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Vivo iQOO 13 vs iQOO 12

85 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 13
VS
74 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 12
Vivo iQOO 13
Vivo iQOO 12

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch Vivo iQOO 13 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 30, 2024, against the Vivo iQOO 12, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 1 year 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 (2)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 13
  • Shows 36% longer battery life (30:28 vs 22:20 hours)
  • Comes with 1150 mAh larger battery capacity: 6150 vs 5000 mAh
  • 35% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3150K versus 2333K)
  • Delivers 27% higher peak brightness (1818 against 1426 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 13% higher pixel density (510 vs 453 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • 38% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3008 and 2177 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 12
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Reverse charging feature

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO 13 and iQOO 12 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
iQOO 13
78*
iQOO 12
71*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
iQOO 13
85*
iQOO 12
74*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
60.5
(Average)
Value Index
51.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
iQOO 13
vs
iQOO 12

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 510 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-144 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Schott Xensation Alpha Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.6% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
iQOO 13 +27%
1818 nits
iQOO 12
1426 nits

Design and build

Height 163.37 mm (6.43 inches) 163.22 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 76.71 mm (3.02 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.13 mm (0.32 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 198.5 g (7 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP64
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green White, Black, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
iQOO 13
89.6%
iQOO 12
89.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO 13 and Vivo iQOO 12
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 4320 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 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 830 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO 13 and Vivo iQOO 12
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO 13 +38%
3008
iQOO 12
2177
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO 13 +39%
9297
iQOO 12
6672
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO 13 +53%
24763
iQOO 12
16186
Compute Score (GPU) 24763 16186
Single-core score 3008 2177
Multi-core score 9297 6672
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iQOO 13 +35%
3150555
iQOO 12
2333285
CPU 903944 643259
GPU 1153744 818824
Memory 415491 348314
UX 677376 522888
Total score 3150555 2333285
Samples [33 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
iQOO 13 +48%
2509
iQOO 12
1698
Stability 77% 93%
Graphics test 19 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 2509 1698
3DMark Solar Bay
iQOO 13 +34%
11463
iQOO 12
8555
Stability - 81%
Graphics test 44 FPS 33 FPS
Section 1 49 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 44 FPS 33 FPS
Section 3 37 FPS 28 FPS
Graphics score 11463 8555
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
iQOO 13 +27%
6250
iQOO 12
4912
Stability - 80%
Graphics test 37 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 6250 4912
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
iQOO 13 +10%
15763
iQOO 12
14359
Web score 14234 11029
Video editing 6801 6533
Photo editing 39527 32389
Data manipulation 13253 11964
Writing score 20704 20920
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (83rd and 191st place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 (Asuna)AnTuTu 113203192
📘 2026-09-24 (Fenix)AnTuTu 123343403
📘 2026-08-15 (Kh)AnTuTu 113166164
📘 2026-08-03 (ShiNo_Maebure)AnTuTu 113090760
📘 2026-07-08 (Edward)AnTuTu 113239284
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Vivo iQOO 12
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 (AMIT RAKESH)AnTuTu 122529668
📘 2026-08-29 (Դավիթ)AnTuTu 112342743
📘 2026-08-18 -> vadyamkaAnTuTu 112090139
📘 2026-07-11 (Gojo Satoru)AnTuTu 112358558
📘 2026-06-21 (Armaan)AnTuTu 112398289
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM Funtouch 16 OriginOS 6
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 6150 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (91% in 30 min) Yes (85% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:32 hr 0:20 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 14:22 hr 08:42 hr
Watching video 17:57 hr 15:33 hr
Gaming 08:12 hr 05:56 hr
Standby 129 hr 98 hr
General battery life
iQOO 13 +36%
30:28 hr
iQOO 12
22:20 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX921 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.6
Focal length 50 mm 70 mm
Sensor Sony IMX816 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.5
Focal length 28 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC32E1 Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital No
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 5.4 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS 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* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No -

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 November 2023
Release date November 2024 November 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $625
Successor - Vivo iQOO 15 - Vivo iQOO 15
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on iQOO 13:
    - Only the 16/512 GB variant has UFS 4.1 storage; the rest use UFS 4.0.
*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 Vivo iQOO 13 is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 288

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Ubaid September 12, 2025 at 05:58 PM
Iqoo 12 is best deal if considered as per the camera.
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Someone December 8, 2024 at 08:18 PM
The AnTuTu scores on the IQOO 13 is only about 2.6 million.
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