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PhonesSamsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G
Smartphone
- Display diagonal
- 6.40 in*
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz*
- Battery capacity
- 4,500 mAh*
Benchmark results
- AnTuTu · 12 · cpu302,141* pointsAndroid Compare results
Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
- AnTuTu · version unreported · cpu193,615* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
- AnTuTu · 12 · gpu139,553* pointsAndroid Compare results
Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
- AnTuTu · version unreported · gpu288,695* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
- AnTuTu · 12 · mem212,809* pointsAndroid Compare results
Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
- AnTuTu · version unreported · mem135,006* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
- AnTuTu · version unreported · total768,677* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
- AnTuTu · 12 · total862,373* pointsAndroid Compare results
Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
- AnTuTu · 8 · Unspecified workload566,529* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
- AnTuTu · 9 · Unspecified workload719,696* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
- AnTuTu · version unreported · ux151,363* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
- AnTuTu · 12 · ux207,870* pointsAndroid Compare results
Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
- Geekbench · 5.1 · Unspecified workload3,049* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
- GFXBench · version unreported · Unspecified workload · ES 3.1 onscreen56* fpsPlatform unreported Compare results
Display
- Display diagonal
- 6.40 in*
- Display pixel density
- 403 ppi*
- Resolution
- 1080 × 2340*
- Panel
- Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+*
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz*
- Horizontal pixels
- Display: 1,080 px
- Vertical pixels
- Display: 2,340 px
Displays
- Display*
- Diagonal
- 6.40 in*
- Horizontal pixels
- 1,080 px*
- Vertical pixels
- 2,340 px*
- Technology
- Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+*
- Maximum refresh rate
- 120 Hz*
Memory & storage
Memory configurations
- 6 GB RAM / 128 GB*
- Memory
- 6 GB*
- Capacity
- 128 GB*
- 8 GB RAM / 128 GB*
- Memory
- 8 GB*
- Capacity
- 128 GB*
- 6 GB RAM / 256 GB*
- Memory
- 6 GB*
- Capacity
- 256 GB*
- 8 GB RAM / 256 GB*
- Memory
- 8 GB*
- Capacity
- 256 GB*
Memory options
- 6 GB*
- Capacity
- 6 GB*
- 8 GB*
- Capacity
- 8 GB*
Storage options
- 128 GB*
- Capacity
- 128 GB*
- 256 GB*
- Capacity
- 256 GB*
Cameras
- Front selfie* Estimated light-capture index≈ 1.6* Estimated · full frame at f/2 = 100 Nominal format · 4:3 estimate
- Resolution
- 32 MP*
- Position
- Front*
- Role
- selfie*
- Aperture
- 2.20 f-number*
- Optical format
- 1/2.74*
- Rear wide* Estimated light-capture index≈ 5.7* Estimated · full frame at f/2 = 100 Nominal format · 4:3 estimate
- Resolution
- 12 MP*
- Position
- Rear*
- Role
- wide*
- Aperture
- 1.80 f-number*
- Stabilization
- OIS*
- Optical format
- 1/1.76*
- Rear telephoto* Estimated light-capture index≈ 0.5* Estimated · full frame at f/2 = 100 Nominal format · 4:3 estimate
- Resolution
- 8 MP*
- Position
- Rear*
- Role
- telephoto*
- Aperture
- 2.40 f-number*
- Stabilization
- OIS*
- Optical zoom
- 3 x*
- Optical format
- 1/4.5*
- Rear ultrawide* Estimated light-capture index≈ 1.3* Estimated · full frame at f/2 = 100 Nominal format · 4:3 estimate
- Resolution
- 12 MP*
- Position
- Rear*
- Role
- ultrawide*
- Aperture
- 2.20 f-number*
- Optical format
- 1/3.0*
Area-based index at equal illumination, f-number and exposure time. Not a camera-quality rating; lens transmission, sensor efficiency and processing are excluded.
Area/aperture estimates assume equal scene brightness and exposure time; full frame at f/2 = 100. Nominal-format estimates assume 4:3. Lens transmission, sensor efficiency and processing are not included.
