Xiaomi 14 vs Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos)
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71
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Xiaomi 14 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on October 26, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos), which is powered by Exynos 2400 and came out 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
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 14
- Shows 27% longer battery life (25:30 vs 20:02 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 25W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- The rear camera has a 3.2x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
- 16% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2363K versus 2029K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 11% higher pixel density (460 vs 416 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos)
- Delivers 16% higher peak brightness (1374 against 1183 nits)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 26 grams less
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 | AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.36 inches | 6.2 inches |
| Resolution | 1200 x 2670 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 416 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | Yes (24-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1000 nits | 2600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3000 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.4% | 90.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 98.9% |
| PWM | 429 Hz | 483 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) | 147 mm (5.79 inches) |
| Width | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 193 g (6.81 oz) | 167 g (5.89 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Green, Pink | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.23/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Samsung Exynos 2400 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3210 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 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-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Xclipse 940 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1095 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~3406.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15039 | 16248 |
| Single-core score | 2206 | 2055 |
| Multi-core score | 6701 | 6402 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 735611 | 714085 |
| GPU | 746981 | 633949 |
| Memory | 344459 | 224924 |
| UX | 536675 | 456877 |
| Total score | 2363726 | 2029835 |
| Samples | [27 tests] | [30 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 83% | 67% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1511 | 1769 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 80% | 61% |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 32 FPS |
| Section 1 | 32 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | 32 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7582 | 8314 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 87% | 61% |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4551 | 3564 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15681 | 16695 |
| Video editing | 7814 | 8032 |
| Photo editing | 31599 | 35055 |
| Data manipulation | 14650 | 14884 |
| Writing score | 17307 | 21619 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#181st place)
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi 14
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | Geekbench 7 GPU | 9730 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1824 / 6030 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | AnTuTu 12 | 2519660 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (gertjan28) | AnTuTu 11 | 2286235 |
| 📘 2026-09-24 (neko_rhythm) | AnTuTu 11 | 2406819 |
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Exynos)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Rakson) | AnTuTu 12 | 2303953 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (Ant) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2152 / 6936 |
| 📘 2026-07-29 (Ant) | AnTuTu 11 | 2073670 |
| 📘 2026-07-28 (Ant) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2115 / 6826 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (Rakson2468) | AnTuTu 11 | 2056392 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | HyperOS 3 | One UI 8.0 |
| OS size | 28 GB | 24.1 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4610 mAh | 4000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (58% in 15 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 1:15 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 2000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:59 hr | 06:54 hr |
| Watching video | 17:04 hr | 12:01 hr |
| Gaming | 05:15 hr | 03:59 hr |
| Standby | 111 hr | 108 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.2x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 1920 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OVX9000 Light Fusion 900 | Samsung ISOCELL GN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 75 mm | 67 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX564 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 55 | - |
| Preview | 73 | - |
| Zoom | 134 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Xiaomi 14 from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32B | Samsung S5K3LU |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | 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 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, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 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 | October 2023 | January 2024 |
| Release date | November 2023 | January 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $799 |
| Successor | - Xiaomi 17 | - |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.87 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.35 W/kg |
| Sensors | - 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 | Yes, 90 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 (Exynos):
- 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
These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Xiaomi 14. It has a better camera, performance, battery life, and connectivity.
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