Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 17
93
out of 100
VS
87
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on February 4, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 17, which is powered by Apple A19 and came out 4 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
- Comes with 3708 mAh larger battery capacity: 7400 vs 3692 mAh
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4602K versus 2156K)
- Has a 0.55 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
- Delivers 52% higher peak brightness (1541 against 1016 nits)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 40W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Fingerprint scanner
- 10% higher pixel density (508 vs 460 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17
- Weighs 50 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.3 mm narrower
Review
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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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.85 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3168 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.8:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 508 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2600 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 8000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 475 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.7% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 241 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iQOO 15 Ultra
6.85″ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
iPhone 17
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.65 mm (6.44 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) | 8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 227 g (8.01 oz) | 177 g (6.24 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Active fan | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver | White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.82/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Apple A19 |
| Max clock | 4610 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~2073.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 27924 | 37553 |
| Single-core score | 3615 | 3736 |
| Multi-core score | 11366 | 9226 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1102292 | 598735 |
| GPU | 1604604 | 803562 |
| Memory | 789150 | 200566 |
| UX | 1106244 | 553263 |
| Total score | 4602290 | 2156126 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | [19 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 68% | 72% |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3081 | 2147 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 1 | 60 FPS | 40 FPS |
| Section 2 | 55 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 3 | 46 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Graphics score | 14183 | 9465 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18545 | - |
| Video editing | 6849 | - |
| Photo editing | 34832 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14303 | - |
| Writing score | 28711 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#5th place)
Recent User Tests
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-30 (NPT) | GeekBench CPU | 3568 / 11293 |
| 📘 2026-04-04 (Khamidovv) | AnTuTu | 4602290 |
| 📘 2026-04-04 (Khamidovv) | AnTuTu | 4651882 |
| 📘 2026-02-08 (z strikes again) | AnTuTu | 4314224 |
Apple iPhone 17
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-27 (Zharkyn) | AnTuTu | 2243285 |
| 📘 2026-08-07 (Aarav) | AnTuTu | 1776737 |
| 📘 2026-08-06 (yuki) | AnTuTu | 2352837 |
| 📘 2026-07-25 (Taelnwza) | AnTuTu | 2117495 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (fanz) | AnTuTu | 2109654 |
Memory
| RAM size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 | OriginOS 6 | - |
| OS size | 96 GB | - |
| OS updates | 5 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7400 mAh | 3692 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (40 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 24 min) | Yes (63% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:06 hr | 1:25 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 09:21 hr |
| Watching video | - | 19:24 hr |
| Gaming | - | 06:44 hr |
| Standby | - | 109 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | 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 | 107° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX921 | Sony IMX904 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.7 | - |
| Focal length | 85 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX882 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.1 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | 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 | - | 105 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX914 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 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 | 3.2 | 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 | Yes | No |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2026 | September 2025 |
| Release date | February 2026 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $849 | $799 |
| 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, 100 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, performance, gaming, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra. But if the camera, software, and design are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 17.
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