Oppo Find X9 Ultra vs X7 Ultra

95 out of 100
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
VS
81 out of 100
Oppo Find X7 Ultra

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 X7 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 2 years and 3 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 189% higher peak brightness (3377 against 1167 nits)
  • 76% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4231K versus 2402K)
  • Comes with 2050 mAh larger battery capacity: 7050 vs 5000 mAh
  • Shows 43% longer battery life (37:00 vs 25:51 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • The phone is 2 years and 3 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Oppo Find X9 Ultra and X7 Ultra 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 75% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from Oppo Find X7 Ultra to Oppo Find X9 Ultra makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: battery life, gaming, and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 20:9
PPI 510 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 2600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 97.9%
PWM 90 Hz 91 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
3377 nits
1167 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.16 mm (6.42 inches) 164.3 mm (6.47 inches)
Width 76.97 mm (3.03 inches) 76.2 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 8.65 mm (0.34 inches) 9.5 mm (0.37 inches)
Weight 235 g (8.29 oz) 221 g (7.8 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Green, Orange Black, Blue, Brown
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Oppo Find X9 Ultra and Oppo Find X7 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 4600 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1200 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Oppo Find X9 Ultra and Oppo Find X7 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3536
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10744
Compute Score (GPU)
27916
Compute Score (GPU) 27916 14791
Single-core score 3536 2030
Multi-core score 10744 6160
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
4231988
2402592
CPU 1184661 667687
GPU 1577144 814281
Memory 509054 353947
UX 961129 566677
Total score 4231988 2402592
Samples [5 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 61%
Graphics test - 12 FPS
Graphics score - 1681
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 56%
Graphics test - 32 FPS
Section 1 - 36 FPS
Section 2 - 33 FPS
Section 3 - 28 FPS
Graphics score - 8534
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 57%
Graphics test - 29 FPS
Graphics score - 4895
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 11514
Video editing - 6235
Photo editing - 31190
Data manipulation - 14496
Writing score - 19406
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (24th and 176th place)

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 X7 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-26 (Vadim)AnTuTu 112402592
📘 2026-02-02 (ice_angels)AnTuTu 112411236
📘 2025-09-29 -> 310710AlAnTuTu 112189333
📘 2024-07-23 (Nick)Geekbench 6 GPU14791
📘 2024-07-23 (Nick)Geekbench 6 CPU2030 / 6160

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4266 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM ColorOS 16 ColorOS 15
OS size 31.6 GB -
OS updates 5 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 7050 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 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 (70% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:45 hr 0:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:45 hr 11:41 hr
Watching video 26:15 hr 17:53 hr
Gaming 08:23 hr 05:12 hr
Standby 144 hr 105 hr
General battery life
37:00 hr
25:51 hr
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (12th and 146th place)

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 10x Optical, 6x
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° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) 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 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA-901 Sony LYT-900
Sensor size 1/1.12" (≈ 0.89 inch) 1/0" (≈ Infinity inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.6
Focal length 70 mm 65 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV52A Sony IMX890
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 14 mm 14 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA-600 Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 185 85
Preview - 79
Zoom 173 156
Samples Photo samples of Oppo Find X9 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Oppo Find X7 Ultra 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 LYT-506
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 Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

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 6.0 5.4
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, DP 1.4
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No -
Speakers test
Max loudness
88.9 dB
89.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2026 January 2024
Release date May 2026 January 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $850
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, 100 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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