Battery & charging
- Battery capacity
- 4,500 mAh*
Charging
- Wired*
- Rated charging power
- 25 W*
- Technology
- wired*
- Variant / details
- Source-declared charging power; compatible charger and conditions unspecified*
- Wireless*
- Rated charging power
- 15 W*
- Technology
- wireless*
- Variant / details
- Source-declared charging power; compatible charger and conditions unspecified*
Connectivity & software
- Operating system
- Android 12, up to 4 major Android upgrades, One UI 8*
- Cellular networks
- GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G*
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct*
- Bluetooth
- 5.0, A2DP, LE*
- NFC
- Yes*
Sensors
- accelerometer*
- compass*
- Fingerprint (under display, optical)*
- gyro*
- proximity*
Design & dimensions
- Dimensions
- 155.7 x 74.5 x 7.9 mm (6.13 x 2.93 x 0.31 in)*
- Weight
- 177 g*
Colors
- Graphite*
- Lavender*
- Olive*
- White*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 5 fields
- AnTuTu · cpu
- suite
- AnTuTu
- workload
- cpu
- score
- 193,615*
- unit
- points
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
- AnTuTu · gpu
- suite
- AnTuTu
- workload
- gpu
- score
- 288,695*
- unit
- points
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
- AnTuTu · mem
- suite
- AnTuTu
- workload
- mem
- score
- 135,006*
- unit
- points
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
- AnTuTu · total
- suite
- AnTuTu
- workload
- total
- score
- 768,677*
- unit
- points
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
- AnTuTu · ux
- suite
- AnTuTu
- workload
- ux
- score
- 151,363*
- unit
- points
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Chipset
- S-888*
- Memory configuration
- 8+256*
Specifications 2 · 5 fields
- AnTuTu v12 · cpu
- suite
- AnTuTu
- version
- 12
- workload
- cpu
- score
- 302,141*
- unit
- points
- platform
- Android
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
- AnTuTu v12 · gpu
- suite
- AnTuTu
- version
- 12
- workload
- gpu
- score
- 139,553*
- unit
- points
- platform
- Android
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
- AnTuTu v12 · mem
- suite
- AnTuTu
- version
- 12
- workload
- mem
- score
- 212,809*
- unit
- points
- platform
- Android
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
- AnTuTu v12 · total
- suite
- AnTuTu
- version
- 12
- workload
- total
- score
- 862,373*
- unit
- points
- platform
- Android
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
- AnTuTu v12 · ux
- suite
- AnTuTu
- version
- 12
- workload
- ux
- score
- 207,870*
- unit
- points
- platform
- Android
Scope and conditions
- Test conditions
- Tested device
- Galaxy S21 FE 5G*
- Tested chipset
- E-2100*
- Memory configuration
- 6+128*
- Period
- 2026-09*
- Market
- Global excluding mainland China*
- Statistic
- Mean of valid results*
- Device class
- Smartphone*
Specifications 3 · 64 fields
- Battery · Charging
- 25W wired, PD3.0, 50% in 30 min 15W wireless Reverse wireless*
- Battery · Type
- Li-Ion 4500 mAh*
- Body · Build
- Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame*
- Body · Dimensions
- 155.7 x 74.5 x 7.9 mm (6.13 x 2.93 x 0.31 in)*
- Body · Features
- IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)*
- Body · SIM
- · Nano-SIM · Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM*
- Body · Weight
- 177 g (6.24 oz)*
- Comms · Bluetooth
- 5.0, A2DP, LE*
- Comms · NFC
- Yes*
- Comms · Positioning
- GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO*
- Comms · Radio
- Unspecified*
- Comms · USB
- USB Type-C, OTG*
- Comms · WLAN
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct*
- Display · Protection
- Corning Gorilla Glass Victus*
- Display · Resolution
- 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~403 ppi density)*
- Display · Size
- 6.4 inches, 100.5 cm2 (~86.7% screen-to-body ratio)*
- Display · Type
- Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+*
- Features · Features
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)*
- Features · Sensors
- Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass*
- Launch · Announced
- 2022, January 04*
- Launch · Status
- Available. Released 2022, January 07*
- Main Camera · Features
- LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama*
- Main Camera · Triple
- 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 8 MP, f/2.4, 76mm (telephoto), 1/4.5", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/3.0", 1.12µm*
- Main Camera · Video
- 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR10+, gyro-EIS*
- Memory · Card slot
- No*
- Memory · Features
- UFS 3.1*
- Memory · Internal
- 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM*
- Misc · Colors
- White, Graphite, Lavender, Olive*
- Misc · Models
- SM-G990B, SM-G990B/DS, SM-G990U, SM-G990U1, SM-G990W, SM-G990E, SM-G9900, SM-G990B2, SM-G990U2, SM-G990W2, SM-G990U3*
- Historical price
- $ 149.00 / £ 168.79 / € 259.99*
- Misc · SAR
- 0.77 W/kg (head) 0.90 W/kg (body)*
- Misc · SAR EU
