New Samsung Galaxy S24 benchmarks are good news for Exynos

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By Vishnu Sarangapurkar
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The results indicate Exynos 2400-powered Galaxy devices are catching up to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-powered Ultra.

Galaxy S24 Plus renders
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What you need to know

  • Samsung could be making last-minute performance optimizations of its upcoming Galaxy S24 series.
  • New Geekbench results showcase performance improvements over previous benchmarked results.
  • The latest results also indicate significant optimizations for the Exynos 2400-powered Galaxy S24 handsets.

Samsung recently confirmed the launch of its next flagship Galaxy S24 series, which is now weeks away. Ahead of the launch, we are again seeing the performance benchmarks of this trio of devices featuring Snapdragon and Exynos chipsets.

The latest results of the Galaxy S24 series, including the Galaxy S24 Plus and the Galaxy S24 Ultra, have shown up on Geekbench (via SamMobile), revealing promising results for the upcoming Galaxy devices. 

The Galaxy S24 Plus, running on Exynos 2400, has scored 2193 for single-core and 6895 points for multi-core. The Ultra, powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, had scored 2297 and 7104 for the same, respectively.

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Galaxy S24 series benchmarks
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These new results are more encouraging than the ones we saw earlier. An interesting aspect of the results is that the Exynos 2400, which powers the Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus models, is catching up to the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s results powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

For context, the older benchmarks of the same handsets featured 2067 (single-core) and 6520 (multi-core) for the Galaxy S24 Plus running Exynos 2400, while the Galaxy S24 Ultra scored 2234 (single-core) and 6807 (multi-core) points running on the flagship Qualcomm processor.

The notable change in benchmark results only suggests Samsung is making performance optimizations for the Galaxy trio, irrespective of the chipset being used ahead of the upcoming launch. Given the reputation of Exynos, this could be good news for regions where Samsung will presumably use this chipset.

The Galaxy S24 series launch is taking place through an Unpacked event in San Jose, California, on January 17. We expect the trio to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset in the U.S., while other select markets may use the Exynos 2400 for the standard S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus.

For the unaware, the Exynos 2400 is the successor to the Exynos 2200 after canceling the Exynos 2300, resulting in the Galaxy S23 series using Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 worldwide. The flagship Exynos 2400 is returning with a 1.7x CPU boost and 14.7x AI boost compared to the predecessor. Yet, the latest benchmarks indicate it still hasn’t matched Qualcomm’s counterpart.

Vishnu Sarangapurkar
Vishnu Sarangapurkar
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Vishnu works as a freelance News Writer for Android Central. For the past four years, he's been writing about consumer technology, primarily involving smartphones, laptops, and every other gizmo connected to the Internet. When he is away from keyboard, you can see him going on a long drive or chilling on a couch binge-watching some crime series.

7 Comments Comment from the forums
  • fuzzylumpkin
    What I would like to see (and definitely won't) is a price cut for Exynos devices.
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  • ironass
    fuzzylumpkin said:
    What I would like to see (and definitely won't) is a price cut for Exynos devices.
    Have experienced this hyperbole regarding the Exynos chipset on at least 4 occasions with different Samsung devices. On each occasion I have been disappointed by its real world performance in comparison to Qualcomm. What really grinds my gears is that we in the U.K. pay more for our devices than the U.S.A. and end up with an inferior product.
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  • mustang7757
    fuzzylumpkin said:
    What I would like to see (and definitely won't) is a price cut for Exynos devices.
    ironass said:
    Have experienced this hyperbole regarding the Exynos chipset on at least 4 occasions with different Samsung devices. On each occasion I have been disappointed by its real world performance in comparison to Qualcomm. What really grinds my gears is that we in the U.K. pay more for our devices than the U.S.A. and end up with an inferior product.
    The s24+ only getting Exynos but you guys on the s24u are getting the Snap dragon from what I Read
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  • Daniel Gomes
    To be honest I really don't understand why Samsung persists with their exynos chips. Qualcomm chips are clearly the best, not only in performance but offer other features like BT5.2, AptX and various other audio features when paired with a Qualcomm equipped headphone, 5G, better video and camera options etc

    Can they really be so much more expensive that it's worthwhile for Samsung to spend billions making their own? If Xiaomi can offer Qualcomm in the budget range they really cannot be that expensive. Plus you've also got MediaTek making good chips now as a cheaper alternative.

    I have seen enough older relatives with budget Samsung's with super slow phones waiting for things to load and apps to open because of the junk Exynos inside to know they are rubbish chips and make for a very bad experience.

    I actually look for Qualcomm equipped devices when looking at a new device, on purpose, for all the benefits it has and here Samsung is still messing around with Exynos rubbish. Waste of time and money.
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  • fuzzylumpkin
    Daniel Gomes said:
    To be honest I really don't understand why Samsung persists with their exynos chips. Qualcomm chips are clearly the best, not only in performance but offer other features like BT5.2, AptX and various other audio features when paired with a Qualcomm equipped headphone, 5G, better video and camera options etc

    Can they really be so much more expensive that it's worthwhile for Samsung to spend billions making their own? If Xiaomi can offer Qualcomm in the budget range they really cannot be that expensive. Plus you've also got MediaTek making good chips now as a cheaper alternative.

    I have seen enough older relatives with budget Samsung's with super slow phones waiting for things to load and apps to open because of the junk Exynos inside to know they are rubbish chips and make for a very bad experience.

    I actually look for Qualcomm equipped devices when looking at a new device, on purpose, for all the benefits it has and here Samsung is still messing around with Exynos rubbish. Waste of time and money.
    They really are that much cheaper for Samsung. And unfortunately, the vast majority of customers would never know the difference or that there were even two variants.
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  • fuzzylumpkin
    mustang7757 said:
    The s24+ only getting Exynos but you guys on the s24u are getting the Snap dragon from what I Read
    Yeah, it won't affect me either way cuz I'm getting an Ultra and if it turns out the Ultra is Exynos I'm keeping my S23U. But I do think other people who get stuck with the Exynos should at least be able to feel like they got a good deal on it to compensate for the lacking performance. #socialism
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  • fuzzylumpkin
    ironass said:
    Have experienced this hyperbole regarding the Exynos chipset on at least 4 occasions with different Samsung devices. On each occasion I have been disappointed by its real world performance in comparison to Qualcomm. What really grinds my gears is that we in the U.K. pay more for our devices than the U.S.A. and end up with an inferior product.
    Yeah, I've complained about the same myself. Paying more for worse products, not to mention trade-ins here being laughable. When I upgraded to the Flip 5 I paid £1050 and got a £440 trade for a pristine 512GB Flip 4. Meanwile over in the colonies they were paying $999 and getting $900 for the same trade... Hard not to feel like Samsung should have bought me dinner first lol.
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