Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra vs Realme GT 8 Pro

93 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
VS
92 out of 100
Realme GT 8 Pro

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 Realme GT 8 Pro, which is powered by the same chip and came out 3 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • 14% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4602K versus 4024K)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Realme GT 8 Pro
  • Delivers 163% higher peak brightness (4051 against 1541 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra and Realme GT 8 Pro 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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
16 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
62.9
(Average)
Value Index
33.0
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.79 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1440 x 3136 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.5:9
PPI 508 ppi 508 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 8000 nits 7000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 475 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass 60-120
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 91%
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)
1541 nits
GT 8 Pro +163%
4051 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.65 mm (6.44 inches) 161.8 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 76.87 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 227 g (8.01 oz) 214 g (7.55 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Active fan Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver White, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.24/5)
Drop resistance - Average (D) Β· 60 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra and Realme GT 8 Pro
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 Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra and Realme GT 8 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
GT 8 Pro +3%
3711
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11366
11175
Compute Score (GPU)
28004
Compute Score (GPU) 27924 28004
Single-core score 3615 3711
Multi-core score 11366 11175
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
4602290
4024736
CPU 1102292 1129296
GPU 1604604 1516328
Memory 789150 465192
UX 1106244 913920
Total score 4602290 4024736
Samples [3 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
3081
3001
Stability 68% -
Graphics test 23 FPS 22 FPS
Graphics score 3081 3001
3DMark Solar Bay
14183
12974
Graphics test 54 FPS 49 FPS
Section 1 60 FPS 57 FPS
Section 2 55 FPS 49 FPS
Section 3 46 FPS 42 FPS
Graphics score 14183 12974
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
GT 8 Pro +60%
26260
Web score 18545 30905
Video editing 6849 7273
Photo editing 34832 69025
Data manipulation 14303 18371
Writing score 28711 43824
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (11th and 21st place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-30 (NPT)Geekbench 6 CPU3568 / 11293
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-04 (Khamidovv)AnTuTu 114602290
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-04 (Khamidovv)AnTuTu 114651882
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-08 (z strikes again)AnTuTu 114314224
Realme GT 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-18 (Mj.)AnTuTu 114016269
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 (Gulhark)AnTuTu 113957182
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 (Zergo)AnTuTu 113898421
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (Vladsmesh)AnTuTu 114243822
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-14 (mrt)AnTuTu 114379440

Memory

RAM
RAM size 16 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 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM OriginOS 6 Realme UI 7.0
OS size 96 GB -
OS updates 5 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 7400 mAh 7000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 24 min) Yes (86% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:06 hr 0:40 hr
Battery cycles - 1100 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 16:17 hr
Watching video - 24:49 hr
Gaming - 08:34 hr
Standby - 157 hr
General battery life
37:13 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x 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 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 107Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 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/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX921 -
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.6
Focal length 85 mm 65 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP5
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.5 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.0
Focal length 15 mm 16 mm
Sensor - OmniVision OV50D
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 24 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No No
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 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
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
91.18 dB
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2026 October 2025
Release date February 2026 November 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $849 $999
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 120 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra. It has a better connectivity and sound.

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55 (44.7%)
68 (55.3%)
Total votes: 123

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