Samsung Galaxy S26 FE vs Google Pixel 11
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Samsung Galaxy S26 FE (with Exynos 2500) that was released on August 27, 2026, against the Google Pixel 11, which is powered by Google Tensor G6. 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 S26 FE
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 30W)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+3)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 11
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- 10% higher pixel density (422 vs 385 PPI)
- 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2575 and 2217 points
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 | 6.7 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1080 x 2424 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 385 ppi | 422 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1900 nits | 2000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.6% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S26 FE
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Pixel 11
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.6 mm (6.36 inches) | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) |
| Width | 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) | 72 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 193 g (6.81 oz) | 197 g (6.95 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue, Purple | Black, Green, Red, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2500 | Google Tensor G6 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 4110 MHz |
| CPU cores | 10 (1 + 2 + 5 + 2) | 7 (1 + 4 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 5 cores at 2.36 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 2 cores at 2.74 GHz: Cortex-A725 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
- 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: C1-Pro - 4 cores at 3.38 GHz: C1-Pro - 1 core at 4.11 GHz: C1-Ultra |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Graphics | Xclipse 950 | PowerVR DXT-48-1536 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 999 MHz | 1286 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~4091.9 GFLOPS | ~1975.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 22100 | 6048 |
| Single-core score | 2217 | 2575 |
| Multi-core score | 7699 | 6027 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 771016 | 848037 |
| GPU | 723824 | 271374 |
| Memory | 356421 | 297105 |
| UX | 438435 | 455981 |
| Total score | 2289696 | - |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#188th place)
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 17 | Android 17 |
| ROM | One UI 9 | Stock Android |
| OS updates | 7 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4900 mAh | 4985 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | - | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (69% in 30 min) | Yes (46% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:08 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:42 hr | - |
| Watching video | 17:42 hr | - |
| Gaming | 06:12 hr | - |
| Standby | 117 hr | - |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#147th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | - |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 10.8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 10.8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/3.1 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 112 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV08A10 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.31 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3L6 | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.32 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 160 |
| Zoom | - | 137 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 11 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 10.5 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | 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 | No | 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 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 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 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 | No |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | August 2026 | August 2026 |
| Release date | September 2026 | August 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $899 |
| Sensors | - 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 |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 11. But if the gaming, battery life, software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S26 FE.
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