Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) vs Huawei Pura 70
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S24 (Snapdragon) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 17, 2024, against the Huawei Pura 70, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9000S1 and came out 3 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 (Snapdragon)
- 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1951K versus 837K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 75% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2188 and 1252 points
- Weighs 40 grams less
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 70
- Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 4900 vs 4000 mAh
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 25W)
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 11% higher pixel density (460 vs 416 PPI)
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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 | 6.2 inches | 6.6 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1256 x 2760 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 416 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 2500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Kunlun Glass 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 89.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 147 mm (5.79 inches) | 157.6 mm (6.2 inches) |
| Width | 70.6 mm (2.78 inches) | 74.3 mm (2.93 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.95 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 167 g (5.89 oz) | 207 g (7.3 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Yellow | White, Black, Blue, Rose gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | HiSilicon Kirin 9000S1 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | - |
| 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 | - |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | - |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | - |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | - |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | - |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | - |
| GPU clock | 903 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 459276 | 287309 |
| GPU | 815023 | 150681 |
| Memory | 369015 | 221038 |
| UX | 308612 | 178894 |
| Total score | 1951926 | 837922 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | Less then 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 47% | - |
| Graphics test | 104 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 17532 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18173 | - |
| Video editing | 7983 | - |
| Photo editing | 35737 | - |
| Data manipulation | 16376 | - |
| Writing score | 21521 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4266 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128, 256, 512 GB | 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | HarmonyOS (Can be upgraded to HarmonyOS 4.2) |
| ROM | One UI 6.1 | - |
| OS size | 24.1 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 4900 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 66 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (59% in 30 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 1:15 hr | - |
| Web browsing | 07:07 hr | - |
| Watching video | 15:32 hr | - |
| Gaming | 05:03 hr | - |
| Standby | 83 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.4 - 4.0 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL GN3 | Omnivision OV50H |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" | 1/1.3" |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/3.4 |
| Focal length | 67 mm | 125 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL 3K1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" | - |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
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 | 12 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4160 x 3120 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| 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 | No |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2024 | April 2024 |
| Release date | January 2024 | May 2024 |
| Launch price | $799 | $700 |
| SAR (head) | 0.87 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.35 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 | Yes, 66 W |
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.

