Galaxy Tab S9 FE vs Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
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Here we compared two 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 S8 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 8 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)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (689 against 601 nits)
- Much smaller footprint: 38% more compact case (65.4 vs 105.5 square inches)
- Weighs 203 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
- Has a 3.7 inches larger screen size
- Comes with 3200 mAh larger battery capacity: 11200 vs 8000 mAh
- 74% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1288K versus 741K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Thinner bezels – 9.1% more screen real estate
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Super AMOLED display (versus competitor's TFT LCD)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 10.9 inches | 14.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2304 pixels | 1848 x 2960 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| PPI | 249 ppi | 240 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 120 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 | Gorilla Glass Victus Plus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.7% | 90.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 96.7% | 99.5% |
| PWM | 84400 Hz | 250 Hz |
| Response time | 27 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | 1052:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
14.6″ (16:10 ratio) = 95.8 in2
Galaxy Tab S9 FE
10.9″ (16:10 ratio) = 53.4 in2
~79% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 254.3 mm (10.01 inches) | 326.4 mm (12.85 inches) |
| Width | 165.8 mm (6.53 inches) | 208.6 mm (8.21 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) | 5.5 mm (0.22 inches) |
| Weight | 523 g (18.45 oz) | 726 g (25.61 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Rear material | Metal | Metal |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray, Green, Purple | Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
| Area | 422 cm2 (65.4 inches2) | 681 cm2 (105.5 inches2) |
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (109th and 84th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (84th and 63rd place)
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 1380 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (4 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A78 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G68 MP5 | Adreno 730 |
| GPU shading units | 160 | 1024 |
| GPU clock | 949 MHz | 818 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~303.7 GFLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3076 | 7401 |
| Single-core score | 1014 | 1739 |
| Multi-core score | 2910 | 4000 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 306773 | 494123 |
| GPU | 92101 | 219109 |
| Memory | 125803 | 187196 |
| UX | 216534 | 388048 |
| Total score | 741211 | 1288476 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [48 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 97% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 295 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2300 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10094 | 14520 |
| Video editing | 6776 | 7437 |
| Photo editing | 25266 | 30368 |
| Data manipulation | 10377 | 11430 |
| Writing score | 14346 | 15400 |
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 S8 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Memory
Configuration
| RAM size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| 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 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) |
| ROM | One UI 6.1 | One UI 6.1 |
| OS size | 29 GB | 36.6 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 8000 mAh | 11200 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 45 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:37 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:42 hr | 07:12 hr |
| Watching video | 12:33 hr | 11:24 hr |
| Gaming | 05:38 hr | 07:07 hr |
| Standby | 145 hr | 152 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 8 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | No | LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 13 MP 2) Ultrawide: 6 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 6 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | - |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) 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 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 | 5.3 | 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 |
| 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 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | 4.0 |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2023 | February 2022 |
| Release date | October 2023 | April 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | $1119 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE | - Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra |
| SAR (body) | 0.59 W/kg | 0.69 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Keyboard weight | 345 g | 589 g |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*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 S8 Ultra is definitely a better buy.
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