Oppo Find X8 vs Apple iPhone 16
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.59-inch Oppo Find X8 (with Mediatek Dimensity 9400) that was released on October 24, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 16, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 2 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X8
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 2069 mAh larger battery capacity: 5630 vs 3561 mAh
- 45% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2884K versus 1985K)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 30W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has a 0.49 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16
- Shows 33% longer battery life (29:45 vs 22:26 hours)
- Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1708 against 1362 nits)
- 22% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3431 and 2817 points
- Weighs 23 grams less
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.59 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1256 x 2760 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.6% | 86.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.7% |
| PWM | - | 60 Hz |
| Response time | - | 3 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Find X8
6.59″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
iPhone 16
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.35 mm (6.19 inches) | 147.6 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 74.33 mm (2.93 inches) | 71.6 mm (2.82 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 193 g (6.81 oz) | 170 g (6 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Pink | White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.8/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Mediatek Dimensity 9400 | Apple A18 |
| Max clock | 3620 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.62 GHz: Cortex-X925 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 890 | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1612 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~4952.1 GFLOPS | ~1907 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 21515 | 28010 |
| Single-core score | 2817 | 3431 |
| Multi-core score | 8739 | 8638 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 886862 | 621688 |
| GPU | 990238 | 592569 |
| Memory | 373773 | 184239 |
| UX | 634100 | 587104 |
| Total score | 2884973 | 1985600 |
| Samples | [15 tests] | [16 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 62% | 75% |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2422 | 1579 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 42 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 1 | 47 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 2 | 43 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 3 | 37 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 11119 | 6781 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Graphics test | 37 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 6339 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18471 | - |
| Video editing | 6861 | - |
| Photo editing | 30985 | - |
| Data manipulation | 16334 | - |
| Writing score | 18942 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#118th place)
Recent User Tests
Oppo Find X8
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-04 -> linematcha | AnTuTu 11 | 2860237 |
| 📘 2026-01-25 (Nguyeen) | AnTuTu 11 | 2966814 |
| 📘 2026-01-16 (Wezi) | AnTuTu 11 | 3008410 |
| 📘 2026-01-06 (MaksatGizzat) | AnTuTu 11 | 3239067 |
| 📘 2026-01-04 (MaksatGizzat) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2830 / 8933 |
Apple iPhone 16
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-30 (Dddd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1905485 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (vovachips) | AnTuTu 11 | 1842572 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3531 / 9122 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | AnTuTu 11 | 2045650 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Sepehr Naraghipour) | AnTuTu 11 | 2018367 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | ColorOS 16 | - |
| OS size | - | 16 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5630 mAh | 3561 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (70% in 30 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:52 hr | 1:42 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:03 hr | 13:44 hr |
| Watching video | 14:03 hr | 18:09 hr |
| Gaming | 06:50 hr | 05:56 hr |
| Standby | 102 hr | 130 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#51st place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-700 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | - |
| Focal length | 73 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-600 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 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 | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 84 |
| Zoom | - | 116 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX615 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| 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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.0 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | 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 |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2024 | September 2024 |
| Release date | October 2024 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $590 | $799 |
| Successor | - Oppo Find X9 | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.41 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 80 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Find X8:
- The Chinese model has USB 2.0; the international one gets 3.0.
Notes on iPhone 16:
- The US model is eSIM-only, while the international version offers both a physical SIM slot and eSIM support.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Oppo Find X8. But if the battery life, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 16.
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