Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra vs Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max Wind

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 Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max Wind, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro and came out 1 month 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 Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4602K versus 2116K)
  • Comes with 1400 mAh larger battery capacity: 7400 vs 6000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • 12% higher pixel density (508 vs 455 PPI)
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • 2x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3615 and 1830 points
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max Wind
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra and Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max Wind 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1320 x 2848 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.5:9
PPI 508 ppi 455 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 8000 nits 8000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 475 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Huawei Kunlun Glass 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.65 mm (6.44 inches) 164.4 mm (6.47 inches)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 79 mm (3.11 inches)
Thickness 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 227 g (8.01 oz) 239 g (8.43 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Active fan Active fan
Rear material Glass Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver Black, Gold
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra and Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max Wind
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 HiSilicon Kirin 9030 Pro
Max clock 4610 MHz 2750 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 9 (1 + 4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 4 cores at 1.72 GHz: Taishan v124 Little
- 4 cores at 2.27 GHz: Taishan v124 Mid
- 1 core at 2.75 GHz: Taishan v124 Big
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Da Vinci
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 HiSilicon Maleoon 935
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1200 MHz 933 MHz
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~2866.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra and Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max Wind
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 27924 -
Single-core score 3615 1830
Multi-core score 11366 5772
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
4602290
CPU 1102292 692245
GPU 1604604 348639
Memory 789150 583145
UX 1106244 492211
Total score 4602290 2116240
Samples [3 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 68% -
Graphics test 23 FPS -
Graphics score 3081 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 54 FPS -
Section 1 60 FPS -
Section 2 55 FPS -
Section 3 46 FPS -
Graphics score 14183 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18545 -
Video editing 6849 -
Photo editing 34832 -
Data manipulation 14303 -
Writing score 28711 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-30 (NPT)GeekBench CPU3568 / 11293
📘 2026-04-04 (Khamidovv)AnTuTu4602290
📘 2026-04-04 (Khamidovv)AnTuTu4651882
📘 2026-02-08 (z strikes again)AnTuTu4314224
Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max Wind
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 512 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 -
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 HarmonyOS 6
ROM OriginOS 6 -
OS size 96 GB -
OS updates 5 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 7400 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 24 min) Yes (50% in 18 min)
Full charging time 1:06 hr 0:50 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 4x
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) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 107° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 40 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/1.4 - 4.0
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX921 -
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron 1.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.1
Focal length 85 mm 91 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 40 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 18 mm
Sensor CMOS -
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 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 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 3.1
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 Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 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 No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2026 March 2026
Release date February 2026 March 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $849 -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 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 Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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