ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on November 13, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 10 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
Reasons to consider the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro
- Comes with 3050 mAh larger battery capacity: 7050 vs 4000 mAh
- Has a 0.65 inch larger screen size
- Shows 45% longer battery life (28:35 vs 19:44 hours)
- 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3292K versus 2292K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 25W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (1598 against 1415 nits)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- Reverse charging feature
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 62 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.54 mm narrower
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | 6.85 inches | 6.2 inches |
| Resolution | 1216 x 2688 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 431 ppi | 416 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (24-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 2600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 960 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.1% | 90.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Screen space comparison
Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro
6.85″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.42 mm (6.43 inches) | 147 mm (5.79 inches) |
| Width | 76.14 mm (3 inches) | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 229 g (8.08 oz) | 167 g (5.89 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Active fan | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Average (2.64/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) · 90 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 4320 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 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 | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Adreno 750 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 903-1000 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 24877 | 17327 |
| Single-core score | 3042 | 2066 |
| Multi-core score | 9377 | 6434 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 989054 | 738110 |
| GPU | 1141247 | 814230 |
| Memory | 441194 | 244427 |
| UX | 720602 | 495918 |
| Total score | 3292097 | 2292685 |
| Samples | [10 tests] | [18 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 67% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1507 |
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% |
| Graphics test | - | 28 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 4826 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 18350 |
| Video editing | - | 7968 |
| Photo editing | - | 35076 |
| Data manipulation | - | 14984 |
| Writing score | - | 21029 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (64th and 199th place)
Recent User Tests
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Nettzy) | AnTuTu 12 | 3489328 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Nhatajkys) | AnTuTu 11 | 3418489 |
| 📘 2026-05-02 (Ao Haimiya) | AnTuTu 11 | 3330988 |
| 📘 2026-04-29 (ZeNn1X) | AnTuTu 11 | 3199560 |
| 📘 2026-01-14 (SSupreme) | AnTuTu 11 | 3320025 |
Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Y4nnick23) | Battery life | SOT 5:30 / 18:00 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Iizzzuu) | AnTuTu 12 | 2391410 |
| 📘 2026-09-05 (Самса с24) | AnTuTu 11 | 2278769 |
| 📘 2026-08-05 (Flames-2) | AnTuTu 11 | 2364143 |
| 📘 2026-06-30 (mrtcn) | AnTuTu 11 | 2068918 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | Redmagic OS 10 | One UI 9.0 |
| OS size | - | 24.1 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | - |
| Security updates | 3 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 7050 mAh | 4000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (91% in 30 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 1:15 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 11:38 hr | 07:07 hr |
| Watching video | 14:39 hr | 15:32 hr |
| Gaming | 09:17 hr | 05:03 hr |
| Standby | 144 hr | 83 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Digital | 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 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50E40 | Samsung ISOCELL GN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 10 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 67 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50D40 | Sony IMX564 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV02F10 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | No | - |
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 |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV16E1Q | Samsung S5K3LU |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) 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 | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | November 2024 | January 2024 |
| Release date | December 2024 | January 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $799 |
| Successor | - ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.87 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.35 W/kg |
| Sensors | - 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, 80 W | 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 ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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