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Realme Neo 8 vs Neo 7

87 out of 100
Realme Neo 8
VS
78 out of 100
Realme Neo 7
Realme Neo 8
Realme Neo 7

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.78-inch Realme Neo 8 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on January 22, 2026, against the Realme Neo 7, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus and came out 1 year 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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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Realme Neo 8
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 7000 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3222K versus 2550K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • 25% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2792 and 2240 points

Review

Evaluation of Realme Neo 8 and Neo 7 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Neo 8
91
Neo 7
87
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Neo 8
79*
Neo 7
68*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Neo 8
93
Neo 7
83
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Neo 8
76
Neo 7
69
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Neo 8
99*
Neo 7
86*
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Neo 8
83
Neo 7
79
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Neo 8
87*
Neo 7
78*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
118.1
(Excellent)
Value Index
142.1
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Neo 8
vs
Neo 7

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1264 x 2780 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 3800 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6500 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Tempered glass Crystal Armor
Screen-to-body ratio 90.4% 89.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 162 mm (6.38 inches) 162.55 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 77.07 mm (3.03 inches) 76.39 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.56 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 215 g (7.58 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass -
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Purple Black, Silver, Blue, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Neo 8 +1%
90.4%
Neo 7
89.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Realme Neo 8 and Realme Neo 7
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
Max clock 3800 MHz 3400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 790
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 1225 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Realme Neo 8 and Realme Neo 7
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Neo 8 +25%
2792
Neo 7
2240
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Neo 8 +27%
9400
Neo 7
7380
Compute Score (GPU)
Neo 8 +16%
17644
Neo 7
15274
Compute Score (GPU) 17644 15274
Single-core score 2792 2240
Multi-core score 9400 7380
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Neo 8 +26%
3222272
Neo 7
2550332
CPU 985008 774602
GPU 1049223 824293
Memory 419700 348705
UX 768341 602732
Total score 3222272 2550332
Samples [7 tests] [16 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Neo 8
n/a
Neo 7
1903
Stability - 66%
Graphics test - 14 FPS
Graphics score - 1903
3DMark Solar Bay
Neo 8
n/a
Neo 7
7941
Graphics test - 30 FPS
Section 1 - 32 FPS
Section 2 - 31 FPS
Section 3 - 27 FPS
Graphics score - 7941
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Neo 8
n/a
Neo 7
5264
Graphics test - 31 FPS
Graphics score - 5264
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Neo 8
n/a
Neo 7
15475
Web score - 16913
Video editing - 5549
Photo editing - 27895
Data manipulation - 16831
Writing score - 22191
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (63rd and 130th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Realme Neo 8
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-10 (Rilmi tech)AnTuTu2982240
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (alexandre)Battery lifeSOT 16:00 / 19:34
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-26 -> quicklywebAnTuTu3307681
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-31 (VUBADAO)AnTuTu3192468
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Weza)AnTuTu3222272
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Realme Neo 7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (ChαΊ₯p hαΊΏt)AnTuTu2585125
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 (sfxyt)GeekBench CPU2238 / 7509
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 -> ALQRN7GeekBench CPU2243 / 7422
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 (Afterlight)AnTuTu2397731
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-05 (viu92)AnTuTu2583878
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
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 15
ROM Realme UI 7.0 Realme UI 6.0
OS updates 3 years 2 years
Security updates 4 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 7000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes -
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 20 min) Yes
Full charging time 1:01 hr -
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Digital
Flash Dual LED 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 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX896 Sony IMX882
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.8 -
Focal length 80 mm -
Sensor Samsung JN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 16 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX480 -
Sensor size 1/3.09" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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* No 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 No

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2026 December 2024
Release date January 2026 December 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $469 $400
Successor - - Realme Neo 8
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W 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 Realme Neo 8 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
37 (74%)
13 (26%)
Total votes: 50

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