Oppo Find X9s Pro vs Apple iPhone 18 Pro

91 out of 100
Oppo Find X9s Pro
VS
93 out of 100
Apple iPhone 18 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.32-inch Oppo Find X9s Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9500) that was released on April 21, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 18 Pro, which is powered by Apple A20 Pro and came out 4 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 X9s Pro
  • Comes with 2737 mAh larger battery capacity: 7025 vs 4288 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.1)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 60W)
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 18 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • 43% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4719 and 3302 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Oppo Find X9s Pro and Apple iPhone 18 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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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
67.0
(Good)
Value Index
39.5
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.32 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1206 x 2622 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes 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 300 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.4% -
PWM 167 Hz -
Response time 3 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1109 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 150.5 mm (5.93 inches) 150 mm (5.91 inches)
Width 71.7 mm (2.82 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 198 g (6.98 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Gray, Blue, Orange Black, Silver, Blue, Burgundy
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
90.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Oppo Find X9s Pro and Apple iPhone 18 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Apple A20 Pro
Max clock 4210 MHz 4930 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 2.64 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.93 GHz:
L3 cache 16 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 2 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 990 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 7 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 1716 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS ~2903 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Oppo Find X9s Pro and Apple iPhone 18 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
4719
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10598
12677
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 54892
Single-core score 3302 4719
Multi-core score 10598 12677
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3274090
3428810
CPU 909385 878447
GPU 1204662 1412240
Memory 403028 421127
UX 757015 716996
Total score 3274090 3428810
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Oppo Find X9s Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-27 (zwatoo)AnTuTu 113274090
Apple iPhone 18 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> LiberoGeekbench 6 CPU4707 / 12705
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 -> LiberoGeekbench 6 GPU65077
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu 113659652
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (ThΓ©o's)AnTuTu 113428810
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (hiya)Geekbench 6 GPU64915

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 4800 MHz
Channels 4 3
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 27
ROM ColorOS 16 -
OS size 58 GB -
OS updates 5 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7025 mAh 4288 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 60 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 Yes No
Fast charging Yes Yes (80% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:50 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution - 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 2.8x Optical, 4x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 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
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.5 - 4.0
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP9 -
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.8
Focal length 65 mm 100 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP5 -
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 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 ISOCELL JN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

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 - CMOS
Pixel size - 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 6.1 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* 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
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2026 September 2026
Release date May 2026 September 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $780 $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, 80 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, gaming, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 18 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Oppo Find X9s Pro.

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