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Sony Xperia 1 VIII vs Oppo Find X9 Ultra

87 out of 100
Sony Xperia 1 VIII
VS
96 out of 100
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
Sony Xperia 1 VIII
Oppo Find X9 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.5-inch Sony Xperia 1 VIII (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on May 13, 2026, against the Oppo Find X9 Ultra, which is powered by the same chip 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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  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 Sony Xperia 1 VIII
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 35 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X9 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
  • Delivers 139% higher peak brightness (3389 against 1417 nits)
  • Comes with 2050 mAh larger battery capacity: 7050 vs 5000 mAh
  • 29% higher pixel density (510 vs 396 PPI)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.32 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4231K versus 3842K)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Sony Xperia 1 VIII and Oppo Find X9 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
25.1
(Mediocre)
Value Index
38.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xperia 1 VIII
vs
Find X9 Ultra

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.5 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.8:9
PPI 396 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1500 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2200 nits 3600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 86.5% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 97.5% 99.5%
PWM 240 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Find X9 Ultra
6.82β€³ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Xperia 1 VIII
6.5β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xperia 1 VIII
1417 nits
Find X9 Ultra +139%
3389 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162 mm (6.38 inches) 163.16 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 74 mm (2.91 inches) 76.97 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.65 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 200 g (7.05 oz) 235 g (8.29 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gold, Red White, Green, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Sony Xperia 1 VIII and Oppo Find X9 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4610 MHz 4600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Sony Xperia 1 VIII and Oppo Find X9 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xperia 1 VIII
9923
Find X9 Ultra +8%
10744
Compute Score (GPU)
Xperia 1 VIII +2%
28578
Find X9 Ultra
27916
Compute Score (GPU) 28578 27916
Single-core score 3522 3536
Multi-core score 9923 10744
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xperia 1 VIII
3842882
Find X9 Ultra +10%
4231988
CPU 1085245 1184661
GPU 1325452 1577144
Memory 568742 509054
UX 863443 961129
Total score 3842882 4231988
Samples Less than 3 [5 tests]
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (27th and 9th place)
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Recent User Tests

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Oppo Find X9 Ultra
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πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 (IlyaLub)AnTuTu4231988
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (KY.w)GeekBench GPU23623
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (KY.w)GeekBench CPU3536 / 10744
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (KY.w)AnTuTu3766077
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (IlyaLub)AnTuTu4231988
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 2048 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM - ColorOS 16
OS size 45 GB 31.6 GB
OS updates 4 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 7050 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:25 hr 0:45 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 16:45 hr
Watching video - 26:15 hr
Gaming - 08:23 hr
Standby - 144 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 16320 x 12240
Zoom Optical, 2.9x Optical, 10x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.5
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX888 Sony LYTIA-901
Sensor size 1/1.35" (β‰ˆ 0.74 inch) 1/1.12" (β‰ˆ 0.89 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/2.2
Focal length 70 mm 70 mm
Sensor Sony IMX 906 OmniVision OV52A
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 48 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 16 mm 14 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony LYTIA-600
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 185
Zoom - 173
Samples - Photo samples of Oppo Find X9 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 12 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8160 x 6128
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm 21 mm
Sensor Sony IMX663 Samsung ISOCELL JN5
Sensor size 1/2.9" (β‰ˆ 0.34 inch) 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No 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 6.0
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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Xperia 1 VIII
48.4 dB
Find X9 Ultra +84%
88.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2026 April 2026
Release date June 2026 May 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $1499 $1299
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*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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So, which phone would you choose?
10 (41.7%)
14 (58.3%)
Total votes: 24

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