Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra vs Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy)) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 65% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1952K versus 1183K)
- Shows 34% longer battery life (26:30 vs 19:45 hours)
- 34% higher pixel density (501 vs 373 PPI)
- Comes with 350 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4650 mAh
- Better grip in hands – the body is 71.2 mm narrower
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- Weighs 25 grams less
- 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2271 and 2048 points
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
- Has a 1.2 inches larger screen size
- Delivers 45% higher peak brightness (2106 against 1456 nits)
- Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- The phone is 7 months newer
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
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 8 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3088 pixels | 2076 x 2152 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 1:1 |
| PPI | 501 ppi | 373 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 2700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Armor | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.5% | 88.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 98.5% |
| PWM | 480 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 4 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.3 mm (6.39 inches) | 155.2 mm (6.11 inches) |
| Width | 79 mm (3.11 inches) | 150.2 mm (5.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 5.1 mm (0.2 inches) |
| Weight | 232 g (8.18 oz) | 257 g (9.07 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IPX8 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow | White, Black |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (for Galaxy) | Google Tensor G4 |
| Max clock | 3390 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (1 + 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 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Mali-G715 MP7 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 1000 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1792 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 474941 | 311982 |
| GPU | 764723 | 442023 |
| Memory | 400984 | 200125 |
| UX | 312032 | 228980 |
| Total score | 1952680 | 1183110 |
| Samples | [29 tests] | Less then 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 46.8 °C | 42.5 °C |
| Stability | 53% | - |
| Graphics test | 95 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 16026 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18245 | - |
| Video editing | 8000 | - |
| Photo editing | 36519 | - |
| Data manipulation | 15998 | - |
| Writing score | 22603 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256, 512, 1024 GB | 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | One UI 6.1 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 28 GB | 27 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4650 mAh |
| Max charge power | 45 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (69% in 30 min) | Yes (46% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:05 hr | 1:36 hr |
| Web browsing | 10:18 hr | 08:24 hr |
| Watching video | 18:00 hr | 12:56 hr |
| Gaming | 05:51 hr | 05:05 hr |
| Standby | 122 hr | 85 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12240 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 127° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 12 MP 4) Ultrawide: 12 MP | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 10.8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 10.5 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP2 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" | 1/2.0" |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 10.8 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.4 | f/3.1 |
| Focal length | 111 mm | 112 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX854 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.52" | 1/3.2" |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 10.5 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" | 1/3.4" |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 55 |
| Preview | 82 | 77 |
| Zoom | 145 | 124 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" | 1/3.94" |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | 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 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 | 5.3 | 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| 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 | - |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2024 | August 2024 |
| Release date | January 2024 | September 2024 |
| Launch price | $1299 | $1799 |
| SAR (head) | 1.06 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.3 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - 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.

