Oppo Find X9 Ultra vs X5 Pro

95 out of 100
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
VS
64 out of 100
Oppo Find X5 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch Oppo Find X9 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on April 21, 2026, against the Oppo Find X5 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 4 years and 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X9 Ultra
  • Delivers 343% higher peak brightness (3377 against 762 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
  • 3.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4231K versus 1210K)
  • Shows 86% longer battery life (37:00 vs 19:51 hours)
  • Comes with 2050 mAh larger battery capacity: 7050 vs 5000 mAh
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • The phone is 4 years and 2 months newer
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X5 Pro
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology

Review

Evaluation of Oppo Find X9 Ultra and X5 Pro 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
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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 96% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Oppo Find X5 Pro to Oppo Find X9 Ultra is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1440 x 3216 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 20:9
PPI 510 ppi 526 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 98.1%
PWM 90 Hz 361 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
3377 nits
762 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.16 mm (6.42 inches) 163.7 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 76.97 mm (3.03 inches) 73.9 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.65 mm (0.34 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 235 g (8.29 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Ceramic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Green, Orange White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90%
89.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Oppo Find X9 Ultra and Oppo Find X5 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 4600 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 8 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 1200 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Oppo Find X9 Ultra and Oppo Find X5 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3536
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10744
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 27916 -
Single-core score 3536 1447
Multi-core score 10744 3778
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
4231988
1210655
CPU 1184661 372775
GPU 1577144 367844
Memory 509054 152243
UX 961129 317793
Total score 4231988 1210655
Samples [5 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 15 FPS
Graphics score - 2555
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 10084
Video editing - 5934
Photo editing - 24107
Data manipulation - 9990
Writing score - 17026

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-21 (IlyaLub)AnTuTu 114231988
📘 2026-07-19 (KY.w)Geekbench 6 GPU23623
📘 2026-07-19 (KY.w)Geekbench 6 CPU3536 / 10744
📘 2026-07-19 (KY.w)AnTuTu 113766077
📘 2026-07-15 (IlyaLub)AnTuTu 114231988
Oppo Find X5 Pro
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 12.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM ColorOS 16 ColorOS 12.1
OS size 31.6 GB 24.1 GB
OS updates 5 years 3 years
Security updates 6 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 7050 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (75% in 30 min) Yes (91% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:40 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:45 hr 08:01 hr
Watching video 26:15 hr 13:05 hr
Gaming 08:23 hr 05:30 hr
Standby 144 hr 88 hr
General battery life
37:00 hr
19:51 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8700 x 5800
Zoom Optical, 10x Optical, 2x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 110°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 13 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.5 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 25 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA-901 Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/1.12" (≈ 0.89 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 70 mm 52 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV52A Samsung S5K3M5
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm 15 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA-600 Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
175
Video quality
161
Generic main camera score
170
Bokeh 185 65
Preview - 70
Zoom 173 127
Samples Photo samples of Oppo Find X9 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Oppo Find X5 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6128 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL JN5 Sony IMX709
Sensor size 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 119
Video - 113

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (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 6.0 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
- USB-Host mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
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 No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
88.9 dB
89.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2026 February 2022
Release date May 2026 March 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $1390
Successor - - Oppo Find X9 Ultra
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Oppo Find X9 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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