Galaxy Tab S9 FE vs Galaxy Tab S7 FE
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Here we compared two mid-range tablets: the 10.9-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE (with Exynos 1380) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G and came out 2 years and 5 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 Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 65% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (741K versus 448K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- Delivers 33% higher peak brightness (697 against 524 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
- More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
- Much smaller footprint: 20% more compact case (65.4 vs 81.7 square inches)
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE
- Has a 1.5 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 2090 mAh larger battery capacity: 10090 vs 8000 mAh
- Shows 19% longer battery life (29:44 vs 25:00 hours)
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 | TFT LCD | TFT LCD |
| Size | 10.9 inches | 12.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2304 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 249 ppi | 243 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 750 nits | 600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.7% | 84.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - |
| RGB color space | 96.7% | 98.8% |
| PWM | 84400 Hz | 63290 Hz |
| Response time | 27 ms | 32 ms |
| Contrast | 1052:1 | 2814:1 |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S7 FE
12.4″ (16:10 ratio) = 69.1 in2
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
10.9″ (16:10 ratio) = 53.4 in2
~29% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) | 284.8 mm (11.21 inches) |
| Width | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) | 185 mm (7.28 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) | 6.3 mm (0.25 inches) |
| Weight | 523 g (18.45 oz) | 608 g (21.45 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray, Green, Purple | Black, Silver, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Area | 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) | 527 cm2 (81.6 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (109th and 120th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (84th and 93rd place)
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1380 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 570 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 570 Gold (Cortex-A77) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 694 |
| Graphics | Mali-G68 MP5 | Adreno 642L |
| GPU shading units | 160 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 949 MHz | 800 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~303.7 GFLOPS | ~409.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3076 | 2433 |
| Single-core score | 1014 | 1017 |
| Multi-core score | 2910 | 2875 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 306773 | 174482 |
| GPU | 92101 | 31639 |
| Memory | 125803 | 94636 |
| UX | 216534 | 147429 |
| Total score | 741211 | 448186 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 97% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 295 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 99% |
| Graphics test | - | 2 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 335 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10094 | 7042 |
| Video editing | 6776 | 5665 |
| Photo editing | 25266 | 17842 |
| Data manipulation | 10377 | 7372 |
| Writing score | 14346 | 8986 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-15 -> AzuNoBel | AnTuTu | 741211 |
| 📘 2026-03-27 (DanielDuca12) | AnTuTu | 696034 |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | One UI 6.1 | One UI 5.1 |
| OS size | 29 GB | 17 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 8000 mAh | 10090 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 40 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:42 hr | 10:34 hr |
| Watching video | 12:33 hr | 14:32 hr |
| Gaming | 05:38 hr | 07:08 hr |
| Standby | 145 hr | 172 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3264 x 2448 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| Slow motion | - | No |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 5 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 2096 x 1572 |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | No |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | No | No |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 18 |
| 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 | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | October 2023 | May 2021 |
| Release date | October 2023 | June 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | $529 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE | - Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE |
| SAR (body) | 0.59 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass |
| Keyboard weight | 345 g | - |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 15 W |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy Tab S7 FE:
- The Wi-Fi version features a Snapdragon 778G processor, while the LTE model – a Snapdragon 750G.
- The 5G version includes a gyroscope and Bluetooth 5.0, while the Wi-Fi version has Bluetooth 5.2.
*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 Tab S9 FE is definitely a better buy.
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