Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra vs S24 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on July 22, 2026, against the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) and came out 2 years and 6 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra
  • Has a 1.2 inches larger screen size
  • Delivers 106% higher peak brightness (3003 against 1459 nits)
  • 48% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3453K versus 2341K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The phone is 2 years and 6 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 63% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3681 and 2259 points
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 79.4 mm narrower
  • 19% higher pixel density (501 vs 422 PPI)

Review

Evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and S24 Ultra 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)

Should I update?
No 37% Yes
Mostly no. The difference is too small to matter in everyday use.
The overall difference between Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra is not big enough to justify updating.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and connectivity.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Dynamic AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 8 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 2256 x 2504 pixels 1440 x 3088 pixels
Aspect ratio - 19.5:9
PPI 422 ppi 501 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 2600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 Gorilla Glass Armor
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 97.9% 99.5%
PWM 240 Hz 480 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
3003 nits
1459 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 143.2 mm (5.64 inches) 162.3 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 158.4 mm (6.24 inches) 79 mm (3.11 inches)
Thickness 4.1 mm (0.16 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 215 g (7.58 oz) 232 g (8.18 oz)
Waterproof IP48 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Gray, Purple Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy)
Max clock 4740 MHz 3390 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 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
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1200 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 28320 15386
Single-core score 3681 2259
Multi-core score 10934 7330
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 1070366 717970
GPU 1285880 790073
Memory 407835 341284
UX 689917 492067
Total score 3453998 2341394
Samples Less than 3 [42 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 71%
Graphics test - 11 FPS
Graphics score - 1527
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 29 FPS
Section 1 - 36 FPS
Section 2 - 29 FPS
Section 3 - 23 FPS
Graphics score - 7748
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 59%
Graphics test - 27 FPS
Graphics score - 4531
Sources: 3DMark [5]
Web score - 18499
Video editing - 8001
Photo editing - 35916
Data manipulation - 15552
Writing score - 22696
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (40th and 176th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-25 (erosado-pr)AnTuTu4017190
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 -> Rabbit5656AnTuTu2327770
📘 2026-09-05 (Rabbit5656)AnTuTu2327770
📘 2026-08-29 (otash_miks)AnTuTu2375215
📘 2026-08-27 (Ông Năm PT)AnTuTu2383615
📘 2026-08-10 (Era)AnTuTu2333792

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 17 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM One UI 9 One UI 8.0
OS size - 28 GB
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 45 W 45 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (20 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (71% in 30 min) Yes (69% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:00 hr 1:05 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:24 hr 10:18 hr
Watching video 18:11 hr 18:00 hr
Gaming 05:07 hr 05:51 hr
Standby 128 hr 122 hr
General battery life
26:30 hr
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (148th and 121st place)

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 16320 x 12240
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 5x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 12 MP
4) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Samsung ISOCELL HP2
Sensor size 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 0.6 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/3.4
Focal length 67 mm 111 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3K1 Sony IMX854
Sensor size 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX564
Sensor size 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 82
Zoom - 145
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX374 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Additional lens 10 MP, Sony IMX374, f/24, 1/3.0" -
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 6.0 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 Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
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 Flagship
Announced July 2026 January 2024
Release date July 2026 January 2024
Launch price (MSRP) - $1299
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
SAR (head) 0.82 W/kg 1.06 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.17 W/kg 1.3 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 Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 Ultra:
    - There is a model with two physical SIM cards and no eSIM, and another with one physical SIM card and eSIM support.
*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 Z Fold 8 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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