Oppo Find X8 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch Oppo Find X8 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on April 10, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 5 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X8 Ultra
  • Comes with 1012 mAh larger battery capacity: 6100 vs 5088 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 6x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 40W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 23% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3183K versus 2590K)
  • Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1163 against 1009 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • 11% higher pixel density (510 vs 460 PPI)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
  • Shows 17% longer battery life (33:14 vs 28:25 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • 27% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3940 and 3103 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Oppo Find X8 Ultra and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max crucial features
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.
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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
34.0
(Mediocre)
Value Index
39.5
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1320 x 2868 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 510 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2500 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 91.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.9%
PWM 121 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1163 nits
1009 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.09 mm (6.42 inches) 163.4 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.78 mm (0.35 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 226 g (7.97 oz) 233 g (8.22 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Pink Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Oppo Find X8 Ultra and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 4320 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz:
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Oppo Find X8 Ultra and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
46450
Compute Score (GPU) 25197 46450
Single-core score 3103 3940
Multi-core score 9772 10434
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3183101
CPU 961436 788283
GPU 1059315 922741
Memory 516419 226010
UX 645931 653533
Total score 3183101 2590567
Samples Less than 3 [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 72% 76%
Graphics test 19 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 2512 2487
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 44 FPS 42 FPS
Section 1 49 FPS 47 FPS
Section 2 44 FPS 42 FPS
Section 3 37 FPS 36 FPS
Graphics score 11466 10999
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 37 FPS -
Graphics score 6180 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 21490 -
Video editing 8016 -
Photo editing 29166 -
Data manipulation 17803 -
Writing score 23531 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Oppo Find X8 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 (Md.Imran Shafiq)AnTuTu 112602137
📘 2026-07-31 (xon1005)Geekbench 6 CPU4028 / 10579
📘 2026-06-15 (Domi)AnTuTu 112427596
📘 2026-06-09 (Cristiano)AnTuTu 112258714
📘 2026-05-29 (Joker)AnTuTu 112433128

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM ColorOS 16 -
OS size - 20 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6100 mAh 5088 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 40 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (58% in 15 min) Yes (65% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:37 hr 1:12 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:45 hr 12:36 hr
Watching video 18:49 hr 22:25 hr
Gaming 06:44 hr 08:17 hr
Standby 109 hr 154 hr
General battery life
28:25 hr
33:14 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 6x Optical, 4x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.78
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-900 Sony IMX903
Sensor size 1/1" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.8
Focal length 70 mm 100 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700C Sony IMX973
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX972
Sensor size 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 175 -
Zoom 151 -
Samples Photo samples of Oppo Find X8 Ultra from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor LYT-506 Sony IMX914
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

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 5.4 6.0
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 Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
84.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2025 September 2025
Release date April 2025 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1199
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro Max:
    - Battery is 5,088 mAh on the eSIM-only model (vs 4,832 mAh on the Nano SIM + eSIM version).
    - The Chinese model alone includes dual Nano SIM slots and 15 W wireless charging.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. It has a better gaming, battery life, connectivity, software, design, and sound.

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OSNA November 18, 2025 at 05:07 AM
Oppo not bad , to much smartphone
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Luis November 10, 2025 at 05:23 PM
Ok everything but... How can the site say that the iPhone 17 pro max is better designed than the Oppo💀🥀
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wefwfeg January 16, 2026 at 03:15 PM
because it is in real world use lmfao
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