112514474
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Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 (Vishnu)AnTuTu 122276561
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShCPU Throttle81%
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShAnTuTu 122134029
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShCPU Throttle0%
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShGeekbench 6 CPU2014 / 6373
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 8.0 One UI 8.0
OS size 30.1 GB 23.5 GB
OS updates 7 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4000 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 25 W 25 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 No
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:17 hr 1:10 hr
Battery cycles 2000 cycles 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:09 hr 07:20 hr
Watching video 17:15 hr 13:33 hr
Gaming 05:32 hr 05:11 hr
Standby 108 hr 129 hr
General battery life
Galaxy S25 +5%
24:10 hr
Galaxy S24 FE
23:02 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
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: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 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 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 67 mm 75 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 OmniVision OV08A10
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch)
Pixel size 1 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 Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 60
Preview - 69
Zoom - 126
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
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 No
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 5.4 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby 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
Galaxy S25
91.7 dB
Galaxy S24 FE
91.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 September 2024
Release date February 2025 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $649
Successor - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
SAR (head) 1.29 W/kg 0.86 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.36 W/kg 1.29 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. model has 1.
Notes on Galaxy S24 FE:
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
*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 S25 is definitely a better buy.

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