- 0.95 W/kg (head) 1.48 W/kg (body)*
- Network · 2G bands
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900*
- Network · 3G bands
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100*
- Network · 4G bands
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 38, 40, 41, 66 - International*
- Network · 5G bands
- 1, 3, 5, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - International*
- Network · Features
- CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA CDMA2000 1xEV-DO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 29, 25, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48, 66, 71 - USA 41, 66, 71, 260, 261 SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - USA*
- Network · Speed
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat19 1600/200 Mbps, 5G*
- Network · Technology
- GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G*
- Our Tests · Battery (old)
- Endurance rating 92h*
- Our Tests · Camera
- Photo / Video*
- Our Tests · Display
- 792 nits max brightness (measured)*
- Our Tests · Loudspeaker
- -26.9 LUFS (Good)*
- Our Tests · Performance
- AnTuTu: 566529* (v8), 719696* (v9) GeekBench: 3049* (v5.1) GFXBench: 56*fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
- Platform · Chipset
- Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) - Version 1 Exynos 2100 (5 nm) - Version 2*
- Platform · CPU
- Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A55) - Version 1 Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - Version 2*
- Platform · GPU
- Adreno 660 - Version 1 Mali-G78 MP14 - Version 2*
- Platform · OS
- Android 12, up to 4 major Android upgrades, One UI 8*
- Selfie camera · Features
- HDR*
- Selfie camera · Single
- 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.74", 0.8µm*
- Selfie camera · Video
- 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS*
- Sound · 3.5mm jack
- No*
- Sound · Features
- 32-bit/384kHz audio*
- Sound · Loudspeaker
- Yes, with stereo speakers*
- Benchmark results
- benchmark
- AnTuTu
- version
- 8
- score
- 566,529*
- unit
- points
- workload
- unspecified
- tested_configuration
- unspecified
- benchmark
- AnTuTu
- version
- 9
- score
- 719,696*
- unit
- points
- workload
- unspecified
- tested_configuration
- unspecified
- benchmark
- GeekBench
- version
- 5.1
- score
- 3,049*
- unit
- points
- workload
- unspecified
- tested_configuration
- unspecified
- benchmark
- GFXBench
- score
- 56.0*
- unit
- fps
- scenario
- ES 3.1 onscreen
- version
- Not reported
- workload
- unspecified
- tested_configuration
- unspecified
- Camera optical formats
- Front selfie
- Resolution
- 32.0* MP
- Position
- Front*
- Role
- selfie*
- Aperture
- 2.2* f-number
- Optical format
- 1/2.74*
- Camera optical formats
- Rear wide
- Resolution
- 12.0* MP
- Position
- Rear*
- Role
- wide*
- Aperture
- 1.8* f-number
- Stabilization
- OIS*
- Optical format
- 1/1.76*
- Rear telephoto
- Resolution
- 8.0* MP
- Position
- Rear*
- Role
- telephoto*
- Aperture
- 2.4* f-number
- Stabilization
- OIS*
- Optical zoom
- 3.0* x
- Optical format
- 1/4.5*
- Rear ultrawide
- Resolution
- 12.0* MP
- Position
- Rear*
- Role
- ultrawide*
- Aperture
- 2.2* f-number
- Optical format
- 1/3.0*
- Charging
- Wired
- Rated charging power
- 25.0* W
- Technology
- wired*
- Variant / details
- Source-declared charging power; compatible charger and conditions unspecified*
- Wireless
- Rated charging power
- 15.0* W
- Technology
- wireless*
- Variant / details
- Source-declared charging power; compatible charger and conditions unspecified*
- Colors
- White
- White*
- Graphite
- Graphite*
- Lavender
- Lavender*
- Olive
- Olive*
- Display
- Display
- Diagonal
- 6.4* in
- Horizontal pixels
- 1,080* px
- Vertical pixels
- 2,340* px
- Technology
- Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+*
- Maximum refresh rate
- 120.0* Hz
- Front cameras
- Front selfie
- Resolution
- 32.0* MP
- Position
- Front*
- Role
- selfie*
- Aperture
- 2.2* f-number
- Memory options
- 6 GB
- Capacity
- 6.0* GB
- 8 GB
- Capacity
- 8.0* GB
- 128 GB
- Capacity
- 128.0* GB
- 256 GB
- Capacity
- 256.0* GB
- 6 GB RAM / 128 GB
- Memory
- 6.0* GB
- Capacity
- 128.0* GB
- 8 GB RAM / 128 GB
- Memory
- 8.0* GB
- Capacity
- 128.0* GB
- 6 GB RAM / 256 GB
- Memory
- 6.0* GB
- Capacity
- 256.0* GB
- 8 GB RAM / 256 GB
- Memory
- 8.0* GB
- Capacity
- 256.0* GB
- Rear cameras
- Rear wide
- Resolution
- 12.0* MP
- Position
- Rear*
- Role
- wide*
- Aperture
- 1.8* f-number
- Stabilization
- OIS*
- Rear telephoto
- Resolution
- 8.0* MP
- Position
- Rear*
- Role
- telephoto*
- Aperture
- 2.4* f-number
- Stabilization
- OIS*
- Optical zoom
- 3.0* x
- Rear ultrawide
- Resolution
- 12.0* MP
- Position
- Rear*
- Role
- ultrawide*
- Aperture
- 2.2* f-number
- Sensors
- Fingerprint (under display, optical)
- Fingerprint (under display, optical)*
- accelerometer
- accelerometer*
- gyro
- gyro*
- proximity
- proximity*
- compass
- compass*
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* Provisional data