Oppo Find X9 vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro

90 out of 100
Oppo Find X9
VS
91 out of 100
Apple iPhone 17 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.59-inch Oppo Find X9 (with MediaTek Dimensity 9500) that was released on October 16, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X9
  • Comes with 2773 mAh larger battery capacity: 7025 vs 4252 mAh
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 40W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 34% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3400K versus 2538K)
  • Delivers 10% higher peak brightness (1115 against 1016 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • 28% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3992 and 3107 points

Review

Evaluation of Oppo Find X9 and Apple iPhone 17 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
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
61.2
(Average)
Value Index
23.7
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1256 x 2760 pixels 1206 x 2622 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 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 90.3% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.9% -
PWM 474 Hz -
Response time 20 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
Find X9
6.59″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
iPhone 17 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Find X9 +10%
1115 nits
1016 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 156.98 mm (6.18 inches) 150 mm (5.91 inches)
Width 73.93 mm (2.91 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 7.99 mm (0.31 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 203 g (7.16 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Red Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability Good (3.71/5) Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance Average (D) · 45 drops Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Oppo Find X9 and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 4210 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro
- 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium
- 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 16 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 990 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1716 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Oppo Find X9 and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3107
3992
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9557
10688
Compute Score (GPU)
28255
44342
Compute Score (GPU) 28255 44342
Single-core score 3107 3992
Multi-core score 9557 10688
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Find X9 +34%
3400423
2538751
CPU 966933 753740
GPU 1291009 926158
Memory 423697 217137
UX 718784 641716
Total score 3400423 2538751
Samples [7 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 52% -
Graphics test 23 FPS -
Graphics score 3119 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 48 FPS -
Section 1 55 FPS -
Section 2 48 FPS -
Section 3 41 FPS -
Graphics score 12571 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11502 -
Video editing 5863 -
Photo editing 23536 -
Data manipulation 12903 -
Writing score 19110 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Oppo Find X9
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-01 (Azad Boyka)AnTuTu3406583
📘 2026-07-13 (Dazza29)GeekBench GPU24276
📘 2026-07-13 (Dazza29)GeekBench CPU1953 / 3134
📘 2026-06-29 (No name)AnTuTu3272691
📘 2026-05-28 (Aditya)GeekBench CPU3107 / 9557
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-03 (Vin)GeekBench CPU3890 / 10107
📘 2026-05-11 (Atti rajan)AnTuTu2301246
📘 2026-04-10 (Resul)AnTuTu2538751
📘 2026-02-23 (FiLsImRoZeR)AnTuTu2106484
📘 2026-02-16 (vyetech)GeekBench CPU3992 / 10688

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5333 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 16 iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM ColorOS 16 -
OS size 14 GB -
OS updates 5 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7025 mAh 4252 mAh
Max charge power 80 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 No
Fast charging Yes (54% in 30 min) Yes (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:15 hr 1:18 hr
Battery cycles 1300 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:51 hr
Watching video - 19:54 hr
Gaming - 06:49 hr
Standby - 117 hr
General battery life
n/a
26:48 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 4x
Flash 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 60FPS 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) 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/1.65 f/1.78
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-808 Sony IMX903
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.8
Focal length 73 mm 100 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Sony IMX973
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 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 1/2.76" (≈ 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 - 170
Zoom - 141
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution - 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX914
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No 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 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
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, 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* 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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
82.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 September 2025
Release date October 2025 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $1099
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, 80 W Not included
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro:
    - The eSIM-only model has a larger battery than the Nano SIM + eSIM version – 4,252 mAh vs. 3,988 mAh.
    - Only the Chinese version offers dual Nano SIM slots and it also has a weaker 15-watt wireless charging system.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 17 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Oppo Find X9.

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